So…..What’s up with all the comic book references? March 16, 2009
Posted by Chris in Multiple Children, Supergirl.Tags: Batman, Comic books, hobbies, joy of reading, passing on things to your children, reading, Superdad, Supergirl, Superman, Vintage Comics, Wolverine, Wonder Twins, X-men
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I have a passion for reading. I tend to read mostly fiction – tending along the lines of suspense-thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, and the occasional action books. While growing up in the 70’s, I could never get enough to read just from novels. So I filled the gaps in between with comic books. My collections started with a few cardboard boxes of comics from my Dad. He had collected them, or was given them by his father who happened to own a drug store. So I now have a few Looney Tunes, Hi & Lois, Andy Pandas, & Dennis the Menace books dating back to 1956.
I liked all the classic DC heroes, although Batman, Flash, and Superman happened to be my favorites, until one day in the late 70’s I went over to Boyd Hooper’s house, and for the first time, I saw a copy of the X-men. I was hooked. The stories were unlike any I had ever read. The concept that we all had the “potential” to have a
mutant gene that could give us superpowers when we entered puberty was very influential on a boy (going through puberty at the time).
Wolverine quickly became my favorite. I then would cross over to other Marvel books to follow any other appearances of any of the X-men. I quickly got caught up in all the other titles. Marvel just seemed to have better writers than DC at the time. The characters were a bit more flawed, and closer to being “human” than the near indestructible Superman.
I hope to share this addiction passion with my children, to a degree of course. If they love it, then great, if not, then I guess the collection all goes on e-bay someday (Yikes!). Supergirl has shown the same passion for reading, so when she’s older, we’ll see what she thinks. What hobby from your youth are you inflicting on your 
spouse/children?
School Daze September 21, 2008
Posted by Chris in Supergirl.Tags: finicky eater, first day of school, first grade, new school, picky eater, school lunch, Supergirl
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Supergirl is a mighty first grader this year. It has been an exciting first month of school as she has had to get used to an entire spectrum of new things, such as: A whole day at school, ordering/eating lunch, new teacher, new school, and new classmates. She has come through in stunning fashion!
Although, since she is Supergirl, there have been some spectacular tales about these days:
First, Supergirl was under the impression that the only reason they were at school the whole day, is that they weren’t getting through their work fast enough during the day. To the point, one day, after she finished her work, ahead of her classmates, she went up to the teacher and offered to see if she could help her teacher. Supergirl offered; “is there anything I can do to help? I mean, is there anything I can do for you to allow our day to move a little quicker?” She apparently felt that if the work could be done quicker, they could be on their way back home to play. She now knows that it actually is a whole day of classes, She still finishes with her work early, but at least she is getting other little helpful tasks to do.
Next comes lunch. Supergirl has been sort of how shall we say it, a picky eater. When left to her druthers, she’d just have chicken tenders, mac n cheese, and PB & J. So, it has been a vicarious experience watching her navigate the menu for lunch at school. Her school offers a main choice and an alternate (although they do have, by default, a PB & J selection if all else fails to ensure the children all eat). She has cautiously approached the menu, and has tried and enjoyed such new delicacies as teriyaki chicken bites, popcorn shrimp, and chicken Alfredo. She has only defaulted to the PB & J twice.
Our other biggest fear around lunch was that Supergirl must have adopted the European attitude towards eating- it is a social affair that last hours (days) long. At school she gets 25-30 minutes to eat before recess, so our faith that she would be finished with her meal in the time allotted was not the greatest. I know deep down, that she will figure it out and learn to eat in the time-frame or go hungry.
That seems to have been the greatest lesson learned so far, that Supergirl will learn as she goes (most of the time rapidly faster than her parents) and that it’s always going to be a bigger deal to her mother and me! 
How’s your school year going so far?
She really is Supergirl! August 16, 2008
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Supergirl can melt you with a look!
We’re having the Wonder Twins! August 14, 2008
Posted by Chris in Multiple Children, Pets, Supergirl, Twins.Tags: Dad, having twins, puppies, puppy, raising multiples, raising twins, Super, Super dad, Superdad, Twins, wanting a puppy
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Um, wow, what a way to start a blog, but Wonder Woman and I will be welcoming Supergirl’s new brother and sister, the Wonder Twins! They are due the first week of November, and then we’ll be raising a team of Superheroes!
After many months of blogging for our business, I have given in to the many demands, suggestions, and coercions to start a Daddy Blog. Apparently I have some worthy information/wisdom/stories that people want me to share. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
As we are about to add two new bundles of joy to our family, it seemed the appropriate time to jump in and start recording things as we are sure to get completely overrun with exhaustion immediately after they are born.
So let’s set the stage. Wonder Woman and I have been married since 2000 and Supergirl just turned six. All of Supergirl’s girlfriends have little brothers, so she has just thought that that was part of the deal. She has been praying for a little brother or sister (since she has since met friends with little sisters, since then), and was on the verge of moving on, figuring out that if a sibling wasn’t going to happen, that she would start praying about getting a puppy.
She started working that angle right before Christmas (when she was five). With lightning speed, I came up with the plan that she needed to wait until she was old enough to take a dog to obedience school. She brilliantly decided that when she was six, she would be ready, so she announced to EVERYONE that when she had her six year old party (this past July) that she was going to get not one, but two puppies.
Wonder Woman and I found out about the twins in February, and held off until Mother’s Day (12 weeks) to announce our impending arrivals. We wanted Supergirl to be able to announce it at Mother’s Day brunch to the other relatives, and when we joyfully broke the news to her that morning, her first response was; “Well I guess the puppies will have to wait.”
She of course is more excited now, and was very excited to tell everyone that morning, but as Elephants have such a bionic memory, I believe Supergirl will not forget her quest for a puppy, once the babies are “old enough.”
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