Category: Reagan
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On Reagan’s Golfing Debut
Someone once said that if you make golf as much of an experience as you do a sport, kids will want to keep playing. Feel like we’re on our way!
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On Our First Pinewood Derby
The Pinewood Derby race with Reagan was a challenging yet fun experience for the father-son duo. Despite challenges in car construction and performance, they enjoyed the process together. The father’s mishaps were met with the son’s understanding, highlighting the importance of bonding over outcomes rather than winning, embracing the journey instead.
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On Leading Tiger Scouts
Reagan, I’m writing this ahead of our Tiger Scout meeting tonight where I will be leading your troop (den? pack?). Couple that with your troop/den/pack president(or leader or I’m new to this so I don’t know what anyone is called) is out sick, so not only will I be leading the class, but I’ll be…
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On Reagan the Reader
Dad writes and Reagan reads. I’m always proud of you, and moments like this are why I think you’re so great!
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On Being THAT Dad
Boys, This past Saturday, sometime between the hours of 10am and 11:30, it hit me that I’m THAT dad. You know, the one you yells louder than anyone at their kid’s basketball game. I didn’t even realize I was that dad until your mom looks over at me with this, “you need to take it…
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On Kindergarten
Reagan, There are a few things that happen during your childhood that I think are “big deals.” I would never have told you, but when you turned 5 — long pause + big sigh — it really wasn’t that big of a deal. There are other things like riding a bike or learning to swim…
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On Reagan’s Only Child Trip
Boys, This one will be mostly about Reagan because this past week, we dressed you up like an only child and took you to FLA to see your grandparents. Koen, we had every intention of bringing you too, but you caught a little bug a few days before we left, and we decided to leave…
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On Reagan
Reagan, This one is for you. I think when we’re all older and we look back at this time in our lives, we’re going to remember that I was Koen’s person. With that, he demands a lot of my attention, so I don’t always give you as much of my time as I’d like to…
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On the Trenches: Part 1
And it was a grey morning and they all wondered how they would fare…
From Ryan to Reagan and Koen 