“Tracee, Zack is over at my house. A man brought him to the door and said he almost ran him over with his truck. He says if it happens again he’s going to call the police!”

“AACK! Zack What? How? Outside? I’m on my way!”

Evidently, my two-year-old son knows how to work the latch – and unhook the “security bungee cord” – on the gate.

He knew exactly where he was going too. He knows this little boy down the street that he rarely gets to play with. He was deliberately headed to his house, and when the man found …read more

My 2-year-old has taken to expressing indignation at all commercials.

He hands us the remote and demands that we fast forward.

Even my 6-year-old daughter, Ainsley, is confused about how this happened.

It’s LIVE TV Zack. You have to watch the commercials. Geez, she’ll tell him.

I mean, hasn’t everyone on the planet lived with commercials since television was invented?

Everyone except the new people who have never known television without a DVR, I guess.

It’s a unique generational experience. I am grateful for the miraculous invention that has revolutionized television and that I can get for only $5 a month. I experience a little …read more