Parenting Storyteller Gifts

"Fifteen years ago asked for diapers, and -- viola! -- here we are."

"Oh no, when I tell my dad, she'll go ballistic!"

'He has your nose and my ears.'

"Just kick back and enjoy this. These are the nest years of our lives!"

True confessions.

'It's really more of a family forest than a family tree.'

The Family Joules: Part 21

Children's Party

"Your momma lied to you, boy."

"When I was young my parents couldn't afford to give me too much, too soon."

"It seems like only yesterday that Dad told me I'll be an adult before I know it."

"No, son, you’re not ‘M for Mature.’"

'Riley, I think it's time you learned the truth... You're adopted.'

"Tell us the one about swift justice, Grandpa."

"Where's Waldo? Where's Waldo? Peek-a-boo! There he is!"

"Oh, she talk a lot...but only about her children."

'You were a band geek?! Maybe Max will play an instrument!'

"We're not laughing at you, sweetie. We're laughing at something you don't understand."

"Well, I assume the three bears went in the woods like all bears do. May I continue?"

"See those birch trees on the other side of the pond? That’s the exact spot where your mother first called me an idiot."

'It is a big day! Ten years ago, yout dad joined the union!'

"I told my mom either the sitter goes, or I go!"

Wyatt returns home to visit his old small town.

"Grandpa, how did you ever survive without apps?"

"The last one is Uncle Charlie. He was pardoned in 1987."

"But our history was current events when you were at school Dad!"

'It's a horror-comedy.'

'You may disagree with me now, Son, but when you're 500 years old, you'll understand.'

'If I want to live happily ever after, grandma, do I have to marry a princess?'

"Oh I remember, it was a particularly cold day and your daddy whispered sweet nothings in my ear. It gave me such a warm feeling inside that I knew he was the one!"

Brilliance runs in my family, but in a zig-zag pattern.

"Oh, you haven’t seen holiday drama ‘till you’ve met our little family."

Scenes from a Vacation

"I'll give you a cookie if you promise to paint me as a pillar among women in your future memoir."

"So, Gramps, did you fight the World War on Nintendo or Playstation?"