I am an educator. To be more specific, I am a principal, but I was a teacher for 5 years and I still teach a few classes each year. I work with students every day, both inside and outside of my office. Unfortunately, many of the students who come to [...]
Is this your family? Who remembers your family vacations from childhood? Do these phrases sound familiar: Are we there yet? How much farther? Don’t make me turn this car around! … My family took a 10-day to 2 week vacation almost every year when I was growing [...]
My oldest, Tucker, is quickly approaching 3 years old. With the addition of our new son, Finn, we have become inundated with diapers. The simple solution would be to just potty train Tucker, right? Not so much! We have been trying this potty thing for about 9 months. Not only [...]
Someone “shouted” the other day asking for recommendations for iPad apps. I tapped a response, but wanted to elaborate a little to help out my brothers. I have quite a few educational, fun, and kid-friendly apps on my iPad, but there is one that beats them all! It is fun, [...]
Synopsis: With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate of the Year Award. It's a quest that takes our heroes from [...]
My son, Tucker’s, life began very normally, but that all changed very quickly as he was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome at about 36 hours after birth. But this post isn’t as much about Tucker as it is my wife, Dena. Tucker was our first child and [...]
For those of you who have a yard, do you enjoy mowing it? Is it your own private punishment, your hell on earth? Or is it your escape, your pride, your weekend project? For me, it's the latter. When I was growing up, mowing was a chore and I [...]