This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we have our last Valentine’s Day craft for this year. We are creating flowers made out of hearts. In our house my daughters and I like to draw flowers. So when I saw this craft at Michael’s [...]
With the new year I have decided to launch a new feature called Dadventure2G0. These are posts with a downloadable pdf to serve as a guide/aide to the adventure. If you use them I'd love both feedback and examples of how you used them. So with no further ado I [...]
Since I started blogging a month ago, I have enjoyed minor successes and personal triumphs. I’m sure it’s nothing compared to the more experienced and veteran writers out there, but they are mine and they keep me writing. For the past month I have attempted to immerse myself in [...]
Some of you parents have experienced this already and others will soon be there. My daughters are now both in school. My oldest is in kindergarten and my youngest is in pre-school. As they make their way through the school year they start to make new friends. They tell me [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we continue with our Valentine’s Day theme. We are creating a candy necklace. In our case we bought some Froot Loops to use instead of candy for this craft. This is an easy craft to do with [...]
It had been a while since I had come to terms and wholeheartedly embraced having a daughter and not a son. While I knew that some things would definitely be different, there was no reason why other things couldn’t be the same. I always had high hopes of sitting [...]
This post might set us dads back a few notches on the ol’ parenting ladder. If it does please forgive me. Some of you dads can relate, while others might chuckle at my incompetence in the area of styling my kids’ hair. As a stay at home dad I feel [...]
This week for our Art and Crafts segment here at Life of Dad we are getting ready for Valentine’s Day. We are doing a heart handprint. We all have seen the Thanksgiving turkey handprint, but some of you might not have seen this idea for Valentine’s Day. This idea creates [...]
Dad and Author of The Parents Phrase Book Whit Honea talks us through his advice for handling tough questions and conversations with kids of every age. We also to talk to Whit about the recent loss of his mom and the relationship they built that left him feeling no regrets. As an [...]
Chad Pennington played in the NFL for eleven years. He was selected by the New York Jets in the first round in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played for the Jets then played for the Miami Dolphins. Chad won the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award twice. He is [...]
