Wouldn’t it be great if you could just make some of your own problems disappear? One minute it’s there, relentlessly bugging you; consistently hovering on your periphery. And the next moment, POOF - it’s just gone - disintegrated in the ether. It could be something big and heavy. A problem [...]
Potty training sometimes stinks, literally and figuratively. Like most phases of a growing child, we made it through potty training with several triumphs and victories along the way. Goodbye diapers, goodbye fear of leaving the house, things were going to be much easier here on out. Right? Nope, wrong. What [...]
Disclosure: This post is in collaboration with the DIYZ® app. All opinions of apps and companies that help me complete DIY projects are my own. I’ve always kinda felt like the Clark Griswold of home repairs. I’ve never really been that good at fixing things around the house. I [...]
There are few pleasures simpler or as rewarding as reading to (and with) your little one. Sometimes a children’s book captures the imagination of the child and the out-loud reader alike, A Child of Books being a perfect example. Other times, it seems kids latch onto a particular book [...]
Back in the long, long ago. When I was a younger, more enthusiastic, obliviously optimistic dad, the idea of being a stay-at-home parent seems to me to be the most natural, fantastic adventure. Obviously now, as I’ve just clocked up two years of SAHD-ing, things are different; I’m older, probably [...]
Recently I was fortunate enough to have a Nikon D5500 Digital Camera come into my life. The minute I took my first photo, I realized that photography was something I should have picked up YEARS ago. 4 years ago to be exact…when my son, Grayson was born. Don’t get me [...]
Over the past few days I have attended a couple of professional development workshops through work that dealt with developing resilience and leadership. I’ve recently become interested in questions around resilience as I ponder how to help my kids to be resilient children who grow into even more resilient adults. [...]
Grayson has been into Star Wars since he was 2 1/2 years old. He will be 4 on January 25th. Recently, his Star Wars obsession has led to everything Star Wars, including Legos. That being said, I started buying him small Lego kits that would keep his attention and would be fun [...]
My sister gave me a remote controlled steam train engine set for Grayson last week. It's the same train set that Grayson has played with the past 2 years at holiday get togethers at our relative's house. He absolutely loves it. Its been wrapped and in my trunk for the past week [...]
Your Lordship, Have you ever been in a relationship where it didn’t work out and thought… ‘I don’t know how it lasted that long’ or ‘I knew it wasn’t going to work’ Maybe you both grew into different people, maybe there was a sudden change in personality or maybe [...]
