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 [...]
In February we celebrate Heart Awareness month. One of those weeks in that month we recognize and raise awareness for the disease known as Congenital Heart Defect (CHD). I didn’t know too much about the disease until my friend told me his daughter had CHD. Now I am trying to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I think it is incredible how the human mind works. Things that happened 24 hours ago I can not recall however I can vividly remember the day my wife and I went to the doctor’s office to find out the gender of our child. It was one of the [...]
There are times in life where the stars align just right and comedy gold is produced. One of those moments happened to me recently. It all began when I was preparing dinner for my family. My daughters were in the other room playing. I was hustling to get dinner on [...]
We have reached the Midway point of Movember and I am really proud of the team I am on. At this point we have raised almost $6000 for Men's Health Research and Awareness. That puts us in the top 200 #Movember Teams in the U.S. However, my hairy lipped brothers and [...]
Welcome to the first week of Movember (the month formerly known as November) , This is our first Monday and we realize that some of you might be coming out of a Halloween candy induced coma that has been exasperated by a sudden shift in the fabric of time itself [...]
Chicago has some world-class museums and attractions! I feel very fortunate to be able to take my kids on Dadventures to places where such rich learning can be done. We have expanded our minds at the Museum of Science and Industry. we've sketched in the Art Institute of Chicago, and we've been [...]
This week on the Life of Dad segment, Art and Crafts, we made butterfly magnets. If you have read my posts here at Life of Dad you know that my daughters love butterflies. This is just another case in point. Plus, my girls love when we paint so this [...]
