Parenting Blog
on January 31, 2017 at 9:40 am ×
When they are tiny, wide-eyed, impressionable creatures we prop them up onto our bellies while we do, and bear witness to, the things we love most in life. In a flash, they are then in our arms while we read, on our shoulders while we cheer, and hand in hand […]
Parenting Blog
on January 22, 2017 at 12:00 pm ×
It was an otherwise standard issue weeknight. The girls had unpacked their lunchboxes without reminder and plopped their water bottles into the fridge (with a gentle nudge — always needing a gentle nudge), then slid out their homework sheets and slid into their high-top stools at the kitchen island. I […]
OWTK Giveaways
on June 14, 2016 at 6:30 am ×
I know that you know a legendary man. Maybe he’s your dad or maybe the husband of your children. Heck, maybe he is you. Maybe he/you smells amazing already…or maybe not. No matter, Old Spice and OWTK want to give him/you a legendary gift this month, the Old Spice smellegendary […]
Parenting Blog
on June 10, 2016 at 5:53 pm ×
Before we bought our first house, we looked at one house, this house. One of the reasons we bought the very first house we looked at some 13 years ago was its massive fenced-in backyard. We were still years away from becoming parents but it didn’t take too much in […]
Parenting Blog
on June 3, 2016 at 8:52 am ×
Sometimes my mom prints out my blog posts, the touching ones that mention or in some way involve her or my dad or my childhood in general. She’ll jack up the font and use up some of her valuable printer ink so that my dad can more easily read my […]
Parenting Blog
on May 18, 2016 at 12:34 am ×
When you’re a family traveling jet setter like me, you have to be able to grab some sleep anywhere, anytime, and at a moment’s notice. Thankfully, I’m napping nobility. Whether I’m lounging on a fleet of bicycles in Barcelona, leaning up against a wall after a run or out cold […]
Parenting Blog
on April 5, 2016 at 8:48 am ×
Disclosure: I have partnered with Life of Dad and Old Spice for this promotion. Jason Green, oh I’m sorry, I mean THE Jason Greene, fancies himself legendary and in need of Old Spice because he thinks he has it rough during the day, with all the homeschooling and new baby […]
Big Guy Car Guy
on April 1, 2016 at 1:43 pm ×
Because my punk rock inner child bristles at the notion of paying outlandish fees levied by ‘the man’ whilst buying concert tickets online, I sometimes get shut out of concerts if I wait too long to get myself to the venue box office to purchase them at face value. Then […]