I was in a panic yesterday. After buying a single gift for the Bear’s primary 1st grade teacher over the weekend it suddenly dawned on me that we had nothing for the teacher’s assistant. It was 5:30pm. And school is over in 3 days. And I hadn’t a clue about […]
Ho-hum. Another day, another interview. Such is the life of a wildly successful, world-famous daddy blogger. Ahem… Interested in learning even more about me? C’mon, you know you are! Head on over to The Inside Source presented by eBay to find out what oddities are on my eBay wish list, […]
When is it okay to give your kid a cookie for breakfast? When the primary ingredient of the cookie is a vegetable, that’s when. The Bear’s end-of-year performance in her 1st grade classroom was recreating scenes from Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, a Zimbabwean tale that was part of the school’s Cinderella-across-the-world […]
Sometimes, the girls hate me. Sometimes, that’s okay. Because sometimes, that’s my plan. Read about my sometimes parenting style I adopted from Herb Brooks, coach of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Men’s Ice Hockey Team over on Everyday Childhood. This could be (should be?) considered controversial. I mean, I […]
My gang spent 6+ hours outdoors beneath the sorta sun at Sesame Place on Saturday. Accuweather promised sunnyside up skies, but instead we frolicked under a plate of scrapple (it’s a Philly thing, you wouldn’t understand). As you probably know (or should), grey days call for sunblock too. In fact, […]
Every kid’s got one. Expressions that are the sum of annoyance, exhaustion, silliness and love (heavy on the final two ingredients). And every dad craves to see it flashed in his direction. [the many moods of The Bear, f/ 1 former iteration of her “Oh Daddy” face] I get the […]
Last month, I published a First Mother’s Day Gift Idea post so why not give the 1st-time Dads their due. I mean, I am a “daddy blogger”…or something. Here are several super cool gifts for the daddy about to enjoy their first Father’s Day, in addition to the sweet Lands’ […]
I’ve spent much of the past week fretting about my fatherly shortcomings as they relate to my youngest girl turning 4-years old. I spoke a bit here about our inability to schedule a party and my absentmindedness which resulted in no Lowly Worm cake (her one b-day request). Turns out […]
