I sometimes think my family should keep an apartment in L.A. Nothing fancy. I’m not talking Los Feliz or Santa Monica. I’d settle for Culver City. It’s not that we’re jetsetters, not exactly although we’re inching closer to that kind of ridiculous status with what we have planned for the […]
A few weeks ago, I chaperoned the 1st grade field trip, marking the first time I’d done anything even remotely like that with children not my own, in a vehicle I was not in control over. It was a long, hot day in a school bus without a/c for nearly […]
I don’t have a gift yet. In fact, I was just reminded on Friday, by my mom, that Father’s Day was this coming Sunday. I’m not the brightest bulb. Thankfully, Sears is literally right around the corner from where I sit as I type this right now, and the retail […]
A man, upon becoming a dad, should, if he possess a glimmer of inherent paternal wisdom and/or any capacity for human emotion at all, will soon, if not immediately, embrace everything about fatherhood, parenthood and childhood; every giggle, smile, tear, water gun soaking, muddy-kneed pair of sweatpants, oft-missing sparkly headband, […]
It was the kind of day from which postcards are born: blue skies, cool temps, big smiles, open minds, and kind hearts. We’d arrived at Pont du Gard in southern France with our eager 2 1/2-year-old daughter; eager to get out of her car seat, eager to run free, eager […]
Is it still called a dream if you’ve already lived it? In the many hours of downtime I’m gifted as a homemaker dad with kids who are shipped off to school every day, I’ll often find myself smiling, awash with a sense of immense happiness while imagining building our next […]
This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Weave Made Media® and Rubbermaid, but all my opinions are my own. #weavemade #FastTrack http://my-disclosur.es/RgFrEH During the cold months, our backyard shed is a dumping station for must-keep-hidden Christmas gifts, tangled strings of multi-colored lights, a charcoal grill […]
I remember the moment, earlier this Spring, when I first told the Mrs. about Camp Invention and the exact types of projects on offer at the camp location most convenient for us. She said something along the lines of “there’s no way the girls will want to go.” Her negatively […]
