Often overlooked this time of year, when we are choosing gifts for our kids, is the amount of work required to assemble the gifts. Last year it was the basketball hoop in the driveway which took 400 pounds of sand to fill the base. Yes, 400 lbs that ...

Following up on Jonathan’s post a few days back, I’ve got a handful of apps that were graciously provided to me by their developers recently and that I’m anxious to share with you. The apps below have all been tested by Decker, my four-year-old son — I’ll be providing some ...

We are finding that our three year old is afflicted with the strangest maladies. I’m not sure we need a good doctor as much as we need a young priest and an old priest. Let me give you a couple … Continue reading →

Word association: Say “Halloween,” and I think,”Ray Bradbury.” In a 1993 piece for TV Guide, Bradbury described the deepest experience of his favorite holiday as “tasting darkness, but thrilled by the encounter because we are alive to savor it. It is somewhat similar to leaving the dentist’s after a tooth pull ...

I have fond memories of Dr. Seuss stories being read to me growing up. I seem to recall a dozen or more of those colorful books being scattered around the house — you could always find a Dr. Seuss book because of the colors, the art style, and the lettering. They ...

Everyone has "the" list ... you know the one, babies coming and magically this list appears "things to do". No matter how hard you work and toil over this list it just never seems to get smaller ... So 9 months after starting on this list, (ok I had a ...

Time for another trip to the dentist with Thing 3.  Based on the pleasant surprise last time, I was kind of expecting it would be fine.  But when I consider his history of dentist visits, shoe shopping, and haircuts, I realize it was just wishful thinking. He was already anxious, I ...

As parents, we never want our children to suffer. We’ll do anything to help them. But there are times we just cannot help, no matter how much we want to. And it breaks our hearts to watch them struggle and suffer. This weekend I was not able to ...

People often ask me what it is I like to do in my free time. To which I say, mind your own freaking business. If I wanted you to know about it I would put it on the blog. Or Twitter. Or Facebook. But probably not Google Plus. But then ...

I recently received the greatest gift a man can ever hope to be given. Of course, like most great gifts, it was something that I truly wanted, yet I was complete surprised when it happened. This past Father’s Day I laid in bed trying to muster the...