Last month I celebrated five years since first becoming a dad. Wow, time flies when you're in the trenches clawing at the dirt struggling for air, eh? It feels like just yesterday, I was one of the first of my friends to become a dad. I was scrambling around, trying to install car … [Read more...] about So You’re Gonna Be a Dad?
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Balancing Play Time With a Toddler Posse.
A few months ago, I served up a story entitled 'The Legend of Fisher-Price' here on the blog. I got to share my initial thoughts about visiting their headquarters in East Aurora, NY with a few new pals. We got to see and do a whole lot more than I ever expected and it enhanced the entire … [Read more...] about Balancing Play Time With a Toddler Posse.
Eat This, Halloween.
In case you haven’t noticed yet, I’m a top-notch sucker for nostalgia. It’s lays on my skin and soaks into my clothing almost like that cloud that followed Pig Pen around on the Peanuts Halloween Special. The month of October just happens to offer up one of my favorite holidays of the … [Read more...] about Eat This, Halloween.
Let’s Play Dress-up.
You never had to ask me twice as a kid to dress up as my favorite president, cartoon character or mass murderer and walk around the neighborhood, knocking on everyone’s door to collect my candy. Heck, once we were done walking around our country block (several miles), we used to hitch a ride into … [Read more...] about Let’s Play Dress-up.
Will You Go To Sleep Already?!?
If you happened to visit our household for a week, you'd think that my kids were part of some secret government sleep deprivation program. If someone were to say to ME 'hey buddy, wanna take a mid-day nap or maybe even sleep in a nice comfy bed for 8 eight hours?' I'd be snoring so hard and fast … [Read more...] about Will You Go To Sleep Already?!?
The Legend of Fisher-Price.
A few weeks ago, I alluded to a special trip I was taking... no kids, a hotel room to myself and KABOOM - a good night's sleep. Oooooh, how sweet it was. Gone are the days of raiding the mini-bar and locating Cinemax on the dial. THAT'S HOW TIRED I WAS. As it turned out, I wasn't just skipping … [Read more...] about The Legend of Fisher-Price.
