How to Be a Dad

How to Be a Dad

Can’t Calm Them, Join Them

Posted by on March 6th, 2013, under EXTERNAL USE ONLY

We’ve all (the royal WE) been there. Your kid is screaming bloody murder and they just seem like they need a little compassion, a gentle caress or a calm voice. Do we cave? Do we succumb to their emotional demands? Well, this father did and it proved to all of us doubters that sometimes things [...]

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My Wife Just Said… #100

Posted by on March 5th, 2013, under "MY WIFE JUST SAID..."

“I’m wearing a thong. That’s how you know it’s time to do laundry.” -Avara   – Previous “My Wife Just Said…” 

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Bushes Here and There and Everywhere (By Dr. Heuss)

Posted by on March 4th, 2013, under INSTRUCTIONAL DIAGRAMS

  I have fur on my head and fuzz on my toes, Now I have bushes where nobody knows. One bush, two bushes, three bushes… more!?! What are these bushes that weren’t before?   I have seen bushes here and there and everywhere; Around people’s houses and at the town fair. There are bushes on [...]

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You Can Become a Classic Video Game Family!

Posted by on March 1st, 2013, under NOTEBOOK

Something amazing is about to happen. Two somethings! Two things that come together and create… way more than just two things. Two giveaways! The First Amazing Something The first thing is something new. A giveaway! Why is that new? Because it’s a FLASH contest! Meaning there’s not much time on this tick-tock-kaBOOM you better act [...]

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The Generosity of Kids Is… Overwhelming

Posted by on February 28th, 2013, under SNAPSHOTS

You pour soooooo much into your kids. I don’t mean food, but yeah, there is that. I mean your love, your sleep, your energy (what there is left of it), your sweat, your tears. As if by instinct, you don’t really do so with any expectation of anything in return. That isn’t to say that [...]

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The Charlie Brown Question

Posted by on February 27th, 2013, under NOTEBOOK

“I going kill myself.” No sooner did it leave his lips than I pounced on his statement with a question. “Where did you hear that?” His little formative 3-year-old mind had already moved on to more fertile pastures, a grouping of Lego blocks for the moment. “Where did you hear that, Finn?” I didn’t want [...]

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Bad Product Idea #12: BeDoodlers Sleepy-Time Skin Markers (For Adults)

Posted by on February 26th, 2013, under INSTRUCTIONAL DIAGRAMS

Picture it. The little ones have finally stopped talking and moving and mess-making and… needing. They’re finally sleeping like the rocks you now feel like you’ve been bombarded with. But after the kid-valanche, things can seem startlingly slow. A little boring even. Don’t turn to a screen to chill out and wind down, though. BeDoodle [...]

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My Wife Just Sang… #99

Posted by on February 25th, 2013, under "MY WIFE JUST SAID..."

“Oh yes! 99 Luftballoons! I LOVE that song! I used to be able to sing the whole thing. Yes. The German version.” [Commences singing] -Elizabeth   – Previous “My Wife Just Said…” 

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Office Spaced

Posted by on February 22nd, 2013, under NOTEBOOK

This is my last video, and as such, I thought we should go out with a… suit. My birthday suit, perhaps? I recently got a new job that has me, get this, showering and shaving. All the time. Weird, right? While I don’t have to wear a suit on the regular, I occasionally need to [...]

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The DON’Ts of Waiting on Tables of Families

Posted by on February 22nd, 2013, under NOTEBOOK

There is an art to waiting tables. It is a dying art. It’s certainly a really a hard job, but there are tricks to it. To make it not be so awful. Everyone knows it must be a gruesome task to wait on tables that contain kids, but I’m a parent, so I’m not writing [...]

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