TV and Growing Up

The boys and I were on one of our trademark car rides the other day when a vivid memory popped into Jacob’s 3-year-old brain and he had to get it out. 

An Imaginary Visit from Pa-Pa

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it on here before or not, but those days when Mommy is working (from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.) and the boys and I are home by ourselves all day can feel really long. Of course, I’m sure they feel really long for Mommy as well, but it’s perhaps a different kind of long. An apples to oranges comparison, one might say.

Arts and Crafts

If there is one thing stay-at-home dads (SAHDs)* are most known for above all else it is definitely Arts and Crafts.

Let us loose with some card stock, glitter, glue, and markers and we can create some real magic. I’m not sure what kind of magic all you guys like to make, but in my family, we like to channel this artsy craftiness toward a very specific purpose: the creation of celebratory door signs to greet visiting friends and family members. Well, mainly family members, but I won’t foreclose the possibility of friends one day.

Masculinity and Lawnmowers FTW: Another Important Update

Lawnmower (Getty Images)

To get up to speed on what this is all about, see the first two installments of what has turned into a summer-long blockbuster: Part 1 and Part 2.

The proposed lawnmower repair instructional YouTube video continues as follows: