Every day we are given the choice of whether we want to be happy around our kids or if we want to lose our patience and yell. We pick if we want to make jokes with them or tell them to stop being so silly. We get this choice on a daily basis. This…
Coaches are the unsung heroes
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Brita Universal Jug Cooler Filtration System for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. I always knew that coaches did a lot. I grew up playing football and I played through my senior year in college. Coaches were always there for us, but it was funny…
kids be like
I know we have all seen things floating around on the internet that goes like this… Now its usually the women getting the upper hand on us guys. Truth be told, I actually think that they are pretty funny, and don’t really take offense to it. Why? Because they are just an exaggeration of the…
How kids can raise money (more than just a lemonade stand)
Our kids have been looking for ways to make money to save up for a FitBit. Both Beau and Jack made themselves “businesses” where they could earn money. We wanted to help them out, so here are some suggestions that we gave them (they went with #1): 1. Pet Washing. Our boys both started…
The parenting mistake we were making over and over
We have all heard it before. The old Shakespeare quote. “Too much of a good thing.” But is it really true? Can too much of a good thing really be bad? Parents, we all know the answer to this… Yes, especially when it comes to issues with our kids… our parenting mistake boils down to this. It…
Why kids would rather talk to us in the car
Today I picked up Jack, our oldest son, from school, because we were going to go out bike-shopping. With the weather being nicer, it was time to start up our bike rides again. Our whole family loves biking, so we go out almost every night in the spring and summer. Well- he has grown…
Love of a parent
Everyday I am thankful for all the wonderful people in my life. However, the one thing that brings True Joy to my heart is my Family. I am most thankful that I have the ability to be the husband to my beautiful wife and the father to my 4 awesome kids. Sitting in church the other…
How to get them to stop complaining
Becky & I both come from families where we were taught not to whine or complain about things. We were taught to be grateful, to take care of our things and to appreciate what we were given. When our kids start complaining, we have tried everything to stop it. We’ve tried being patient and we’ve gone…
Why my 5 year old is braver than me
Too often we are quick to judge or point out when a child misbehaves. “That kid sure cries a lot,” “He needs to be put in time out more often,” or my favorite “you need to be harder on him.” I hate to admit it, but theses were all things that were said about…
No kid is unsmart
Today, Becky was signing our kids up for summer programs. She likes to get them involved in reading camps and invention camps in the summer, just one or two weeks out of the two month break. In NC, they are pretty popular- they are just morning camps that let the kids pursue an interest (sports,…
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