As a kid, one of my favorite things to do was to draw and color. Now that I have kids, I still like to draw and color, but now I get to share it with my kids. We have recently been renting books from our local library that teach you how to draw things like…
10 board games for kids 6-10
It is almost spring break in the Carolinas – you know what that means. Our house will be filled with kids! We like that our house is the hang-out spot (read why here). Today I wanted to share these board games for kids 6-10, because if you knock on our door in the evenings,…
Give the gift of Creativity
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of BOSEbuild for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Dr. Bruce Duncan Perry, M.D., Ph.D. once wrote “Children are such curious creatures. They explore, question, and wonder, and by doing so, learn….What is most pleasurable about discovery and mastery is sharing it with someone else.”…
10 NEW ideas instead of electronics
This post contains affiliate links to products that we have. Not a day goes by where our kids don’t ask for their iPods or to watch a show. Becky and I aren’t “all or nothing” parents when it comes to electronics, but we do like to really limit it. We like when the three…
How to turn a bad day around…
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Life of Dad and Cheerios. I received compensation for this post; however, all opinions stated are my own. Last week, we had planned it just right. We were going to go out on the lake on Saturday morning with Becky’s family and come home to have…
5 Ways to Have Fun as a Family- Without Traveling Far!
While many families love to travel in the spring and summertime, there are seasons of life where traveling far is not the most practical. Instead of thinking all hopes of having fun as a family are lost, be encouraged! There are many ways that you can have just as much fun as a family without…
Dad’s Guide to Summer
Summertime is an awesome time of year – school is out and the kids are ready for fun, but it also can be a time of summertime overwhelm as parents plates start to be filled. Between camps, vacations, summer time learning, playdates, keeping the kids busy, etc… there is more than enough to send any…
World PLAY-DOH Day
One of the most iconic brands, and kids favorite, turns 60 years old. We all know it as the modeling compound that comes in the little yellow containers. Yup…PLAY-DOH. As we know it as a It is the #1 reusable modeling compound that kids love, it was originally created for a different purpose. In 1956,…
Why you want your house to be the hangout spot
With the break in the weather, my wife and I were discussing how our home seemed to be the “place to hang out” for all the neighborhood kids. This reminded me of the days when I was younger and still living at home. A home that was filled with love and filled with children. Growing up…