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…
Why parents wake up even more tired
Yes, that’s right… we go to bed tired and wake up even more tired. That’s being a parent. Well, it’s being a parent in our house, anyway. Good thing we have coffee, right? We pick coffee from 7-Eleven because they get their coffee form coffee-growers who are Rainforest Alliance Certified, which means that the coffee comes…
Undivided attention
“Ethan… Ethan…. Hey, Buddy we are over here.” That is what I heard from his new soccer coach today at his first practice. Here he was not paying attention to his coach when he was at practice. Why? I was not giving him MY undivided attention as his Dad. I hate to admit it, but it’s the Truth! We…
A Beautiful mess
There I was again. Looking down at the big brown eyes. Those big brown eyes were starting back at me on the verge of filling with tears. She knew that she was caught… red handed & blue faced. The evidence was all around her: paintbrush in the bathroom next to the water-soaked face-paint palette that…
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…
10 things they need to invent for parents
Becky and I were talking about the things they need to invent for parents. The things that would make life so much easier! 1- A window that separates drivers from the passengers (like in a limo)… or in this case: the parents from the noise coming from the back seat. Put our four in the…