I love making things with my kids, whether it’s drawing pictures or making craft items. We always have ideas for this, so I’m going to share a few of our successes here. 1. Art Trading Cards. While not strictly a craft, they can be a lot of fun for kids to do. All you need [...]
Eating Habits of Kids Who Love Fresh Food
While I know that we don’t always eat the best (see my son in the background with his nachos?), I am pleased that my kids really love their fruit and fresh vegetables. My daughter, Ariana, will choose to eat watermelon at every opportunity that she can! This means that I have to actually limit her [...]
To Lead by Example – Teaching Our Kids Right & Wrong
I’ve often thought about how it is that our behaviour as parents teaches our kids. They model us in everything that we do. We teach them how to react to others. We teach them our moral code. And we teach them how to treat us. And we teach them much of their self image. Today [...]
Blowing Bubbles
I was looking through a few pictures today and was smiling a lot when I looked at these ones! My daughter and I were alone, as my son was at school, so we decided blowing bubbles would be a fun thing to do. And so we grabbed the soapy bubble liquid and several different things to make [...]
Equality in Divorce and Custody
Do divorced dads get a raw deal? We often hear that women have the advantage when it comes to child custody and that men have problems getting custody, even if they want it. And they also get screwed financially. I’ve learned a lot about this seeing it happen over and over again with the single dads [...]
School and Allergies
I remember growing up with a number of allergies. Thankfully I have outgrown most of these. My worst allergy is still peanuts, however. Naturally I avoid nuts like the plague! Who wants to be really sick just from smelling something? When I was young I had to eat on the other side of the room from [...]
