Being a “stay at home” dad has been a blessing in disguise. After a few short months of unemployment, I will return to full time work on Monday April 11th.  I can honestly say that I will miss moments with my kids.

The daily job duties required for “Modern Day Mr. Mom”  are more memorable than any milestone, corporate goal or other achievement from any occupation that I have ever held.

On top of the list  is getting the extra time to spend with my very spirited 6-year old son. Just this morning,  I cashed in one of the six daddy coupons he created for my birthday 2-weeks ago. I took him up on the offer for “A walk to school with daddy on a nice day.” Read more…

Practicing Math and Saving Money with 5, 6, 7, and 8. These two things are near and dear to my heart.  The idea of saving money is really more about maximizing our money, particularly in light of the Sports Daddy’s job status change.

Our local Target was having a great deal.  In spite of my views of the 5% penalty, the deal is a good one and worth the trip.  It’s a buy any 7 frozen items and get a $5 gift card special.  No limit to how many gift card or multiples of seven. Read more…

After the dramatic extraction of our 6-year old son’s tooth last night, the Tooth Fairy blew it. The current snowstorm in Minnesota might have something to do it.

It started a few weeks back, when our boy started wiggling his bottom left incisor, stating that it was “really loose.”  He’s a hockey player, so we encouraged him to keep working on the tooth so he could  look like one of the players on the Minnesota Wild.

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My 6 year old son is in Kindergarten. Each week there is a letter of the week and a specific sound associated with that letter. This week it is the letter c as in cat or crack and not c as in church or city. He is to incorporate the letter of the week with his sharing slot of the week. His sharing time slot is on Monday’s. Read more…

In 2010, the kids and I found great entertainment in picking NFL  regular season games. Okay, so we pretty much stunk with the picks, but it’s all just for fun. That being said, we put our collective brains together one last time for the NFL and came up with some pretty nice Super Bowl options in our latest video presentations.

Surprises, upsets, and shocking results are all part of the time we spend together, so naturally, they depict our choices for eventual Super Bowl Champions.  Two of our choices are repeat Lombardi winners, and one is a first time World Champion. Enjoy… Read more…