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True Confessions of a Stay at Home Dad
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This is a blog about my life. My wife and I have three kids, ages six, three and one. Last year I gave up my gig as a middle school teacher to stay home with my kids full-time. This past year has been the most challenging, easy, relaxing, stressful, fun, tiring and rewarding year of my life.

My wife Amanda and I have been married for seven years. She spends her days (and nights and weekends) as an overworked Medical Resident.

Our oldest daughter, Eloise, is a bright, sweet, emotional first grader that loves to talk (she gets it from her mom). When not at school she is most likely playing dress up, turning some part of our house into a playroom, or creating a craft projects that involve: glue, magazines, markers, staples, stickers, scissors, crayons, pens, and a dozen sheets of paper.

Henry, the three year old middle child, is hell on wheels. There is not a house or store Henry cannot destroy in five to seven minutes max. He loves playing with his trucks, digging in his sandbox and occasionally putting on his sister’s pink plastic high heels.

Maggie, the one year old, is as sweet as they come. At a very early age she learned that her crying could barely be heard over the volume of her siblings. She has developed a blood curdling scream in order to get our attention that would make any horror movie producer proud.

Well there you have it, that’s pretty much my family in a nutshell.

DISCLAIMER: If you are looking for parenting advice you have come to the wrong place. Enjoy!

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Daughter has a Library Card, Dad has a Delinquent Account

May 22, 2013 | 09:26 PM
As the school year is coming to an end, my daughter's school does a really neat thing to encourage reading over the summer. They send home forms for kids to get a public library card. The form gets filled ...more>>

So Grateful

May 21, 2013 | 05:43 AM
Since you normally read about food flinging, feces, frustrations and a lot about the negative side of being a stay at home dad, I wanted to taking a minute to step back from it all and take a look at ...more>>

Abercrombie's CEO- Where CEO stands for Clueless, Exclusionary, Oblivious

May 15, 2013 | 01:21 PM
In an interview from a few years back that has recently spread on the internet like wildfire, Mike Jeffries, the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch, talked about the type of people he wanted wearing his clothes. ...more>>

The Art of Parenting and Car Maintenance

May 13, 2013 | 06:29 AM
The thought of having kids can be pretty intimidating. Part of the reason for that is, there is so much unknown about being a parent for the first time. Many people, before they become parents, have already ...more>>

Cleaning pacifiers- In the sink or with your own mouth?

May 06, 2013 | 02:20 PM
I heard a crazy news story on NPR today. There was a small study done in Sweden with 184 babies and their parents. The study asked parents how they cleaned their babies' pacifiers. Most of the parents ...more>>

Parenting Zen is Only a Door Slam Away

May 05, 2013 | 07:06 PM
Usually when I write about a particular topic people respond by saying they go through a similar situation too. I hope that’s the case with this topic, but I think I might be alone on this one. First, ...more>>

I Just Want To Brush My Teeth!

April 30, 2013 | 01:25 PM
It was one of those rare mornings where I set an early alarm, dragged myself out of bed and went for a run. I got home around 6am, with plans of showering, putting on "normal" clothes and definitely ...more>>

A Family Tattoo

April 25, 2013 | 10:02 AM
No matter how you feel about Barack Obama the President, I bet you can appreciate some of his parenting tactics, especially this one about keeping his daughters from getting tattoos. Here is what President ...more>>

A Different Kind of Birthday Present

April 22, 2013 | 01:11 PM
Another weekend, another kid birthday party to attend. It's ok to start saying no to some of these invitations right? I wanted to share this cool idea a family did instead of accepting presents for their ...more>>

Business as usual after Boston

April 16, 2013 | 08:21 AM
I first heard about the explosions at the Boston Marathon on Facebook about two minutes after they initially happened. I spent the next several minutes on Twitter and FB waiting for each and every update. ...more>>

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