Awesomely weird adventures in raising geeks, travel, kids, mayhem.
We left Chimney Rock campground early in the morning, expecting a warm day of many sites on our way to Mammoth Cave. Cruising down the road we saw signs leading to Abraham Lincoln’s childhood home. This unexpected detour was both
We tend to have a lot of fun with Halloween. We like dressing up and did our fair share of theater in former lives. Some years we’ve done themes (definitely more fun) some years have been wildly inappropriate (dont’ ask), and
Caveat: these recommendations are based on 1 trip to NASA with two kids, aged 8 and 5. The 8 yr old is bookish and interested in science; the 5 yr old loves to run jump and climb. Cost: I
Conversations with a 3 yr old: solving an obvious corrosion problem I’d never considered. “Iron Man doesn’t pee.” So now we know.
Any good journey to Hades starts with a nice sail on the river Styx, dropping off a few memories in the Lethe and a healthy game of fetch with Cerberus. Of course, this is the sort of trip you don’t really
I had an epiphany recently, and it involved sports – of all things. Our youngest is an inherently social creature. He talks. All. The. Time. This is contrasted with our older boy who would rather sit in a corner and
Back when we were first toying with the idea of starting a blog we did the typical, “what should we call it?” dance. Words were said that can never be unsaid, like blogger, fun, and easy.
Friends of ours, who also own this rather large natural soap company, have a method for dealing with life’s many distractions.
What’s it like having geek kids? Well, my son just said he was going to go watch the sunset. It’s 3:29 in the afternoon and we live in a southern state, and despite the time of year the sunset is
Travel with kids can be chore, right? Sometimes they’re tired, hungry, bored, angry, or just want to be doing something outside of a car (or Vanagon). This is normal. Hey, if we’re being honest here travel without kids can be