I started writing down my life goals and it turned out to be a list of places where I want to nap, but haven’t yet
— Andrew Knott (@aknott21) February 12, 2018
It’s the last day of school before Spring Break starts. You’ve just attended your child’s Field Day or Picnic Day or It’s Not Break Yet But It Kind Of Is Day and all that time spent under the blazing sun surrounded by 800 screaming children has made you a little punchy.
Read MoreThe children demolished our playground this week. It graced our backyard for nearly a decade and now it’s gone.
Read MoreIt's a bit of a paradox, really.
Read MoreThis is clickbait, but also factually accurate.
Read MoreI’ve been a stay-at-home dad for more than a decade, and I have to admit that trying to reenter the job market after so long has been even more daunting than I expected.
Read MoreMy daughter is only seven, but she’s already worked the worst job in the world.
Read MoreOrlando, FL — The sky was slate gray and there was a slight chill in the air on the Thursday afternoon when a young girl’s world was turned upside down.
Read MoreI left my eyeglasses at a La Quinta Inn in Fort Lauderdale.
Read MoreI’ve been existing online for almost two decades now and during that time I’ve had one hard and fast rule. One binding commandment I swore I’d never break. That guiding principle: Under no circumstances will I ever post feet pics on the internet.
Read MoreHere’s a fun fact about me: Green Day song lyrics and melodies occupy about 37 percent of my brain. Sometimes more depending on my mood and the time of year.
Read MoreI didn’t know if I’d be able to write this week because I was so busy volunteering at the elementary school Book Fair.
Read MoreI’ve been really getting into bicycle repair lately.
It’s probably my number one passion if you don’t count nagging my kids to do their homework.
Read MoreThe crossing guard and I are famously great friends.
Read MoreThe beginning of each school year brings with it the return of many familiar rituals and events, but perhaps none is more important than Elementary School Skate Night.
Read MoreMy oldest child is in sixth grade this year, which means he has moved up from the cozy and comfortable elementary school that is decorated floor to ceiling with ladybugs to the more utilitarian and intimidating middle school that looks like a cross between a small community college and a correctional facility.
Read MoreI don’t know if you’ve heard, but it’s been hot lately. Like, obscenely hot.
I’m a Florida native so heat and humidity are as natural to me as a lizard crawling across my toes or a frog hanging out on the wall of my kids’ bedroom, but this year the heat has just been… different.
Read MoreMy kids returned to school today. This seems to happen every year and I somehow never really get used to it. It’s like one day they’re here and the next they’re gone… well, for five or six hours at least.
Read MoreJuly Fourth. Independence Day. Fireworks Day (as my kids typically call it). No matter what name you prefer, this is a day that I often feel conflicted about.
Read MoreThe first day of July brought with it our first full beach day. It was a Saturday of a holiday week, so the beach was probably very crowded.
Read MoreDay 1 (pretty sure about this one) — June 29
Thursday was our first travel day. Our plan was to drive from central Florida to Savannah because we couldn’t get into the beach place until Friday, and we didn’t want to drive the full distance in one day because our kids hate the car.
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