The Adventures of a Stay-at-Home Dad of 5
This is a post I wrote that was originally published on Mamalode.com on June 19th 2015: It was a typical afternoon in the Smith household. Our oldest son was home from school and we were all out in the backyard enjoying the heat. While the kids were playing I remembered that I needed to adjust…
A while back I wrote a letter to Summer encouraging the warm weather to return. Well, the warm weather is finally here. Warm is actually a dramatic understatement, it's punch-you-in-the-face hot. Ninety plus degrees at 9 am hot. Break a sweat walking across your porch scorcher. It's not always this hot, but we've had a…
If your kids are anything like mine they are always getting some random rashes. Sometimes they go away in minutes, sometimes they linger for days. I don't know if I should be putting moisturizing lotion on it or getting a prescription for an antibiotic ointment. So what do I do? Well that's easy, I ask…
This post sponsored by Target. When my wife was pregnant with our first, I felt ready. I had read some books, my wife and I had discussed at length what we wanted our parenting style to be, we had registered for all the must haves at Target Baby and we had our house all set…
I participated in a Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for AVEENO. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. Our family seems to take really great photos. We hire a photographer once or twice a year to take pictures of our family. These pictures always…
I'm really excited about today for 2 reasons. One, this is the 100th post I've made to Sunshine Dad, a feat that seemed crazy just a few short months ago. And two, I've got a pretty sweet giveaway for you guys today. I have partnered with Mobicip to give one Sunshine Dad reader a free…
There are 4 tiny little humans that live in my house with me. They are each capable of making copious amounts of noise and it seems like they constantly are. Sometimes they are just talking too loud, other times they are making bizarre noises with their mouth, and still other times they are banging on…
The other day my kids and I were out in the backyard like so many other afternoons. They were playing on their playset and I was sitting on the back deck rocking in my rocking chair and enjoying the breeze from my NewAir Misting Fan . When suddenly the kids come running and screaming up…
As Father's Day is quickly approaching, I'm sure many of you are scrambling to think of ideas for your dad. Dad's can be hard to shop for at times. So I have put together a list of a few items that you might not have considered. I'm also really excited that I'll be giving away a couple…
I'm not Superman and I don't have a cryptonite but if I did it might be mounds of paperwork. I'm not making some joke here. The paperwork that seems to build up in my house on a daily basis is relentless, it's maddening, it's stressful and I don't know how to get a handle on…
So here we are after a week off with another Party Under the Big Top. If you happened to catch my post yesterday, you'll know today is my 35th birthday (as I had a peek below I see Lysa gave me quite the surprise b-day shout out! Thank you Lysa!!) It's been a nice and relaxing…
35 years ago today a woman went into labor at 11pm at night. By 6 am she and her husband had made their way to the hospital. After several hours, at 2:15pm on June 9, 1980 a baby boy was born to this young couple. On that day their whole world changed. The woman gave…
We just went to Disney to celebrate our son's 4th birthday. We had a great time and were able to meet up and enjoy the day with some of our friends that live in Orlando. Our group consisted of 4 adults and 10 kids aged 6 and under. It was a little wild, a little…
My kids love Batman. One of them was Batman for Halloween this past year. We've got more Batman stuff laying around the house than I know what to do with. So when I was given a chance to work with DCKids & WBKids to help promote Batman and give you guys a chance to win…
I had the pleasure of being invited onto the Dad Bros Show. If you aren't familiar with their podcast, they are two brothers, Josh & Jon, who also happen to be dads. They talk about dad stuff, tech stuff and other things that they find interesting. I had a really fun time being on their…
For Mother's Day my wife gave me a short list of things she would like. One of those things was a raised vegetable and herb garden. She even let me see four thousand examples on Pinterest. Thanks for that Pinterest. Using some of the ideas I saw on Pinterest and what I knew of our…