The Adventures of a Stay-at-Home Dad of 5
Now that school has gotten back into full swing our routine has become fairly....well, routine. Long gone are the lazy summer mornings where I drank 3 cups of coffee and the kids watched some cartoons before breakfast. Now I have about an hour once my eyes open to get 4 kids, fed, clothed, teeth brushed,…
I started to carry a set of keys the day I turned 16. I went down to the DMV with my dad (or maybe it was my mom, I can't remember) and gave them my Driver's Ed certificate and smiled for my picture. I had my very own driver's license and a new found sense…
I have only briefly touched on it before in my blog but I am a member of Jacksonville's Mad Cowford Improv troupe . In 2007 while living in Connecticut I auditioned for Funny Stages which was the improv wing of The New Haven Theater Company . I was accepted into the group and over the…
Scooby-Doo was easily one of my favorite cartoons growing up and I still have tons of LEGOS around my house now. Well, lucky for my 10 year old self, LEGO and Scooby-Doo have teamed up to make a series of stop motion YouTube videos using the new Scooby-Doo LEGO sets. I can remember taking my…
Yes, you are reading that correctly. In December we will grow our family by one more. Four kids had been the plan for most of our married life but somehow after number 4 we didn't feel like we were done with our family; so here comes number 5. We do not know the sex of…
I can't say I have been at the pinnacle of fashion and style my whole life. I'm not sure I can say I was at the pinnacle at any point in my life. But now that I stay at home and don't leave the neighborhood for days at a time, I sometimes lose the motivation…
A while back I showed you how to build a small tiered vegetable & herb garden. Our garden has had plenty of time to grow and develop and I decided I would bring you an update. I have learned a few things from my first venture into urban farming. The first thing I learned is…
Five years ago my wife and I decided it was time to bite the bullet and buy an expensive camera. The problem was, neither of us really knew anything about cameras. I searched the internet for buying guides and was able to find a lot of technical reviews but most of that was over my…
If you're like me, you take a ton of pictures on your phone's camera. It might not be as good as my big expensive camera but it's pretty dang good and it's always in my pocket. As a result, I'm always using it. Next time I get a new phone I'm going to get one…
Before I became a parent, I had a completely different notion of what gross was compared to now. Things that I formerly would have found to be utterly disgusting I now do on a daily basis without batting an eye. I have compiled a list of a few things I no longer find repulsive. Food…
This post brought to you by Maytag . The content and opinions expressed below are that of Sunshine Dad. If your kids are anything like mine, they know how to get dirty. I'm not talking about a "oh you have a little dab of dirt on your elbow dirty" I'm talking about "go straight to…
I was recently sent a Clean Hands Changing Pad by SnoofyBee to review. Honestly, I wasn't sure what to think when I first heard about this changing pad. My first thought was it looked like one of those cone shaped collars that keep dogs from licking/biting themselves. But once I opened it up and gave it…