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Visiting the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown

Throwing Away My Shot and Hitting a More Fulfilled Life

The Day I Sat in a Luxury Box at an NFL Game With My Sons

List of Americans Playing in Budesliga (Germany)

Celebrate National Puppy Day

Today is National Oreo Day: How do you eat your Oreos?

Musings Uncategorized

Perfectly Happy with my Imperfections

Is Captain Marvel Appropriate For Kids

Kids Bowl Free All Summer Long

Free Comic Book Day is May 5th

Raising Fists and Parenting During a Public Enemy Concert

Is Justice League Appropriate for Kids?

Travel Uncategorized

Dubrovnik Family Vacation in Pictures

How a Friendship Between a Christian Boy and a Muslim Boy Gives Me Hope

Make Permanent Marker Disappear with Toothpaste

Thanks Baby for Giving Me A Purpose

Gifts Parents Hate
How often do you watch your child unwrap a present and upon seeing the gift, look over at the buyer and think, “What were you thinking?” As a father to four kids, I have quadrupled those moments. Don’t get me wrong, I love it when adults close to me buy my kids gifts. It’s a […]
Bonding With My Sons Over NBA2K21
Last year, a major bonding moment occurred between my sons (ages 16 & 8) and I. My 16-year-old went to Best Buy and came back with NBA2K20. Other than FIFA, all of my son’s games are action-type games. Not really games that you can sit alongside and compete. So when he showed me the game […]
The Lake ‘N” Pines Motel in Cooperstown: The Perfect Place to Stay With Kids
When you’re vacationing with kids, the place where you sleep needs as much consideration as what you do while on vacation. Because I have 4 kids, not only do I need to find a place where all my kids can sleep comfortably, but I need a place that has onsite activities. The hotel/motel/B&B that we […]
Visiting the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown
The farm life to a New York City kid is a foreign concept. There is a farm in Queens that is on every NYC school’s field trip schedule, but to see a farm, you must be intentional. Seeing cows, goats, and pigs in the Queens Zoo and Bronx Zoo doesn’t quite show what farm life […]
Visiting Cooperstown’s Hyde Hall
Between 1817 and 1834, a mansion designed by Philip Hooker was built for George Clarke. Clarke was a wealthy landowner who inherited a fortune from his grandfather. Before construction began in 1813, Clarke married Ann Low Cary Cooper, a wealthy widow from a prominent New York family. George named his home “Hyde Hall” after his […]