Tired? Worn out? Need a break from the hustle and bustle of the day? Come to our house – just make sure the kids aren’t here when you do.

I gotta give the little guy credit for this one. It was a really good try.

After a year of working on it, I think we may finally be adding a new tradition to our family. Well, new to the kids, at any rate.

Any bedtime song can get the kids sleeping, but it takes a really special one to get them dancing.

Pick the toughest neighborhood in your town and imagine yourself walking through it after dark, with your eight-year old. That’s where this story starts. Where it ends is some place altogether different.

This wasn’t exactly the end of my parenting rope, but it was kind of close.

It is the challenge of millions of parents across the globe: how to keep the kids quiet during church. This is a story of an attempt to move beyond that goal, to try to achieve that most lofty of goals: attentiveness.

Is eight years old too young for romance to blossom? Not at the roller rink!

Here’s an attention-getter that isn’t terribly subtle. Funny, but not subtle. Enjoy!

If Jack ever needs some wingmen to help him out, I believe my boy’s would be more than happy to volunteer.