FFYF: Egg Drop Edition
Good Friday, Heroes! Today we are participating in our very first egg drop contest. Very exciting. The challenge is to create a container that can hold an egg and protect it from cracking in a fall. The Captain's first idea involved tin foil and plastic wrap. 3 or 4...
How to Raise Multi-Lingual Children
Lots of people are interested in raising multilingual children, for many great reasons. Speaking six languages myself, and four fluently, I know that being multilingual can come in pretty handy. Speaking several languages fluently increases job opportunities, makes...
Win a Copy of When Did I Get Like This
When I was at BlissDom this January I met Amy Wilson, the author of When Did I Get Like This? The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget Buyer & Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be. Here's Amy herself talking about the book: Amy was kind enough to give me a...
5 Dangerous Car Seat Mistakes Parents Commonly Make
(Editor's note: please welcome Davian Masters with some important information for parents of newborn and infants. Thanks, Davian!) Baby car seats have been created and especially designed to increase the safety of the youngest travelers in a vehicle. According to some...
FFYF: End of a Trilogy Edition
Hulllo, Heroes! Funny story: the older boys got it into their heads that we should let them watch The Matrix movies. We saw episode one several weeks ago and episode two shortly thereafter. It took a while to get to episode 3, which we finally played tonight. At the...
How to Be a Good Adoptive Parent
(Editor's note: Today's guest post is courtesy of Tim Dalton with some solid advice for adoptive parents. Thanks Tim!) Parenting is not the easiest of jobs in the world – the title of parent may come very easily, but doing the job is a lifelong struggle, one that is...
Trusting Teens Can Be Hard
There are different kinds of trust that we offer our children over time. For example, there’s the trust that a child will do her chores responsibly, and trust that he won’t play with matches and set the house on fire. Now that the boys are older, we’re dealing with...
7 Best Tools to Monitor Your Children’s Online Activity
(Editor's note: Please welcome Tom, who brings very helpful information for monitoring online activity. Keeping track of your children can be ever more difficult as times and technology change so quickly. Thanks, Tom!) As a parent, you can use filtering software...
Japan Still Needs Our Help
Hello Heroes! We all know of the devastation that Japan suffered with the earthquakes and tsunami, and that suffering continues. Japan needs our help! Donate to the American Red Cross to help rebuild Japan just like Andrew Liveris ($6 million), New York Fashion House,...
FFYF: Staring Guinea Pig Edition
Each of the younger boys got his very own Guinea Pig last evening. They're going to learn all about their new pets and show them at the fair this summer. Very exciting! It was especially dramatic because up until midday yesterday, the plan was only for Captain...