Captain’s Log. Diaper Date 1765. Daddy Chronicles. Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of joining Tom and Art of Life of Dad for the Life of Dad podcast. It was a fun time. One of the topics we discussed was the Disney Princess franchise. This reminded me of a conversation I had with my … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1751. A week ago Captain and Mrs. Captain held a garage sale. We sold some stuff. Donated some stuff to Goodwill, and still have some stuff. It was harder than the Captain thought it would be. For more reasons than you think. The obvious challenge is setting up the … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1747. I took the Eldest to the Air Show yesterday. She had a lot of fun. There were planes, bouncey houses, planes, and did I mention bouncey houses? She wasn’t super impressed with the planes unless they were flying, but she got to spend some quality time with her … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1743. The Garage Sale. Is. Here. All I know is somebody better come buy this stuff. So we have advertised on Craigslist and in a mommy group that Mrs. Captain is in. I don’t have a local Daddy group (I do roll with LifeofDad.com – what set you claiming? … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1742. Yesterday was a big day – the Diaper Dweller’s first pair of shoes. We made the trek to Stride Rite and had the boy measured. Mrs. Captain would not let me buy the R2D2 shoes (they didn’t have my size), however we did settle on a nice pair … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1727. I mentioned in my recent Life of Dad post that I was issuing a challenge. There are 36 Olympic Sports.(Click on the “Sports” dropbox to see them) I want to see how many of the 36 the Poop Deck Community (that’s my name for you guys. Crappy name … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles Diaper Date 1729. This is a shameless post in an effort to win an Ergo Performance Carrier. Here is the blog link. So I am supposed to identify how I would use said carrier. Basically, my plan is to train my children to be crime fighters. Think The Incredibles, but with … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1729. So one of the things about having a daughter is that, as a dad, you are forced to prove yourself in unexpected ways. With sons, it is different. With sons you can break boards, bricks, smash through a wall, grunt loudly, maybe spit, and people look at you … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1722. The Captain used to enjoy watching MTV Cribs from time to time. The Captain can’t afford the cheapest of options. There are some pretty zany things that appeared on that show. Ice T has snack machines so his friends have to buy their snacks instead of eating his … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1720. There’s no easy way to say this. The Captain lied to his daughter. You see, over the weekend the family fish, Nemo, perished. Fortunately, Nemo didn’t die belly up, he simply laid low. We had a moment of trepidation. One of the family dogs, Bailey, died 2 years … Read more