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Death of a (kid) salesman

Recently a local junior high school kid from the neighborhood knocked on our door. He was selling something for glee club and asked if I would help support them. Sure thing kid, I watch Glee, I’m down with your creative vocal talents, let’s see this catalogue of nuts, food or chocolate.

Either this club had huge overhead or the school hadn’t shopped around for efficient fundraisers because the lowest price item was $13. Yup, the items peaked at $45 and started at a Stromboli that our budding vocalist assured me was very good. Continue reading Death of a (kid) salesman

5 tips to make parenting easier and more fun

I love the start of a new week. It gives you the opportunity to move past the mistakes and goofs of last week. On that note Daddy Mojo made a couple basic parenting mistakes last week. We know not to do them, but my lack of schedule or planning made them happen. They may have wasted time, resources or caused Baby Mojo to melt down unnecessarily. Continue reading 5 tips to make parenting easier and more fun

A dad reviews the ads for ‘Life As We Know It’

October is a fabulous time of the year. Every weekend has beautiful weather, there are numerous festivals and it’s great just to open the windows, nap or read. With all of these pleasant activities it sure would take something magical to drag me out to the movie theatre.

Thankfully Life As We Know It seems to have nothing redeeming to drag the common dad away from relaxing at home.

I was thumbing through a magazine and saw this advertisement for the movie. Continue reading A dad reviews the ads for ‘Life As We Know It’

An open letter to Parenting Magazine

Dear Parenting Magazine, I like your publication and we receive it at the Mojo house. After a year of reading it and getting some dandy ideas on meals that I can cook, development tips and relationship advice I realized that you have almost no pictures of dads in your magazine.

That’s cool. I don’t know your demographics, Continue reading An open letter to Parenting Magazine

Fathers, buy your diaper bags carefully

When we were looking for a diaper bag my wife insisted that it be something that I’m comfortable with carrying, both in appearance and feel. As usual, my wife was correct and also had a bit of foresight by knowing that I tend not to use things that I don’t like.

It’s not something I’d admit to in mixed company, but one of the unforeseen advantages of having a baby is being able to carry around the diaper bag. Continue reading Fathers, buy your diaper bags carefully

Handmade toys, sock monkeys and crafty dads

I like toys that thud in a wooden way. This is American Craft Week and nice wooden handmade blocks or trains are a great way to shape a childs imagination. Alternately I’m a big fan of the sock monkey, another handmade toy that makes adults smile and kids happy. Continue reading Handmade toys, sock monkeys and crafty dads

Odd jobs, balloons and Dan Rather

Babies love balloons. Whenever we go to a store that sells balloons it’s always a welcome distraction to point to them, learn colors and attempt to quiet the gathering sonic storm from Baby Mojo. Being responsible parents we knew that having a balloon or two at his first birthday party would be a good thing.

Mom and I had planned a Dr. Suess themed party. We had a big red blanket and I was in charge of getting some nice red balloons. While I was at the store, looking at the packs of balloons with Baby Mojo I had some great memories of where I’ve been and what I’ve done. Being an ex radio guy one would expect that I had a story or memory about a retro German 80s song; however, for a brief period of time I also did singing telegrams. Continue reading Odd jobs, balloons and Dan Rather

Birthday party planning tips

Birthday parties for kids are meant to be fun. It’s an occasion that should be celebrated and can be a great opportunity for kids to run around, socialize and (hopefully) sleep better tonight. The line between a good and bad party is a fine one that can be easily navigated by following a couple really simple laws. Continue reading Birthday party planning tips