Maximumble: Hot Tails
Sometimes, we tell our kids things for the sake of humor or because we don’t know. It’s kind of fun to re-imagine things and tell a story to our kids. But I’ve had it backfire on me. My brother, for example, tells me that I told him a story growing up about mayonnaise. Apparently, […]
Children’s Books Gone Terribly Terribly Wrong
Reading to your kids, you occasionally run across something in a children’s book that raises your adult eyebrows. And, strolling through a bookstore, you may happen upon a title (or its entire contents) that gets your head tilt on, mentally or audibly making you ask yourself, “What on earth were they thinking?!” Sure, some of […]
18 Images of Adults as Kids
Kids can’t seem to wait to get all growed up, but a lot of “growed ups” seem to pine for the bright shiny object of yesteryouth, when a driver’s license and our own place doesn’t seem as captivating as a tricycle and pillow fort once did. There are grown children, however, that were able cheat […]
How I Feel Right Now
This is how I’m feeling today, waiting for the weekend to start… Anyone else with me? Is it really ONLY THURSDAY?!?! BLERBURUUBUBUGGLRLE. Also, this is how I will be speaking to people until it is, in fact, the weekend. So there, WORLD!
My Kid Just Drew… #59
5yo son: “I drew Mr. Poo and Mr. Fart.” Me: “Haha! Are they friends?” Son: “Of course they are!” [eye roll] “”me and my son, Lucas (2015) Some things are so obvious, you’re just begging for an eye roll when you ask, or even dare to raise an inquisitive eyebrow. I guess I really should […]
The Scariest Human-Powered Playground Ever
It’s not often that you go to a theme park and say, “Well, the ghosts that run this place must really hate people very much. But this one takes the cake. It’s a sort of bizarre land with rides that are entirely powered by the kinetic energy produced by human beings. That is to say, […]
My Wife Just Said… #207
“I’m thinking about dying my hair. Or should I just leave it? Gray is the new black, right?” -Elizabeth Fresh out of the shower and looking fierce. My wife just got a pixie cut again and before you read any further YES I GOT PERMISSION FROM MY WIFE TO POST THIS PICTURE. Sure, I […]
The Best We Can Hope For (VIDEO)
There are small moments with grand meaning when you’re a parent. It’s honestly hard to describe if you don’t have kids, but it’s something like loving something so much you could explode into a billion million tiny sparks of light and confetti. This video captures a glimpse. This father is an engineer on a train. […]
Maximumble: Monster Under the Bed
It’s easy to dismiss kids and their amazing imaginations. Sometimes they are off in the stratosphere when it comes to reality. But isn’t that something we want to encourage to some degree? If we can ground our kids in the nature of what is real, but give their dreams, and not their nightmares, the […]
No More Instructional Diagrams, Folks
Those that know Andy personally are very familiar with his bombastic personality, but only a select few are aware of how terrible he is at martial arts. A few days ago he had a violent encounter with a dragon while trying to save two kittens from a burning orphanage, or something, and injured his hand. […]
