19 Hilariously Dark Decorations for a Very Meh-rry Christmas
A lot of people go bonkers and bling out their homes for the holidays, and some of them like to go immediately from spider webs and skeletons to icicle lights and blow-up Santas. This irritates a lot of Thanksgiving-minded folks. But this peeve pales in comparison to the year this has been, so the general […]
Expecto Harry Potter Land!
It was decided! We were off to Harry Potter world -ehem- I mean, Universal Studios Hollywood. My wife and I had visited through the years, but now we wanted to see Harry Po-… Um, share it with our son. Universal Studios provided my family with tickets, so it was only a matter of choosing WHEN. […]
22 Festively Edgy Holiday Comics
With all the sweet family movies and cheery holiday music, the overall G-rated, brightly-colored wonderful time of the year can get to be a bit much. You can’t eat dessert for breakfast, lunch and dinner and expect to live long. Take a break from the marshmallowy wonderland and sink your teeth into these bitter, darker-toned […]
Halloween Health-EVIL Ideas
Okay so, maybe these are all DEFINITELY terrible ideas. Based on a recent “Candy Confessions” survey from Crest, 86% of parents eat candy that was given to their child while trick-or-treating. We are all looking to fulfill our sweet tooth! Around the Halloween season, parents also seem to up their kids’ healthy eating and tooth-care […]
The 2 Types of Parents on New Year’s Eve
This post is brought to you by Responsibility.org, but (hopefully) it’s funny and relatable af! There are two types of parents on New Year’s. Those that stay home for the evening, and then there are the lunatics. Okay, maybe the couples who go out aren’t lunatics exactly, and sure, there are more types than […]
14 Christmas Comics We Can Actually Now Enjoy
Now that this year’s frenzied Christmas is finally done and nestled in its bed, we can take a moment to settle down and look back on it all for a laugh, hopefully. Sure, there’s still mountains of boxes and wrapping paper dunes that need to be dealt with, and gifts that need assembly or tech […]
Toddlers Priceless First-Time Reactions to Fireworks (Video)
I remember being astounded by fireworks as a little kid. I love them, but… well, it wasn’t really a love-hate relationship, it was more of love-terror thing. Now that I’m all grown up with three kids that are well past toddlerhood, I’ve had the chance to see the evolution of their awed reactions as they […]
Grandpa Vader & Kylo, A Christmas Story
This is amaaaaaazing. Even if you’re not a stark raving Star Wars fan like me, you’ll still appreciate a lot of the relatabale moments shown here, when grandparents look after their grandkid. Sure, regular grandparents might not be spoiling your kid quite like Santa Vader, and when they break your rules, it’s necessarily your “no […]
“Holiday Shopping” : Convos With My 6-Year-Old
I went shopping with my 7yo son recently, and I made use of the drive there to go over (over and over and over) the trip’s one ground rule. I had him repeat it. “What’s the one rule for this trip?” I asked as we rolled into the parking lot. “No asking for you to […]
10 Christmas Comics from a Parent’s Perspective
Let’s face it. Christmas is mostly for the kids. It certainly is if you judge it by the utter hell parents put themselves through to make it special for the little, giggling present-shakers. Let’s enjoy these 10 Fowl Language Comics by Brian Gordon for a cartooned view of some of the things parents go through. […]