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Daddy Day Care – Proof Why Men Were Hunters

March 26, 2012
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My wife left for a five-day Florida vacation on Saturday which left me flying solo with two-year old twin girls. Daddy Day Care indeed! Two year olds (they’ll be three in July) are a percular bunch. The change from turning two to a few months away from three has been amazing. Six months ago, this five-day stretch would have been very dreaded. The girls didn’t know how to really communicate [...]

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Keys To Getting Your Kids Outside – Excitement & Involvement!

March 23, 2012
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Getting your kids outside is not be the easiest task in the world. Computers, TVs, video game systems and the comfort of conditioned environments make getting the kiddos from the couch to the sunshine a chore. But, in the end, getting your kids – your entire family for that matter – outside will build some of the greatest memories of their childhood. I’ve found two major keys to getting my [...]

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Stump Pond Loop Trail Recap

March 21, 2012
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This past weekend I was able to get out of the house and spend a few hours outside in the confines of Blydenburgh County Park. There’s a beautiful pond there called Stump Pond that has a nice five mile trail that loops around it aptly named the Stump Pond Loop Trail. This distance would be the next logical step in my build up for an attempt at the Greenbelt Trail. [...]

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Solo Ramblings – Stump Pond Loop Trail This Weekend!

March 16, 2012
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I’m looking forward to this weekend. Being that it’s my birthday weekend, I’ve been given the green light to go hiking.  I typically try and spend as much time with the family as possible, but it’s not always easy to get outside AND spend time with the wife and kids.  This weekend is one of those weekends where I need to test myself a little bit. The girls aren’t quite [...]

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Outdoor Family Fun – Five Tips To Get Everyone Involved!

March 14, 2012
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Everyone who enjoys the outdoors does so on their own terms. There are people who enjoy the solitude the rural settings can provide, there are people who enjoy challenging themselves with difficult goals and there are the people who simply enjoy being outside and away from the confines of brick and drywall buildings. Having a family will change the game no matter what your reason for wanting to be outside [...]

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Swearing In Front Of My Kids

March 12, 2012
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This post is most definitely rated PG-13 for language. You were warned… I have always had a love/hate relationship with those words that polite society shies away from and refers to as “swear words.” I grew up in a home that definitely did not promote their use but, with all the sports I played, they became second nature to me. “Shit,” “damn” and even the occasional ”fuck” are pretty regular occurrences [...]

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The Ease of Being a Dad to Girls

March 9, 2012

My wife typically transports the twins to and from their childcare locations – be it the school they attend three days a week or my in-laws’ house where they are lucky enough to hang out for two days each week.  Due to the fact that she’s the main transporter, she’s also acts as the person who gets them ready in the morning.  Actually, she gets them ready every morning.  It’s [...]

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7 Ways For the Family Man To Enjoy The Outdoors

March 2, 2012

Life is a balancing act of time and responsibilities. There’s never enough time in the day to do everything you want to do and sometime you have to be creative to enjoy your hobbies while also minding your responsibilities. So, it comes as no surprise that being an outdoorsman when you are a father and a husband is not always an easy thing to do. How do you find time [...]

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