There are days that I don't leave the house. This intentional choice to be a homebody for days at a time is not the result of some traumatic experience or a lack of will power to journey out into the world. Preschoolers, man. I blame it on the one in my house. I love my kid, but sometimes it is just easier to stay home or take a walk to the park than it is to load the car up and head out into retail America.

My son loves this new show on PBS Kids called “Nature Cat.” It’s made by WTTW in Chicago and has been gaining traction recently in the cartoon space. They reached out to us and invited us to meet Nature Cat in person. Our meet and greet was inside the Founders Room in the Discovery Center at Brookfield Zoo […]

My wife and I have been married for ten years as of April 17, 2016. We both had some vacation time to use so we took a trip to Spain. Mr. Dude is too little to be left at home with a sitter for a week while Mom and Dad travel the globe so he […]

I’ve joined the Netflix #StreamTeam and have been compensated for writing this post. The childhood that my son is experiencing is much different than the one I did. He’s got touch screen computers and smart phones in the house. He gets to travel internationally and on all sorts of public transit. Mr. Dude, my son, […]