Category: family

The First Duct Taped Avenger part III 0

The First Duct Taped Avenger part III

To complete Duct Taped Avenger costume, we decided to make the helmet/mask.  I started with a grocery bag over my sons head, but I warned all of the other children that we DON’T put...

The First Duct Taped Avenger part II 0

The First Duct Taped Avenger part II

Alright, it’s Halloween, and the Duct Taped Captain America costume is done.  I’ll put two more posts up about the process starting with the belt and the ammo pouch.  I wasn’t really going to...

The First Duct Taped Avenger 3

The First Duct Taped Avenger

I’m not a big fan of Halloween, but I do love costumes.  One of my key costuming resources is cardboard and Duct Tape.  So when my 13 year old son said that he wanted...

A Butterfly flapped it’s wings… 1

A Butterfly flapped it’s wings…

The butterfly effect is a metaphor that simply states that small differences in the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system. The flapping...

Just Say No, little fish 0

Just Say No, little fish

In the first of what could be a video series, I share with all of you the treasure of a book that I found over the weekend.  I’m afraid that I didn’t actually read...

FIRE ALARM!!! 2

FIRE ALARM!!!

So guess what I learned today?  In our new house (well, newer than our last house) all these fancy fire alarms are linked together.  Without any warning at all, the battery failed in one...

That’s My Boy 3

That’s My Boy

Sometimes when I look back at baby pictures of my kids, it’s hard to tell which baby I’m looking at.  They all look so similar!  It’s equally entertaining to compare photos of me as...

Mother’s Day Project 8

Mother’s Day Project

For those of you who may not know it, I have the best wife ever!  She has kept me organized and on the straight and narrow for 13 years now.  She further proved how...

Good Morning ER 2

Good Morning ER

The alarm went off at 6AM.  I stumbled into the bathroom to put on my work clothes and head out to clean the pool.  I could hear my 2 year old open and close...