This is a children's book I wrote for my twin boys ... and illustrated/photoshopped...badly. It's meant to show the bond a child has with their blanket, the weird names they give the blankets, and the world of imagination that can open up within a child's mind. Many of the pages [...]
The other day, I watched the Great Mouse Detective with my boys. My son, Eli, said "it said 'the end' like it was a book" as the movie was going off and the credits started rolling. I said, "sometimes movies say that too. Especially movies based on books like this [...]
Eli spilled something on the floor the other night. Ok, if I am to be perfectly honest, I had a hand in the spill as well because I was making him tilt his head back so that I could spray whip cream into his mouth. I guess I sprayed too much [...]
Kids get disciplined daily in schools as "Above the Line" or "Below the Line." While I understand that teachers hands are tied on what all they can do as far as discipline goes, I'm not sure how well this works. My boys get very upset if they're below the line, [...]
I painted the boys like Box Trolls, and they danced around, played drums on their chest boxes, and muttered the little Box Troll language to each other. Later, my wife washed the green paint off of them. Once washed, I was trying to get one of my sons, Eli, out of the tub. My [...]
Pack your kids' lunch with a Bananagram! They'll love it and feel the love from you. My twin boys are in kindergarten this year. I packed 1 of these in each of their lunches, and they just loved it. They knew their parents loved them, and better yet, their little [...]
October 2013. Does that mean anything to my fellow travelers? That was the time of the last government shutdown. Sure, the Senate and the House doesn't open, bills don't get passed, etc. But every federal employee goes without a check? Well, that's not good. Luckily I'm not a federal [...]
Ok, I did the frozen bubble experiment with my kids this morning. If you're wondering "what experiment is he talking about?" It's on the "Project Ideas" page of http://griswolddad.com and is basically where you take a bubble solution (homemade or actual bubbles from the store works too) out into the [...]
My kids were out of school due to the icy weather yesterday. They sat down and did a little art project, each making a special note for me. One is a tiny little paper heart that says, "I love Daddy". The other is a bigger note, saying, "I love you, [...]
A while back, my son, Eli, started a game where he locks the car door from the inside while I'm trying to get him out of the car. An epic battle then ensues for who can get the door unlocked or keep it locked. I make a big play of [...]
