Author: Backpacking Dad

One of my blogging friends saw that I had added a Twitter account over there on the sidebar. I admit it, I caved to the peer pressure; I didn’t want to be left out of the loop; I wanted to play where the cool kids play. Anyway, this blogging friend, who shall remain anonymous unless…

Now that Erin is a big, tough, 1-year old… "Almost 14 months, guys." …yes, almost 14 months. Anyway….now that Erin is a big toddler it is becoming increasingly difficult, and almost impossible, to bring her to the movies. This is a real tragedy for me, because for her first year we went to a ton…

It takes a village to raise a child. Or so the Germans would have us believe. (If you get the joke you are awesome.) Back in the day, yo, we could rely on our parents, and our grandparents, and our neighbors and our neighbors’ grandparents, to pass along any little tidbits of wisdom they had…