DadJack.com Blog » learning http://www.dadjack.com/dj A Single Dad's Journey through Divorce, Career, Relationships and Parenting. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:48:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Count Down To Valentine’s Day http://www.dadjack.com/dj/2010/02/10/count-down-to-valentines-day/ http://www.dadjack.com/dj/2010/02/10/count-down-to-valentines-day/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:12:10 +0000 admin http://www.dadjack.com/dj/?p=403 It’s Sunday… I will be sharing bagels with my two Valentine’s, luckily no reservations needed at Panera!  It’s nice that it backs up to President’s Day, we get a nice three day weekend.

There is a free soccer expo at the Convention Center this weekend.  I am excited, spring will be here soon, which means festival season will be in ful effect, and you know how I love festivals.

So many businesses in my neighborhood have gone under lately ( Howe’s should be closing any day, the local frozen yogurt place, the cupcake store is moving to a smaller location), that’s not a sign of things getting better.  That hope we all had is kind of fading, we need to see some action.

Lucy has really taken to reading, and she’s really great at it!  It makes me feel so good to see her take an interest in learning.

Bad wax job.   I liked the way Crazy Jim put it, “I got slow.”  The shakey city.  Rest in peace Capt. Phil, Deadliest Catch won’t be the same without you!  This is horrible.   New 911 photos.  hey kids, wanna sell some pee?  I love these frogmen!  Good news for Stench!!!!

Rock On, Jack

]]> http://www.dadjack.com/dj/2010/02/10/count-down-to-valentines-day/feed/ 2 Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Market http://www.dadjack.com/dj/2010/01/12/out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-market/ http://www.dadjack.com/dj/2010/01/12/out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-market/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:41:32 +0000 admin http://www.dadjack.com/dj/?p=368 I’ve told you before, heck we’ve even made videos, about how cooking is a great way to spend time with the kids… Well, the preparation can be just as great!  Talk to your Tot about what they want to make, search the internet for a recipe (Or pick something easy like homemade pizza or cookies).  Make a shopping list, now depending on how old your kids are this process can differ, but with my kids I read off the ingredients and they draw pictures of them on our list along with the quantity we need.  We start in the pantry and see if we have any of the items, if we do we cross them off… For everything else we’re off to the market.  And don’t incorporate this into your normal market trip, make it special for this project.  Go down the aisles, let them find the items, explain pricing and size options… It is not just quality time, but a great learning experience for them to learn how to compare items, learn lessons about money and better understand sizes and measurements.  Also, about completing tasks and following a list.

Once the list is complete, the only thing left to do is cook!  Go home and have a blast!

If you have any fun “Dad-Tivities” sent them to me at jack@dadjack.com

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