Category: home and family
Posted on May 11, 2016
by Leo
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I usually get home around 6pm after picking up my daughter from preschool or the babysitters. Claire and I usually arrive home ravenous. Well…I am mostly ravenous. Claire gets a snack right before I pick her up. Lucky. As soon as we walk into… Continue Reading “The TV Conundrum”
Category: children, dads, fatherhood, healthy living, home and family, kids and television, television, UncategorizedTags: Children, Fatherhood, fathers, healthy living, Home and Family, kids and television, parenting, television
Posted on March 21, 2016
by Leo
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Claire: “Papi you wanna play wit me?” Me: “Not right now baby. We have to go to the grocery store, Costco, get gas, and pick up mommy’s medicine. Not to mention finish the laundry.” Claire: “Just 2 minutes Papi?” Me: “Maybe later.… Continue Reading “The To-Do List”
Category: being too busy, blessings, Catholic, distractions, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, fathers, growing up, home and family, living in the moment, Parenting, time management, UncategorizedTags: being too busy, Fatherhood, fathers, parenting, quality time with family, spending time with family, to-do lists
Posted on February 24, 2016
by Leo
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3am on a Wednesday. Daughter is crying and sick. 3:01am. Daughter is still crying and sick. I realize my wife isn’t home so lying in bed to allow her compassionate side to cave and take care of the baby isn’t going to work. Claire… Continue Reading “Sick Day”
Category: christianity, dads, fatherhood, fathers, fever, home and family, medicine, Sick kids, UncategorizedTags: daughter, dealing with sick kids, Fatherhood, fever, medicine, sick day, sick kid, sick kids, Tylenol
Posted on January 24, 2016
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Snowmaggedon 2016 has come and gone and we have survived. We have shoveled our way out of 20+ inches of snow, which depending where you are in the world may be laughable. Here in the good ole state of Virginia, 5 inches is enough… Continue Reading “Let Them See”
Category: being a good example, children, church, dad and the kids, fatherhood, holiness, home and family, Uncategorized, working togetherTags: Children, Fatherhood, holiness, parenting, role model, serving others, snowmaggedon2016
Posted on November 30, 2015
by Leo
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Happy New Year! In the Church, Advent commences the Christian New Year. Advent is the season that most retailers miss between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Advent is a preparation in anticipation for the coming of Jesus. Most people focus on Jesus coming during Christmas, but… Continue Reading “Advent: 4 Ways to Become a Better Man & Father this Season.”
Category: Advent, being a man, best self, Catholic, christianity, christmas, fatherhood, fully alive, God, home and family, Jesus, surrendering, UncategorizedTags: Advent, being a man, best self, catholic, Christianity, christmas, dying to self, Fatherhood, God, jesus, religion, second coming
Posted on September 5, 2015
by Leo
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At a blissful time in our daughter’s young life we were getting two, 3-hour naps a day. It was amazing. The amount of stuff that my wife and I could do was quite impressive. I personally broke the first 3 hours into chores, followed… Continue Reading “Nap Time Woes”
Category: daughters, home and family, napping, naptime, not napping, toddlers, UncategorizedTags: Fatherhood, nap time, napping, not napping, Toddlers
Posted on August 24, 2015
by Leo
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Every now and then our daughter will do things that we want her to do without having to tell her. I know it’s shocking to me too. Examples of such things range from eating all the food on her plate, to cleaning up after… Continue Reading “Don’t Make Eye Contact!”
Category: children, daughters, fatherhood, home and family, kids challenging parents, kids wanting things their way, parent child relationship, toddlers, UncategorizedTags: Children, eye contact, Fatherhood, getting kids to eat, Home and Family, looking at your kid, parenting, Toddlers
Posted on July 6, 2015
by Leo
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Having children makes you do weird things; things that you would never, ever do in normal circumstances. Fathers sell their priced muscle cars that they have worked on for half a decade to purchase a minivan with “stow-n-go” for the sake of more room.… Continue Reading “More Than Grass”
Category: children, fatherhood, fathers, grass, home and family, home improvements, landscaping, playground, UncategorizedTags: Children, Fatherhood, fathers, grass, Home and Family, home improvement, landscaping, playground, yard, zoisa
Posted on February 6, 2015
by Leo
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I was talking to some friends who are getting ready to have their baby about what type of chair they should have in their nursery. To most people this sounds like a ridiculous thing to think about but the type of chair you have… Continue Reading “The Nursery Chair”
Category: Baby furniture, comfort, fatherhood, home and family, Nursery, reclinersTags: Baby furniture, comfort, daughter, Fatherhood, fathers, glider chair, Nursery, recliner chair, Recliners
Posted on May 31, 2014
by Leo
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A few nights ago my wife and I had dinner with friends. We came home looking forward to settling down and getting ready for bed. My settling down was interrupted by my wife’s screaming voice raised in alarm and panic, “Claire fell down the… Continue Reading “The Fall”
Category: children, daughters, falling, fatherhood, home and family, keeping kids safe at home, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: falling down the stairs, Fatherhood, keeping kids safe at home, parenting
Discovering Fatherhood 