Zoodles: The Greatest App For Kids (And Parents)
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while. For the past year, Gus and I have had one heck of time exploring a ‘kid-safe’ tablet application called Zoodles. We’ve watched Elmo dance and sing, Jason Mraz on YouTube.com and even interacted with puzzles, games and drawings. Zoodles is a smart idea. The builders [...]
Remembering Why Being a Dad is Great
I'm sharing Xavier's story and thanking participants for their support.Normally, the first day of the weekend is Saturday. It’s a special day for working Dads because it is our day to spend time with the family and enjoy a free day of fun. We call it Dadurday and yesterday was a great Dadurday! We filled Dadurday with challenge, success, excitement, and fun. We started [...]
Monkey Joe’s: Welcome to The Jungle
I am often reminded about my childhood when I see Gus blend into the masses at Monkey Joe’s. There is freedom in numbers while I watch him interact with no name children of his own age. He has a good nature as he navigates and watches the others jump from moon bounce to big slide. [...]
Visiting A Store: #Dadurday Can Have No Plans
I wonder the ratio of actual purchaser to browsing parent with kid. It should be very high seeing how in one Saturday morning we ‘crashed’ several legitimate businesses to just hang out and check out the people. Gus and I are avid people watchers. The picture on the left is Gus and I in the [...]
Raising a Healthy Family
After the Big Dog Jingle 5K RunRaising a family can be a rewarding yet challenging task. As the Dad, I feel that it is important for me to set an example of how to live a healthy and happy life. Sometimes, the kids pick up on that example and want to emulate the behavior. That’s what has happened with my 5 [...]
Christmas Parade in Uptown Columbus
What a great morning to spend with Gus and family. The weather was just cold enough to remind us it was winter and Santa Claus was round and jolly. It was a rushed morning as Gus and I hurriedly got things together to meet up with Jon and Angie Smiley so Gus and their son [...]
Visit to the Coca Cola Space Science Center
What a great time for us! I hadn’t been to the Coca Cola Space Science Center in many years and it was good to see Gus attach to just about everything including the remote controlled space dump trucks and just about every button he could see. We tried to sit through the Omnisphere experience and [...]
Uchee Creek on Fort Benning for their annual Oktoberfest
If you’re looking for some fun this weekend, consider heading over to Uchee Creek on Fort Benning for their annual Oktoberfest. There is a ton of fun stuff to do including a 10K trail run, 5K fun run (free), authentic music, food, and (of course) beer. For more info about events and activites, you can [...]
Gus and Dadda at Idle Hour park
Lucas ShafferI am a working father who loves to spend time with my son, Gus. I created this site to give other dads an outlet to share their adventures with their kids. I have a lovely wife, Whitney and spend most of my work time as an entrepreneur, blogger, programmer, designer and podcaster. Follow me [...]
