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2026
- Go Find a Friend
- Just Peachy
- 99,998
- Sleepless Nights
- Learning is Play
- Math is Hard
- A Better Mouse Trap
- Cardboard Boxes, Toys and Stickers for Kids
- Meet The New Don
- The Snack Pantry
- Tiny Hands of Destruction
- The Coke Float
- Read a Book and Win a Shark
- The Reading Challenge
- You don’t realize how much they mean to you until they are gone.
- The New Park Needs Work
- Living in the Garage
- First Day of Second Grade
- The 2nd Grade is Here
- What Are We Going to Do Today?
- Fat (ish)
- Card Bored Day
- The Tiny Dancer
- Skinned Knees in Summertime
- Getting Down and Dirty
- I wouldn’t do that if I were you.
- International Travel
- Rain Delay
- The Breakfast Age
- A day at the Beach
- Tonight is Brought to You by the Letter S
- Getting the Balance Right
- Everything is Backwards
- The Planning Session
- The Nice Thing Rule
- The Walmart Run
- The Flu Shot
- The Deal
- Keep the Change
- On Recognizing Symptoms
- The Bathroom Sink
- The Ice Cream Truck
- State your Occupation
- And the Award Goes To...
- Summer Time
- The Scoot
- Laying Down the Law
- The Happy Camper
- On Leaks and Laundry
- The Girls are Back in Town
- The Apology
- How I Spent My Summer Vacation
- The Year of the Tree
- The Scrabble Game
- Sugar High
- Homesick
- A Day at the Beach
- The Silent Treatment
- The Library
- The First Day of Summer Camp
- Celebrating the Small Wins
- Too Many Activities
- The Day Before the Day Before Father's Day
- Here Comes the Tooth Fairy
- Graduation Day
- Screaming for Ice Cream
- I Thought Bath Time Would be Easier by Now
- On Losing Teeth and Toys on the Same Day
- The Fun Run was Fun in the Sun
- We Went to the Buffalo Zoo!
- Movies Make Me Cry
- Ice Packs and Dandelions
- The Fib
- The Kindergarten Show
- Win or Lose
- Those Leprechauns
- The Prankster
- Best Dad Ever
- Don’t Lick the Wal-Mart Shopping Cart
- The Sounds of Silence
- 100 Days of Winter
- Today I Played With Pink Glitter Slime
- Never Agree to Anything
- On Being a Dad
- Year in Review
- The Snow Angel
- The Christmas Spirit
- The Muppet Show
- The Children’s Museum
- One Percent Awake
- Disney On Ice!
- The CD Collection
- Fifty
- F is for Fracture
- How to Chew Gum
- Today I Paid 7 Dollars to Watch My Child Play
- Princess for a Day
- Go Fly a Kite
- The Nap
- About this Homework Thing
- The Perfect Gift for the Mom Who Has Everything
- It's Not FAIR!
- This is Seven
- The Idea vs Reality
- Back in the Day - The Land Line
- Thankfully, Home
- Meet the Dog
- Flip a Coin
- The Swimming Lesson
- Hampton Inn or Bust
- That Time we Dressed up as Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez for Halloween
- They Grow Up So Fast
- Disney is The Universal Language of Six Year Olds Everywhere
- The First Day of The First Grade
- Picture Day
- Child Free
- On Sleeping In
- Father's Day with a Shovel and a Dream
- The Bedtime Routine
- What if Pants Had AI?
- Sick with Kids
- The Hangover
- A Day of Firsts
- Turkey Mode: Engaged
- The Towel Warmer
- Ticks and Tylenol
- Dear Monday
- Ready for Takeoff
- The Warp Wall
- 3 Days to Takeoff
- 4 Days to Takeoff
- The Preparation
- The Night Before Mother's Day
- The Lip
- The Washing Machine
- Sunshine and Unicorns
- An Early Start
- I is for Itchy
- The Ladies are Back Home
- Nothing Going On
- A Quiet Night
- Hello My Name Is..
- Hello My Name Is..
- Buy Nothing
- The Grass is Always Greener
- Princess for a Day
- Hi. I'm Jim. I Have a Problem.
- Don't Touch That
- Another Exciting Friday Night
- The Lego Age
- Batteries Not Included
- No Cavities
- The Technology in the Modern Day is Awesome
- Y is for Yoga
- The To Do List
- Signs of Summer
- Rocky
- That Time We Got Caught in the Rain.
- We Walked Around the Block
- Six Hundred
- Give Me A Break
- What Do You Mean You Don't Want to Go?
- Today I Paid 7 Dollars to Watch My Child Play
- The Kite Got Stuck in a Tree
- Go Fly a Kite
- Today I Watched a Gorilla Poop
- OMG You Guys, So Tired
- The Easter Bunny Starts Really Early
- The Easter Bunny Says I Have To Go To Bed
- You Have New Notifications
- Excited for Easter
- It's April and I'm the Fool
- The Reading Table
- Date Night
- We Made Easter Pancakes
- The Great Bamboozler
- The Countdown Begins
- It's Wednesday and We're Boring
- Whatever You Do - Do NOT Buy the Kinetic Sand
- The Scissor Kick
- This is 60
- The Cookie Monster
- Reading While Eating
- Remember When All They Did Was Sleep?
- One Last Time with the Little Green Men
- Free Download: The Tidy Husband's School Bus Survival Guide
- The Last of the Leprechauns
- It was a Perfect Day
- Somehow We Made it Home
- What Happens When Your Car Breaks Down 230 Miles Away from Home
- That time we had to call a tow truck
- The Leprechaun Trap 2026 Edition
- Becoming UnGlued
- The Nap
- There's a New Girl in Town
- This Hour has 180 Minutes
- She's in Control
- The 48 Hour Rule
- We Have That at Home
- About this Homework Thing
- Boys and Girls at Play
- I am in Charge
- The Electric Bill
- Wednesday Again
- Dear Roborock
- 99 Days of School
- Give Me a Break
- I Don't Wanna Empanada
- I Was Told It Gets Easier as They Get Older
- Starting is the Easy Part
- A Trip to the Dollar Store
- The Interior Decorator
- Dinner, Then Dancing
- Welcome to StoryTime Park
- Happy Valentine's Day
- Who the Heck is Michael?!
- Daydreaming is Good
- 14 Years of Experience
- I am a Very Good Driver
- Happy LOOTH Day
- 1000 Unicorns In My Head
- The Perfect Gift for the Mom Who Has Everything
- Will You Be My Valentine?
- Back to School
- The Four O'Clock Flu
- Boys are Trouble
- Play Doh Day
- It's Not FAIR!
- The Treasure Behind the Wall Unit
- The Balloon Rule
- Today You, Tomorrow Me
- The Beauty Parlor
- The Watch
- This is Seven
- The Birthday Santa
- Storm Preparation
- Home from The Great Wolf Lodge
- Still Great at Great Wolf Lodge.
- Greetings from Great Wolf Lodge
- The Dresser
- Yet ANOTHER Snow Day Tomorrow
- Nothing Much is Going On
- She Cleaned Her Room
- I'm Not Tired
- Back in the Day - The Land Line
- Dear Roborock.
- The Toy Box
- The Purge
- Saturday with SpongeBob and Scrabble
- Just the Facts
- How to Make a Robot Vacuum Climb Stairs
- Just a Wednesday
- Don't Cry. You're Going to Argentina.
- Just One Second
- Be Nice to Your Uber Driver
- I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke
- The Routine is Better Than the Result
- The Idea vs Reality
2025
- This is the End
- All About Art
- Dogs and Snowstorms
- The Art of Rotting
- There's a New Girl in Town
- That Time the Tooth Fairy Visited on Christmas Day
- Merry Christmas 2025
- It Was the Night Before Christmas
- What if the Tooth Fairy and Santa Came to Our House at the Same Time?
- Even the Dog got a Christmas Card This Year
- Singing a Song
- Last Minute Christmas Shopping
- Going to Bed at the Dawn of AI
- Writing While Sick
- 7 Days to Behave
- Office Space
- The Conference
- The Swimming Lesson
- I ❤ Wi-Fi
- The Babysitter
- Flip a Coin
- Meet the Dog
- Tub Horton's
- Bitten by Mittens
- D is for Decorum
- The Christmas Tree is Up
- T is for Tamiflu
- Dear Santa
- Just a Minute
- She's Stinky
- Thankfully, Home
- Substack
- In the Woods at Bedtime
- Hanging with the Turkeys
- The Costco Run
- Hampton Inn or Bust
- The Sleep Hotel
- Tablet Buddies
- I AM the Entertainment
- Letting it Sink in
- Let it Snow
- King for a Day
- The Thinnest and Lightest Apple Laptop Yet
- Winning Twice
- When it's Quiet It's Never Good
- Another Day, Another Donut
- The First Snow
- Substack Home
- Snow and Hunger Strikes
- Substack Home
- Substack Home
- The Fun We Had
- The Sweet Tooth
- Would You Rather?
- Exit Stage Left
- It's the Right Thing to Do
- That Time I Had Fifteen Seconds of Fame with My Newsletter
- The Eggstravaganza
- That Time we Dressed up as Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez for Halloween
- Artists at Work
- The Game
- The Circle
- Why Do Old People Snore?
- In the Fall....
- Book Ends
- Some Assembly Required
- How To Make Bowling Harder and More Complicated Than You Thought Imaginable
- Smell My Feet
- Just Desserts
- 99.9 Percent
- They Grow Up So Fast
- Things Are Not Going Well Here
- A Day with Dad
- A Whooper of a Good Time
- Weekend Plans
- The Dog is Bored
- Do You See what I Sea?
- 57 Channels and Nothing On
- Thankful
- Balance Past Due
- The Authorator
- Beans. The Musical Fruit
- The Statue of Liberty
- The Mess
- The Floor is Lava
- The Wish Book
- Physically Pfffftt
- Customer Obsessed
- Disney is The Universal Language of Six Year Olds Everywhere
- F is for Fork
- Anti Social
- The Creek
- This is All I Know About Taylor Swift
- Keeping it Afloat
- Just Jump!
- The Junk Drawer
- You Want Fries With That?
- I'm Just Singing a Song
- Your Call is Important to Us
- Carson's Birthday Party
- Math is Hard
- You Can't Put the Genie Back in the Bottle
- Picture Day
- Imaginaryland
- Welcome Back Carson
- I Have Super Powers
- If You Go Out in the Woods Today
- I'm The Man
- The Apology
- When the Rubber Hits the Road
- The Secret
- No Fun Days Are No Fun
- Stories, Sundays and Scraped Knees
- A Trip to the Tariff Tree
- Accidents Happen
- The First Day of The First Grade
- The Day Before the First Day of School
- So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star?
- How I Spent My Summer Vacation
- Sugar High
- She's Home!
- No Wonder She Does Not Want to Come Home
- Back in the Day: Chicken Wings
- The Trouble With Finding Care
- How I Replaced a Nest Learning Thermostat in under 30 minutes
- Homesick
- The Scrabble Game
- Child Free
- The Replacement
- Welding Class
- Seperation Anxiety
- Tourist for a Day
- The Thing About Birthdays
- How to Have a Successful Road Trip with a Child
- The End of Days
- It's Never Good When it's Quiet
- Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- The Harvest
- Everything is a Challenge
- The Witchy Hour
- A Day at the Beach
- The Importance of Finding the Right Brand Name
- Going Bananas for Bananas
- The Name of the Game
- This Making Money Online With Substack is Going a Little Better
- The Year of the Tree
- How's the Air Up There?
- The Art of Doing Nothing
- The Friend Zone
- It's Magical
- Bugs and Trees
- The Arcade
- 10 Days of Numbers
- 6 And a Half Again
- Weekend Plans
- Diamonds are Forever
- The Magic Tree
- The Supermarket Run
- You Do You
- Missing in Action
- A Day of Dads
- Welcome to Macintosh
- The Poo Patrol
- The Demon Child
- The Guiness Book of World Records
- The Glue
- The Library
- B is for Bonsai
- Hang On. Let Me Get My Book
- On Sleeping In
- Celebrating the Small Wins
- Breaking All The Rules with Dad Again
- Turning the Corner
- Just Add Water
- I Am Still Not Making Much Money with Substack
- Back in the Day: Fireworks Displays
- The Silent Treatment
- Back in the Day: Roll Up Windows
- The Hangover
- The First Day of Summer Camp
- Made in China
- McLovin' It
- The 2nd Annual Ice Cream Sandwich Giveaway
- I Don't Need a Nap
- Change is Hard
- Graduation Day
- Having a Lark in the Pool
- The Pet Store
- The Bed Rule
- Making a List(en) and Checking it Twice
- Go Have a Bath
- Here Comes the Tooth Fairy
- The Reading Light
- Father's Day with a Shovel and a Dream
- This Making Money on Substack is Still Not Going Well
- The Day Before the Day Before Father's Day
- No, you can't have a pony
- Too Many Activities
- The Cookie Monster
- The Bedtime Routine is a Moving Target
- Tonight's Winning Numbers
- I'm tired of you being too tired to admit you're tired.
- Who Ya Gonna Call?
- That's Okay
- Best Pool Ever
- Till Death Do Us Part
- What the Kudzu are You Talking About?
- Meet Me at the Children's Hospital
- Another Day Another Problem
- The Glittering Prize
- On Losing Teeth and Toys on the Same Day
- Hug your Landscaper
- Happy Memorial Day
- Sparkle Toes
- Back in the Day: Computers
- The Bedtime Routine
- The Joke's on Me
- Putting Her Best Foot Forward
- How to Landscape Your Front Lawn
- Getting the Balance Right
- On Going to Buy Milk at 7-11
- This Making Money Online with Substack is Not Going Well
- The Fun Run was Fun in the Sun
- Screaming for Ice Cream
- I Thought Bath Time Would be Easier by Now
- Pleading the Fifth
- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
- Last Man Standing
- Mother's Day Plans
- Wife Day
- Pink Dog Bowls and Sunbathing
- They Can't All Be Winners
- How to Hang a Picture
- How Trim Your Child's Toenails
- How to Start Writing Every Day
- Not a Peep
- How To Get a Haircut for your Child
- How I made $15.85 on Substack in 30 Days and You Can Too.
- Why Naps are the New Black
- 3 Things Your Child Can Do Without
- The Swimming Lessons
- What is the Plan?
- You Can Call Me AL
- How to Create a Time Machine
- Back in the Day: Remembering the Cellular Phone
- Picking Up Where We Left Off
- I Don't Like or Use Emojis
- Thank God Easter Happens Only Once a Year
- The Food Party. AKA: Easter
- We Went to the Buffalo Zoo!
- We Didn't Do Much Today and That's OK
- In the Air Today
- Movies Make Me Cry
- Did You Want the Seniors Discount?
- We Finally Got to See the Sun
- The Last Straw
- The Bonus Round
- Ice Packs and Dandelions
- Autism Month
- What Do I Want?
- The Fib
- Best Day Ever
- The Wait
- The Hospital Experience
- Beating the Clock
- April Fools Has Come and Gone.
- I Visited a Hospital Today
- OMG You Guys. The Laundry!
- Home Alone
- The Kindergarten Show
- The Dealership Experience
- The Prankster
- Be Kind and Respectful
- Goodbye Tesla
- Win or Lose
- Today was the Dog's Birthday
- About this Tidy Thing
- I Asked for It
- How to Chew Gum
- There is No Pot of Gold
- The Night Before St Patrick's Day
- X's and Oh's
- For Goodness Sake, Go Outside!
- Video Killed the Radio Star
- A Post about Socks
- A Tale of Two Uber Rides
- The Return of Peppa Pig
- Can Do Dad
- Entertain Me
- Those Leprechauns
- On Photos
- Six to Six
- The Mess
- Hello Spring. Goodbye Winter
- Math is Hard
- The Seventeen Days of March
- Everything is Backwards
- A Limited Time Offer
- 100 Times Smarter
- The Great Wall
- You’ve Got Mail
- A Story about Chinese Food
- The Agenda
- The Tea Party
- Two Hundred
- What if Pants Had AI?
- Don’t Lick the Wal-Mart Shopping Cart
- On Old Photos
- Canada Had it Right All Along
- Funny about Money
- Flu Season
- Smell My Feet
- Thirteen
- Press One for English
- A Better Day
- 100 Days of Winter
- Friday Night Freakout
- There’s Sand in my Bed
- Literally Made In China
- The Amazon Man
- Groundhog Day
- She Burst Into Tears
- 161 Pieces
- Best Dad Ever
- The Sounds of Silence
- Eco Island
- Pretty in Pink
- I laughed a lot today
- On Being a Dad
- Finding a New Outlet
- Dining with a Fork
- 48 Hours of No School
- The Green Machine
- An Afternoon at the Movies
- Never Agree to Anything
- KID News
- On Boo-Boos and Band-aids
- Double the Fun
- Today I Played With Pink Glitter Slime
- Good Friends
- You’ve Got Mail
- Measuring
- Cookies and Soccer
- It’s Her Party and I will Cry if I Want To.
- Sick with Kids
- Seating Arrangements
- I A Door You
- F is for Footwear
- Soccer mixed with laundry periods
- Three Th-ings
- Socky Underpants
- Fear of the Norovirus
- The First
2024
- Year in Review
- The Potty Song
- It was the night before..
- Play Doh and Pizza
- Post Christmas Blues
- The Ice Pack
- Santa Came to our House!
- The Nigh Before the Night Before
- Cookies are Ready
- The AAAAAAccent
- The Christmas Spirit
- Three Wise Men
- She’s the MLP MVP
- The Hangover
- What’s Your Favorite Color?
- Home Alone Day 3
- Home Alone Day 3
- Home Alone. Day 2
- Home Alone Day One
- Home Alone
- Watch Out for the Mud
- Sorry, Not Sorry
- Nobody Knows the No’s I Have Heard
- The Drinking Contest
- Needs and Wants
- The Snow Angel
- Damn Trademarks
- She’s Maid for It
- Tis the Season After All
- Hypnotized
- The YouTube Generation
- Queen for a Day
- Tomorrow I Am Going to Nap and Dream About Pie
- Nobody Knows the No’s I Have Heard Today
- Turkey Mode: Engaged
- Pizza Night
- Half Day
- The Tent
- On Growth
- Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
- Dear Monday
- The Children’s Museum
- The Muppet Show
- About This Tidy Thing..
- She’s Crafty
- Smashing Pumpkins Again
- One Percent Awake
- When Quiet is Never a Good Thing
- We are Moving to Canada
- Let’s All Live in HRMANE
- The Dog ate the Carpet
- Quiet
- Just Another No Fun Monday
- Fall 2024 House Tour
- A Visit to the Niagara Power Vista
- I Wish the World Didn’t Have to Get Sick
- Call the Plumber
- Different Day, Different Mess
- Signs from Above
- A Year Driving an Electric Car
- A Penny for Your Thoughts
- Disney On Ice!
- Trunk or Treat!
- No Dessert Thursday
- A Story about Colors and Couture
- You Want Fries with That?
- Thankful
- A Lazy Sunday
- Breaking all the Rules with Dad
- 57 Channels
- The Towel Warmer
- Field Trip Number 1
- Hey Dad!
- A Trip to the Dentist
- Weekend Planning
- Homework Time
- I’m Done
- Frazzled and Bedazzled
- F is for Fracture
- Band Aids and Boo Boo’s
- The CD Collection
- Plumbing. Continued
- Fifty
- The Car is Making a Noise
- Let’s Play Uber!
- Just Add Water
- The Hill
- The Flu Shot
- Today is Brought to you by the Number 3
- Still Wet
- A Day of Firsts
- Notifications from the Dishwasher
- I’m Doing it Wrong
- Kindergarten is Hard
- Kindergarten Boot Camp
- Shopping Until We Dropped
- New Haircut Day
- All That Glitters is Green
- That Time I Went to Argentina and Lost My Mind and Almost Ended Up Staying There
2023
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- Cars, Cars and Even More Cars
- Shit Happened
- F is for Flu
- That Time We Planned a Surprise Birthday Party
- Almost Famous
- On Getting A Poke In The Eye
- C is for Covid
- Ticks and Tylenol
- Little Dots
- B is for Bisexual
- Summertime Sadness
- Weekend Update Number 1
- Tidy Husband Returns