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Date Night: Why Dating Your Spouse is So Important

16 August 201817 August 2018 by Justin Whitcomb

Justin Whitcomb

When we were young, date night used to be one of the most exciting nights you could have. But after getting married, having kids, and living a busy life, it may only happen on rare occasions—or disappear altogether. Why is that? Whatever the reason, we need to know as parents…

Toys: Four Hits and Four Misses for Our Kids

13 August 201817 August 2018 by Justin Whitcomb

Justin Whitcomb

When we first became parents, it was so easy to get caught up in the whole process of finding the “right” stuff for the kids. Toys, games, learning tools, accessories. But there were so many options! How do you know what your kids will love or what you’ll end up…

Chaos and Joy: What To Do When Madness Hits

30 July 201813 August 2018 by Justin Whitcomb

Justin Whitcomb

Kids are chaos—no other way around it. It’s so easy to devolve from sensible, balanced, and well-organized to utter insanity when you have kids in the house. A Saturday Gone Mad This weekend I tried to take the kids to one of our awesome local parks. Tried is the key…

The Great Outdoors: Four Outside Activities for Early Risers

27 July 201813 August 2018 by Justin Whitcomb

Justin Whitcomb

I’m an inside person. Favorite temperature? 73. Favorite humidity? Around 60%. That means summers are brutal. But I don’t let that stop me. Mostly because staying in is a death sentence when you’re home with four kids. So how do the inside folk like me get outside and enjoy it?…

The Great Indoors: Five Awesome Ways to Make Your Rainy Days Better

11 July 201813 August 2018 by Justin Whitcomb

Justin Whitcomb

Every now and then we have rain. All week long. A week of the Great Indoors. This happened not all that long ago in our city. This means, as any stay-at-home-parent knows, a lot of time trying to keep the kids from destroying each other. But it doesn’t have to…