The GoCrib just might make the perfect travel crib for camping, road trips, or weekends at the cabin
The GoCrib - oh, sweet GoCrib, where were you when I needed you?  It packs down into a backpack and weighs a total of 11 lbs.  (Travel Lite Crib?  Yeah, that weighs 20 lbs and takes up more space than a set of golf clubs when it's packed). I love the idea that you just pump it up with the supplied air pump.  It wins points for simplicity.  It's often that the simplest design is the best. I also highly approve of the small pack size.

Old memories of adventure travel in Mexico emerge during a bedtime story with Chloe.  It's no lie.

The big question mark about taking your children on a first camping trip is probably, "will she be able to sleep out there?" Fears about nighttime tears loom over parents, causing some to avoid backcountry traveling as a family for the first year or more of their child's life.

Well, fellow adventurers and worrier-moms, time to confront these fears of the dark. There are a few ways to prepare for the nighttime hours ahead of you as a camping family. Here are 4 top strategies we use for sleep success with our daughter, Chloe, in a tent.

Funky Snowman poem by Calef Brown, Polka-bats and Octopus Slacks
If you're "one of those people" who's all bent out of shape at phrases like "happy holidays," prepare for your blood to boil.

Here's a winter greeting in our house these days: KICK IT, FUNKY SNOWMAN!

Another gem from the annals of daily fatherhood - where we get surprised and enlightened at the smallest comment from our offspring who, despite our trying, have learned to read and think.  Enjoy this one.