Parenting

At Halloween, the key for kids' movies might be that they're not too spooky. Just enough cute fright is festive, and it won't keep the kids up in the wee hours with nightmares. Did Idaho kids follow the trend?

For the last two years, my kiddo had this bunk bed set up in his room. This weekend, the move to a new "big bed" was completed, and it struck me how quickly time is passing by.

A new program is coming to Boise to help inspire elementary kids to soak up as much as they can in science-related fields, and it will give them a chance to learn hands-on at an Air National Guard base. One grade level will get the opportunity, and they hope to have 1500 kids involved at the peak.

We're two weeks into the school year and it's been nothing but high fives and happy thoughts around my house, about sending the youngest to kindergarten. And I've got three reasons why all moms should be celebrating with me!

It felt familiar yesterday, sitting behind the fence and watching my kiddo take the field for little league. Spring season last year was his first, and he liked it enough to come back for more.

I'm not quite sure how it happens. Well, actually I understand that part, I guess it's just a little hard to accept how fast time flies and embrace that I now have a 4th Grader.

There's only one thing that can top eclipse pictures on social media in terms of the number of posts about the same subject, and that's the first day of school. And its not annoying!

It's hard to believe, but I'm the father of a nine year-old.  He just had his birthday last week, and we've been introducing more responsibility.  But, when is it ok for him to stay home alone?

The school year hasn't even started yet, and so far it's awesome to be a 4th grader. And parents, if you're lucky enough to have a 4th grader in the family like me, that's worth a free ticket to places like the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. The whole family gets in free! Here's how it works.

Father's Day was this weekend, and my son and I made a surprise trip (for 26 hours) to spend it with my Dad in Seattle.  On the trip back, my son was given an amazing gift too.