I built the Lego Space Police Smash’n’Grab model 5982 with my son. It took us a little over 30 minutes to build but in this video we build it in around 1 minute

I’m sick again :-(

One difficulty about being a parent that is getting sick all the time! It used to be I’d be sick maybe a couple times a year. Now it it seems like 5 plus time a year. It is especially hard with a baby or toddler as they are all over you all the time sneezing everywhere with snot running down their face all day. You can only wipe their nose so many times a day I realize it is part of building a child’s immune system, but I just wish it didn’t mean building mine as well

Before kids, when I was sick I’d just lie in bed and sleep or lay on the couch watching the tube most of the day. Now you have to deal with a sick kid, contract their sickness, then deal with a kid while sick :-(

Parenthood has so many great aspects, but the sickness is one of the bummers.

I recall one day years ago when both my wife and I had a really bad stomach flu. My son was around 2 years old. We were both laying on the floor taking turns getting to the bathroom while trying to take care of our son! The good part was I remember him being really good about the whole situation. He’s such a good kid That was a tough day I’ll never forget

Fortunately my wife and children get over being sick very quickly Unfortunately I don’t :’(

But hey, it’s all good!

I built the Lego Power Miner Rock Wrecker with my son. Of course it is sped up a bit It was fun to create! Enjoy!

This is a response to this Lego time lapse video at WindowFruit.com .

The other night my youngest son was very tired. I was rocking him on the glider and he turned around and laid his head on my shoulder. I rocked him like that for a while and realized that it might be the last time I do that with my children. He’s gotten to the point where he just does not do that anymore.

There is something about rocking your children when they are so young. It is hard to explain, but there is a certain comfort about it that is indescribable. It is amazing how much comfort our children give us. Sometimes it feels like there is a lot of wining and crying, oh wait there is a whole lot of that But there are moments that have a certain magic.

My connection with my sons is a bond unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I’m grateful and eternally thankful for it. Every morning I’m glad to greet them and every evening I look forward to getting home from work to see them again.

I will not miss rocking them in a sad sense, I am always excited to see them change and grow, instead I will reflect on those moments as treasures captured in time

Even though my blog will focus on a lot of technical information, it is still my personal blog. Hopefully I can keep the signal to noise ratio reasonable within the categories, but it might be a bit low overall. I realize a blog is supposed to have some focused purpose, but I’m breaking the rules a bit. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see how it goes.

I’ve had this blog for roughly four months now and it is interesting what a challenge it has been. Between full time work and two young children it is difficult to find any free time. Creating content an hour here and there is difficult. To all those creating content my hat is off to you!

There seems to be a stigma about bloggers that they are just a bunch of lazy slackers sitting in pajamas all day lackadaisically creating posts. I’d like to challenge this stereotype! Creating content is work, and not easy work at that. It is time that could be spent doing something fun. World of Warcraft anyone? Or maybe SkiFree

With kids, it is even tougher as the days are long. From early morning until late evening it is difficult to keep up with everything that needs to be done. Between a kid’s demand for attention, baths, hassles about bedtime, diaper changes, sickness, and all those things a parent has to do, free time is precious. Blogging with children is hard Don’t get me wrong though, I love my kids beyond all else and enjoy every minute I have with them!

For some reason I’ve decided to do this on top of everything else. I just hope my wife won’t get sick of me too quickly. I’m hoping to get back into the swing of things after the holidays and make some more content. We’ll see if I can pull it off