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Back to School

Published 26 August 8 12:8 AM | Robbie Coleman

This is a big time for my family this year. In fact, it is bigger than it ever has been before because we have three out of four members returning to school. Robin has finally been able to return to school now that both girls will be in elementary school...

Filed under: Family, kids, school

Needing some Robbie time

Published 16 August 8 6:19 PM | Robbie Coleman

Not much to say about it, but just wanted to post it and get it out there. Not sure if I will get much time to myself, but I will cherish the moments that I do get.

Filed under: Family, thoughts

Family Life Part I: The Bunk Bed Debacle

Published 22 November 6 12:4 PM | Robbie Coleman

So now that our oldest daughter is growing too tall for a toddler bed, we decide to make the jump and get bunk beds for both of them. We put the order in at a local furniture wholesaler about two weeks ago and then waited anxiously whilst purchasing all...

Filed under: Family, funny, kids

Bring your kids to work day

Published 27 September 6 10:0 PM | Robbie Coleman

Well, it wasn't really the "Bring your kid(s) to work day" that companies organize... Instead, my wife came down with some sort of stomach bug on the morning my team was to deploy a 2+ month long project to production. I was hoping that...

Filed under: Family, work, funny, kids

Fun in the Snow

Published 20 February 6 10:57 PM | Robbie Coleman

We took the kids to the snow today, and had a wonderful time! Their shoes were not the best for snow play, but they had a great time just the same. After we saw that more snow was sicking to them than the attempted snowman, we loaded them back into the...

Filed under: Family

Chrismukkah 2005

Published 25 December 5 10:55 PM | Robbie Coleman

Nope, not a spelling error… Chrismukkah is what we celebrated with my wife and kids. The scene was perfectly set on Chrismukkah eve after the girls had gone nighty-night. The gifts were actually wrapped by Robin on the previous night whilst I worked like...

Filed under: Family

Complete lock-down of family information

Published 3 July 5 10:55 PM | Robbie Coleman

OK, now this really bugs me that things have gotten this bad for families that use the Internet to share with others, but the safety of our family is of utmost importance. So, no mention of any children(s)’ name(s), no mention of where we live, no mention...

Filed under: Family

The Goofey Giraffe rides again...

Published 26 June 5 10:51 PM | Robbie Coleman

Robin has changed the name of her blog to: “Mantra, Boo-ah” and explains its origin in this post . Makes me giggle too!

Filed under: Family

My wife likes the new site!

Published 25 June 5 11:12 PM | Robbie Coleman

Well she hasn’t complained to me too much yet about our new site, in fact she seems overjoyed , but once Robin hits some troubles, I’m sure I’ll be hearing about it.

Filed under: Family, Technical

Day off for sick at-home mommies

Published 24 June 5 1:11 AM | Robbie Coleman

That’s right, there is no such thing. So hats off to my wife Robin for handling the day with a fever. I love you sweety!

Filed under: Family

Parenting Philosophy

Published 10 June 5 9:49 PM | Robbie Coleman

Robin had two awesome posts ( here and here ) describing a little bit about our philosophy of parenting. We are not trying to make anyone that feels differently than us feel like they are wrong in how they raise their own children, but instead trying...

Filed under: Family