Here are 5 tools everyone should own. Each one can be used for many different projects around the house, especialy when you have kids.

1. Hammer – The hammer is a tool that provides both strength and stress relief. Use it to help decorate your house by pounding in nails to hang photos or other wall decor. It’s also great to use on an old piece of wood to just get those frustrations out. NOTE: Use it on something you don’t mind damaging (NOT PEOPLE!) and be careful of your thumb!
2. Tape measure – Have you ever been to a furniture store and wondered if the bookcase would fit? If you have a tape measure, you can measure before you leave, and when you are at the store. Tape measures are also great for measuring how much your kids have grown.
3. Utility Knife – The utility knife or box cutter has provided countless hours of fun slicing open boxes of toys my son receives at birthday parties. You can try to show your man strength by ripping those boxes open, but lets face it after a couple years man strength is a lot less important than quieting a kid who can’t wait 2 more seconds to get his or her new toy open.
4. Allen wrench set – Allen wrenches are those wrenches that look like an l with a hexagon cross-section. Pretty much everything you need to put together whether it be furniture, a toy or well anything, needs an allen wrench. Don’t be caught without one or you will have an unfinished project on your hands.
5. Screwdriver - No not the drink. Use a screwdriver to hang heavy items on the wall, tighten screws of your child’s favorite toy or to open a can of paint. These devices are amazing and can even server as a hammer in some situations.

Here are 5 video games that your toddler can play. These games help your toddler learn and even in some cases stay active.

Being a father is one of the scariest yet most rewarding parts of any man’s life. For most of us its an inevitable part of our life that we look forward to from a very young age. We progress through out childhood looking up to our father or other fathers around us and emulate them in any way we can. Some of us make the decision to become fathers, while for some it’s an unexpected suprise. Either way, it’s what happens after the birth of that first child that truly changes our lives.

Fatherhood is a unique opportunity to act like and adult and act like a kid at the same time. I remember a time shortly before I had my first child; at the time we already knew we were having a boy; I was walking through Target and while my wife was doing some shopping I went over to the toy section. In the middle of the action figure aisle she found me and asked me what I was doing. I simply replied, “I’m looking at all the great toys I get to play with over the next 10 years.” I realized that fatherhood was much more that diapers, formula and pacifiers. Fatherhood is an opportunity to enjoy life while helping to teach and help a loved one to become a great person. We get to share all those fun experiences we had as kids with our kids.

Having a child does involve serious adult activities such as managing finances, choosing schools and making sure your child grows up with moral values intact. It is however much more. Fathers are expected to be there for their kids in many other ways. Fatherhood provides the opportunity to share fun and exciting activies with your family. It is my goal that this blog / website will provide advice, stories, comments and reviews that will help fathers everywhere, including myself, have a better understanding of every aspect of being Dad.