A single mom friend of mine said her favorite Thanksgiving memory from childhood was making pumpkin pie each year with her grandma. Her family would drive to her grandmother’s house in the country where they’d spend Thanksgiving morning cooking together in the kitchen. Fragrant smells of ginger and clove from the oven, and fresh mint [...]
We all go through stretches where we feel a little flat. Parents might fall into a rut where they spend too much time taking care of the kids and working to provide, and not enough time caring for themselves and connecting with others.
When I realized my mojo was gone, I took a few simple steps [...]
My kids are on an egg kick. They scramble them up for weekend breakfasts, and fry them for after school snacks. At least they aren’t drinking them raw like Rocky did. (Knock on wood.) So you can imagine their disappointment when I came home from the store two weeks ago without eggs.
Only problem – I [...]
When a female friend of mine saw her ex-boyfriend in Trader Joe’s buying a can of pumpkin to make a pie, she “knew” he had a girlfriend. Cuz men don’t cook on a weekend, right?
Um, wrong.
I cook all the time. If my kids are here, I cook, and I delight in knowing I’m preparing something [...]
David Mott is on vacation this week, and Dad’s House has been taken over by some great guest bloggers. Ending the week, Honey from HoneyAndLance.com heads into the kitchen…
We go out to eat, or buy takeout, or get pre-prepared (kind of redundant, eh?) food so often these days that the idea of cooking something [...]
More than one person commenting on my Calling All Matchmakers post said that men who cook, read, and try tantric sex are perceived by women as unmanly. One came right out and said those behaviors are gay. No offense to homosexuals, but a man perceived as gay is assumed to date men – not women. [...]
When my daughter graduated 6th grade, she and her classmates were treated to a day in the park with classic summer camp games – balloon toss, three legged race, pass an orange down the line using just your neck and chin. Sort of like a labor day barbeque, except on a school day.
With 70 kids [...]
David Mott is a divorced single father of a teen daughter and son offering stories, tips and opinions on single parenting, coparenting children, two-home families, cooking, cocktails, self awareness - and relationships formed in an age of online dating, text messaging, and booty calls.
David Mott has appeared on ABC News Now video, CNN.com, CBS radio Los Angeles, Toronto Globe & Mail, McClatchy News syndication
Sandra: I can’t believe one is leaving the nest ! .-= Sandra´s last blog ..What was the best advice you...
Heather: LOL when we were in HS. We were not allowed in the kitchen if my stepmom was cooking. She’d say we...
Keith Wilcox: You must be doing something right. I never had a moment like that with my parents. I suspect it must...
T: My girls LOVE to help cook dinner. They get such a sense of satisfaction when we’re eating something that...
Mindy@SingleMomSays: My kids have always been pretty self-sufficient in the kithcen and during the week they make...
Kat Wilder: I think you’re experiencing the way it’s supposed to be — they’re maturing, a little...
Andrea: I’m cursing mine when they are underfoot (at 3 and 8 they tend to get in the way a bit more than teens...
BigLittleWolf: It’s wonderful when kids help without being asked. When you realize they’ve absorbed...
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