SAHD Adventures

I’m making her a bed

January 28, 2011 By PJ Mullen 4 Comments

Our son decided that his baby sister needed a bed, despite the fact that she already has one

Snow Day

December 31, 2010 By PJ Mullen 8 Comments

We don’t get snow days often here in Charlotte, but a white day after Christmas provided lots of fun for me and my little man

Filed Under: Featured, SAHD Adventures Tagged With: Christmas, Holidays, Snow

Road Trip Song

October 24, 2010 By PJ Mullen 14 Comments

This is what 16 hours in the suburban assault vehicle each way with two children under the age of 2.5 does to your brain.

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The First Day Back

September 1, 2010 By PJ Mullen 21 Comments

Today marked my wife’s first day back to work from her maternity leave. It goes without saying that I had a good deal of anxiety heading into today. I stayed up late last night due to the anxiety, plus I was compulsively refreshing the Pepsi website to see how CureJM would fare in the August Refresh Everything contest.

Filed Under: Greatest Hits, SAHD Adventures Tagged With: CureJM, Family, Home, Parenting, R. Lee Ermey, Stay-at-home dad

Magna Doodle with magical powers

March 19, 2010 By PJ Mullen 21 Comments

Keeping a toddler occupied is no small feat. They have severely limited attention spans and grow bored with things quite easily. Few things would keep my son entertained like his blocks and his books until we got a magna doodle. Back in early November we were at the eye doctors getting our annual exams. When [...]

Filed Under: SAHD Adventures Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Book, Children, Christmas, Drawing, Shopping, Video game

The Newest Member of the Family

April 24, 2009 By PJ Mullen 11 Comments

Meet the newest member of our family, Maximus. Maximus is my son’s puppy, a stuffed one at that, and we are very excited to welcome him into our home. To understand my excitement, you have to know a little more about me. You see, I’m not much of an animal person. It’s not that I [...]

Filed Under: Fatherhood Friday, SAHD Adventures Tagged With: animals, Birth certificate, Birthday, Build-A-Bear Workshop, cats, dogs, Gift card, Holidays, pets, Recreation, Shift work, Ultrasound

The Emperor’s first shoes

March 13, 2009 By PJ Mullen 15 Comments

This past Monday was a day of firsts for us, as we not only discovered that our son had finally had his first tooth break through, but we also made the pilgrimage to the local mall to purchase his first pair of shoes. We realize he isn’t walking just yet, but he will walk along [...]

Filed Under: Fatherhood Friday, SAHD Adventures Tagged With: bargain, Business and Economy, Children, Clothing, Coupon, Retailing, shoes, Shopping

Emergency rooms and milk proteins

December 5, 2008 By PJ Mullen 2 Comments

Every day with my little man is an adventure. Whether we are just playing on the floor, entering intense negotiations over nap time or just out and about there is always something new to explore and discover. Most of our adventures are a lot of fun and generally result in him flashing his big toothless [...]