Nerd Parenting is Magic

Daddy Daughter Dinnertime

My wife and two older kids finished eating dinner first last night, so that left my youngest daughter and me to have some one-on-one time together.

Quiet Desert

I realize I’m a month late in posting this (I don’t know how I missed it the first time around) but I am SO HAPPY for you and your whole family!!

Welcome to this wild, wonderful, wacky world of ours Elspeth! So glad to have you join the human race! (We’re still a work in progress, so please have patience with us.)

Wanna clash with your Jedi and Sith buddies without hurting each other or your wallet?

You may have seen ideas for DIY lightsabers for kids online, but they usually call for pool noodles and duct tape.

Unfortunately, I’ve found that using pool noodles involves three problems:

Pool noodles are rather expensive (since they have to be built for water safety standards)

Pool noodles tend to be seasonal items that can typically be found only in the summer

Pool noodles are considerably thicker than you probably want a lightsaber to look

With that in mind, allow me to propose an alternative:

Pipe insulators can be found at nearly any hardware store year-round, they’re ridiculously inexpensive, and they come in a wide variety of widths.

Now obviously this doesn’t look anything like a lightsaber, which leads me to Part 2 of the lightsaber construction process:

Colored duct tape can also be found at most hardware stores, is fairly inexpensive, and provides a much better selection of colors than most pool noodles. Just wrap this stuff around the lightsaber “blade” area, and start battling for the fate of the galaxy!

Black Holes and Blueberries 

Last night my daughter was asking about black holes, and a few weeks ago she was asking why calculators show an error when you try to divide by zero. I decided we could talk about both of these while also picking some blueberries in our backyard. 

This is a video of that little lesson. 

Happy Father’s Day! Snake Dad is very proud of you. How will you be showing your appreciation for your father today?