Kids

Kids are getting a mystery illness that's related to COVID-19, but the symptoms are usually different. Most of the time parents can see them pop up on kids' lips and toes.

As this unique school year winds down, Billings area schools are having you come pick up what's left of your kids stuff. Laurel Elementary's was yesterday and it was bittersweet.

Thanks to the coronavirus, I'm "essentially" on Empty. Here are six things I've found some joy in during these crazy times.

If away camps are canceled this summer, virtual camps may be a big rescue for parents, and these are free! The kids can learn Spanish, watch animals, and crack a case as a CSI.

Watching cartoons all day or playing on their tablet is going to get old fairly quickly. Here are five free or inexpensive things you can do with the kids at home.

Most kids are wearing shoes that are too small, and it's more than just uncomfortable. Tight shoes can cause serious foot deformities that they'll have for the rest of their lives. Apparently, we need to ramp up the toe test!

It sure doesn't take long to wipe out the benefits of exercise. If the kids spend an hour or two playing a softball game and chase that with a bag of chips and a sugary sports drink, they're probably taking in more calories than they burn.

Then I had kids and my cartoon watching became more like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sofia the First, Sheriff Callie and The Loud House.

I'm no expert but I am a mom with a heart, and I wanted the kids to be informed but not scared about the Coronavirus. This is what I told them.

If your family seems to produce nothing but girls or nothing but boys, your family actually has very little to do with it. The experts say it happens purely by chance.

Today was a great day to build a snowman.

This is a picture of one of my daughters playing softball in Columbus.  Yes I'm a proud dad.  (she threw the person out!).  I wonder how warm it has been.  I don't believe in the climate change, global warming stuff.  I do know that I miss my kids playing out side, I miss bar-b-q, I miss fencing my land, working on my pickup...