Instagram is pretty addicting. Even more so when you have kids. Everything they do can be photo worthy (at least in the eyes of their parents).
There are so many great moms and dads on Instagram, that we want to connect, see more photos and share those photos with our audience.
Have you heard of White Point Beach Resort? If you live in Nova Scotia, you sure have. It is a treasure that is a must for everyone to visit one day.
The resort is a beautiful place located on the south shore of Nova Scotia, right on the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the perfect place for weddings, company events, beach outings and of course vacations.
But what about if you are vacationing with kids?
No problem, it is the perfect place to go for both the parents and the kids.
We ended the summer of 2013 there over the long weekend and had a blast. The rebuilt main lodge was amazing, the staff was top-notch and our accommodations were unbelievable.
August has said so long. School is back. September is here in full force.
Parental leave? Well it has been getting a little easy. It has been getting a little boring. To be honest, why do stay-at-home parents complain so much?
Okay, that last part, not nice of me. I am kidding of course. Taking care of the kids all day is a lot of work for sure.
For me, as I enter the last month of my parental leave, I guess I needed something to amp up the challenge.
Charlie, our baby boy has been a wonderful roommate for so far and I would have to say, he is pretty manageable.
So what could we do as a family to really test my dad skills? What would be the next challenge for me before I head back to work?
Well how about our other son, the soon-to-be 4-year old, staying home full-time as well?
Yep, challenge accepted.
I love taking pictures. Whether it is of my kids, grilled meat or anything else that catches my eye.
Every Friday, we will be wrapping up the week with the best of the photos added to Like A Dad’s Instagram page.
Well due to my computer being out of commission last Friday, I have a lot of photos to catch up on. The bonus for you is I have 13 days of pictures to share.
Here are some of the best photos I posted to Instagram since we last did the dance.
Updated January 26, 2026
With the long weekend starting in several hours, I wanted to share one more Big Green Egg recipe with you that my family loved.
Last weekend, I tried out Bobby Flay‘s recipe for blackened burgers with pepper jack and remoulade.
Burgers are always a hit in our house, and this recipe added in one of my favourite flavours – heat.
The blackened aspect of the burger is explained in Bobby Flay’s cook book, Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction, as doing it Louisiana style in a cast iron grill on high heat.
Good thing I have a cast-iron grill because it worked like a charm.
Basically, you make up a dry rub and put it on the side of the burger. Put it in the pan on very high heat and sear the meat so it has that black and charred crust that adds so much flavour.
When I first moved to Nova Scotia several years ago, one of the first things I watched on TV was the supper time news on CBC. At the time, the host was Norma Lee MacLeod. She was filling in for the regular anchor, who was away at the time.
It was a small part of my transition from Ontario. Watching the news and getting an idea of where I was and what was happening.
As the years went on, Norma Lee moved on to other avenues at CBC and eventually landed on the radio doing a lunch time show called Maritime Noon.
I have listened to it before and it was always good background noise while eating.
Since being a stay-at-home-dad, “Marnoon”, as we call it, has become a staple in our house while I feed the baby and try to have a bite of my own.
So, how cool was it when one of the producers of Maritime Noon contacted me to be on a show about stay-at-home-dads and what the life style was like.
Really? I was going to be on the show that I listen to every day regardless of the topic?
I was more than excited.
A classic post from when I was staying home with one of my sons. Just one of the many parenting stories I share on this blog. Please enjoy.
As I enter the fifth month of my paternity leave, I wanted to answer a question that is pretty common when I tell people I chose to stay home with our baby boy.
The question, Why did you want to take paternity leave in the first place?
When I am asked this question, it always has this amazed and surprised tone to it. As if I was tricked into staying home with the baby.
Did I lose a bet? Did I draw the short straw? Or did my wife just really want to get the hell out of the house and back to work?
None of these were true.
Don’t be confused, that’s not Charlie. I just like the photo.
If you have ever worked the usual Monday to Friday grind, you know what it feels like on a Sunday night.
You are bummed the weekend is over.
You have a lot on your mind as you get ready for the new week.
You wish it would all just slow down a bit.
That is how my current run of parental leave is starting to feel.
Now before you start giving me grief about feeling bad that a 6-month run of being away from work is coming to an end, I get it.
I am a lucky guy to be experiencing this journey with my baby boy. I am not looking for sympathy. I am just starting to get that feeling that it is all starting to slip away, and at a very fast pace.
It seems like yesterday that is was April and I was just getting my feet wet.
With August coming to an end, everything is starting to feel like a Sunday night.
