Author: David Gaines
Scavenger Art Hunt at Smithsonian American Art Museum
Najwa apparently is getting bored sitting around the house waiting for the weather to warm up, so we called one of her ...Getting Travel Ideas at the Travel Show
We’ve always been a traveling family, but we’re now determined to do at least one international trip a year, if not two. ...DC Preppies Exercising Their Freedom of Speech
I never thought it would be me, but I confess, I always thought the role of a chaperone for your kids’ school ...Celebrating Mardi Gras at The Wharf in DC
Well, it’s not quite as large as the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but down at The Wharf, we celebrated Mardi Gras.Invisible Ink and Flammable Iron
The theme for tonight’s chemistry project was iron. When you think of iron, you think of a metal used to build strong ...Revisiting Scratch at Northeast Library in Capitol Hill
Though I work at a place that teaches college graduates how to code, I haven’t made a big push for Najwa to ...Science Games and Learning at the AAAS Family Science Days
Najwa and I headed out to the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel in Woodley Park where American Association for the Advancement of Science ...Results of Najwa’s Pepsi-Coke-Root Beer Taste Test Challenge
Najwa wanted to do the Pepsi-Coke challenge, a blind taste test to see which one she would like better. One thing you ...Najwa Wins Class MVP Award
Najwa wins MVP Award at DC PrepMonster Jam
When I first saw that Monster Jam was coming to Washington, DC, I disregarded it as something for little boys. But isn’t ...
The night of Sept. 17, 2010, I entered into the world of Daddyhooding. The doctors failed to give me a training manual, so I’ve been improvising every step of the way.
I got a lot wrong, a few things right, but have been having a ball ever since. Najwa Gaines has made me realize that I had no life until that night. And this is my story.