So we all know how boys and girls tend to be different when it comes to dealing with and spending money. In my family – I tend to be the “low spender” and manager of the money. My wife on the other hand – finds the ways to spend the money. Is that the way [...]
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Money Differences Between Boys & Girls Starts Young
April 27th, 2012 
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Tags: Alyssa, book fair, cash, Drew, Grundy School, Jeremy Lin, Knuppel, money, savings 
No Comments »Did I Just Have a Pleasant Experience at Wrigley Field?
August 22nd, 2011 knup WARNING: This post may surprise many of you as it has some POSITIVE things to say about the Stadium that we like to call, “The Dump”. The title of this post says it all. Did I really just have a pleasant experience watching a Cub game at Wrigley Field? Nearly every single time I’ve been [...]
Happy Birthday to Sarah
July 6th, 2011 knup Just a quick post for a couple reasons. One, because it’s my beautiful wife’s birthday. And two, to get the picture of the creepy guy off the top of my blog :)
Dodgers @ Reds – Game 2 – MYBA 2011
May 6th, 2011 knup We had our second game of the “coach pitch” season the other day. It went well and was absolutely perfect weather out there. I’m going to start doing a quick post on all of our games – just for fun. Our Team We played a great game. Better than the first game which is encouraging. [...]
Dodgers Baseball Has Begun for Drew and I
May 3rd, 2011 knup Last night was the first game of the 2011 season for Drew’s “Dodgers” team in the MYBA (Morton Youth Baseball Association). This year is coach pitch which is exciting for both myself and Drew. Yes, I’m coaching the Dodgers as well. I have some awesome coaches working along with me as well. So last night [...]
Posted in Morton, Sports Tags: baseball, coach pitch, Dodgers, Drew, kidsDodgers Baseball Has Begun for Drew and I, Maverick League, MYBA, Yankees 1 Comment »Spring is Here – Bring on Spring Things
April 7th, 2011 knup It’s finally spring. This 2010-2011 winter seemed like one of the longest of all-time. It was freakin cold forever and snowed a ton. Heck, it’s still cold out and it’s April! But officially spring is here! For the Knuppels – spring marks the beginning of many fun things. MYBA Baseball MYBA baseball has started up [...]
Knuppel Christmas (unedited story)
January 7th, 2011 knup So yesterday I posted my 7 year old son, Drew’s, first ever short story. He is in the writing zone apparently because he has another one to publish. This time around I didn’t edit it at all so it’s kind of humorous some of the tiny mistakes a 7 year old makes when writing. Check [...]
Elmo got a game
January 5th, 2011 knup Below is a short story written and typed by my 7 year old son Drew. He is very proud of it and for some reason seems very ambitious to write stories right now. I told him I’d share it online and print it out. He said, “Can I make money on it if it’s online?” [...]
2010 Visit from Santa Claus
December 20th, 2010 knup On this past Saturday we had a family party at our friends house in Morton. They were having “Santa” visit their house and letting all the kids sit on his lap and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. We also brought a present for each kid and they put it in Santa’s bag of [...]
Winds and Rain do some damage
June 24th, 2010 knup Last night was one of those nights that you just want to forget about. It started off as a normal and good night. Got my run in. Mowed the yard and got it all prepared for the Wednesday night backyard hoops. It was only like 95 degrees and windy so I knew hoops was a [...]
