The Fargo Dads Blog
What actually happened — campouts, coaching, burgers, and surviving a North Dakota winter.
I Checked Four Pumpkin Patches. Three Were Selling Last Year.
One was still advertising 2024. One had 2025 pricing under a 2019 copyright. One had a real 2026 date and was two hundred miles away.
A Listings Site Put an 11pm Bar Night on the Family Calendar. Twenty-Six Times.
The venue published its schedule correctly. A local events site tagged it "Families & Kids" anyway — and any parent trusting that tag would have driven their child to a session starting at eleven at night.
The Cheapest Birthday Party in Fargo Is the One Where You Bring the Pizza
Eleven venues, three incompatible pricing units, and a threefold spread that nobody can see because no two of them can be compared without arithmetic.
Our First Family Campout: What I'd Change
We drove 40 minutes east, pitched a tent we'd practiced on exactly zero times, and learned a lot about ourselves.
What Coaching My Kid's T-Ball Team Taught Me
I signed up to coach because nobody else raised their hand. Turns out herding twelve five-year-olds is its own kind of cardio.
Surviving a Fargo Winter With Toddlers
Six months of cold is a long time to keep small humans from climbing the walls. Here's how we made it.
The Great F-M Burger Quest
In the name of journalism, I ate a lot of burgers around Fargo-Moorhead. You're welcome.
5 a.m. on the Red: Dawn Fishing With Kids
Getting a seven-year-old up before dawn sounds impossible. The trick is who's more excited — and it isn't always the kid.
How We Cut Daycare Costs
Daycare is the brutal middle of the family-budget years. Here's what actually moved the needle for us.