Illustration by Esti Friedman-Saposh The Man Joe Blumenthal, age 36 4 kids Educator/Administrator Fair Lawn, NJ The Boys Eitan and Koby, ages 11 and 9 My wife has been bugging me to do this, and I finally caved when she suggested we choose a summer week when I am not working and the kids have no homework. I am a teacher and have off for the summer, while my wife works the same schedule year-round. We ended up choosing this week, as she was taking a course and I knew she would appreciate the break.