Author: Victor

  • Frito-Lay helps children get wild this summer!

    With summer already underway, parents are trying to find ways to keep their children busy and active until school starts. When it comes to my family, we try to be frugal with our summer adventures and try to take advantage of everything that our city has to offer us. One thing that we like to…

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  • Passing the Torch

    Pokemon GO! Am I right? It’s taking over the nation, nay, the world. It’s everywhere but don’t worry this isn’t another blog about Pokemon Go. Not that I’ve gotten to play that much anyway. It’s about the Pokemon trading card game! Sort of. Anyway, my daughters have been into Pokemon for about a year now.…

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  • Xbox One Latest news and Comic-Con

    As much as I love video games, my time to play has become limited due to work and my children. When I do play, it’s mostly family games that I can play with my daughter. I have yet to upgrade to the latest Xbox One, but that is all about to change in hopefully the…

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  • LEGO Ninjago is coming to Chicago!

    If you are a fan of the LEGO Ninjago series, you are in for a treat this weekend in Chicago. The Orland Park Toys R Us is having a special Ninjago event that you can be a part of and potentially win a few prizes including a trip to LEGOLAND California. If you can’t make…

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  • May the Force be with us! A look at what’s to come from ROGUE ONE.

    If you were living in a bubble this weekend or too busy playing Pokémon Go, you might have missed out on some MAJOR Star Wars news revealed at Star Wars Celebration Europe. During the ROGUE ONE: A Star Wars Story panel, the poster for the movie was released to the public. The poster shows a battle…

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  • Conquering the Spartan Race or Look at me trying to be Sporty 103.

    See that photo above? That’s the look of victory! That’s the look of accomplishment! That could also be the look of me saying, “Ow! You’re standing on my toe!” In actuality, that’s the look of redemption, at least for me. If you remember my post from my last Spartan Race I was on a mission this time.…

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  • What is your Dad Truth?

    This past year at Dad 2.0, LEGO was asking dads to write out their Dad Truths that would be LEGO-ized at a later time. Well, a few weeks ago I received the image above with my Dad Truth: “Always try your best. You’ll be surprised what can happen.”This is something that I always tell my…

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  • It’s time for the Fandads Father’s Day Guide 2016 #FDFDG2016

    Disclaimer: Fandads were not compensated for this post. We did receive some of the items to review and affiliated links will be disclosed. All thoughts and opinions are our own. Dad jokes, we all know we love them and we better be prepared to hear some this coming Father’s Day. We here at Fandads have…

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  • #ThanksBaby for making me who I am today.

    Disclosure: I have partnered with Life of Dad and Pampers promotion.  In the picture above a lot of things are going through my head: “Don’t drop her!” “Is this mask scaring you?” “Do you know what it means to be scared?” and “What is going to happen now?” Although all of this was going through…

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  • I ran how many miles? or “Look at me trying to be Sporty 102”

    First off, as you can see, this episode of me being a Sporty Dad is sequentially numbered from the previous ones. I felt that I needed to start doing this, because with the numbers going everywhere, I did not want people to think that I was traveling through time doing all of these events. So…

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