• Dia Del Nino/Day of the Child (Yep, they get a day to themselves too)

    Photo by Guillermo Ossa/StockVault April 30th was Dia del Niño.  This is a day when families celebrate their children. It is a national holiday in Mexico and it is starting to grow in popularity across the country. According to the National Museum of Mexican Art (NNMA), they have one of the largest Day of the Child…

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  • Thoughts to my son on his birthday

    This month my son celebrates his second birthday and these past two years have flown by.  It feels like he was just learning to crawl the other day and now he is running around, crawling into the refrigerator and keeping me up late on some nights. There are days where I just stare at him…

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  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer #2

    Today I was going to start my monthly Star Wars series, but then this happened! I think this takes precedence over any post that I was going to write today.  Enjoy and watch it over and over and over. Star Wars: The Force Awakens comes out this Christmas.

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  • The Fandads are ready to act #LikeASuperHero with Nestle! #Sponsored

    Being a stay-at-home dad I sometimes wish I had a clone helping me out with my daily chores….strike that, I wish I had a multitude of clones available to help me out every day.  From preparing my daughter for school, driving my wife to work and running errands with my son, things would be a…

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  • Chatting it up with Chatsters: Gabby.

    Growing up with two sisters and all female cousins, I was around a lot of dolls.  I did have my action figures to play with, but when we would go over to my cousin’s house it was nothing but dolls.  I remember the days I did not bring any of my figures with me, I…

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  • “There’s been an awakening”

    With the release of Star Wars Episode 7 later this year, I decided to do a monthly Star Wars post.  Each month I will talk about a different aspect of these movies; be it a memory, a family tradition, a favorite toy or just why I love these movies. The first post will be up…

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  • Let the running season begin!

    The Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K is considered the beginning of the running season in Chicago and this will be my second year running it.  Now, for me, keeping in running form over the winter is kind of hard, but I try to make sure that I am somewhat ready for this fun race.Being…

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  • My home is now Cybertron.

    If you are a fan of our Facebook page you may have seen this blue box from Hasbro before.  You may have also seen us tease about the contents of this box and if you have read our post about the Dad 2.0 experience you already know what’s in the box. Now if you haven’t…

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  • My experience at my first Dad 2.0

    The main stage for Dad 2.0 Before I begin my recap of my experience at Dad 2.0, I will say that this will not be a play-by-play account.  I will not bore you with the minutiae of every second that I was there. Instead, I will tell you a tale that includes, friendship, magicians, robots…

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  • A new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer has been released!

    Today the Avengers twitter page had fans go on a mission.  Fans were asked to use the hashtag #AvengersAssemble to unlock the latest trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron. It’s go time, Marvelites: Tweet using #AvengersAssemble to unite & unlock an epic  new #Avengers #AgeOfUltron Trailer! http://t.co/01G5TtzsLF— The Avengers (@Avengers) March 4, 2015 It took…

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