• Toy Story and Teaching

    It’s been over a week since my last day with my students and I didn’t know how to share it with you.  If you remember from my previous post, I was not renewed for the following year and I haven’t even told my students about it. I decided that I would tell them on this…

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  • Winning Movies is Awesome!! Win a copy of The LEGO Movie. #TheLEGOmovie

    I did not play with LEGO’s that much when I was little, but I do remember stepping on a few pieces every now and then.  What I do remember about the lego sets that I had is sitting there for hours trying to make something different each time and just feeling good about my creations.…

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  • T-Shirt Thursday!

    There is always a shirt for first place.  The winner is always lauded on shirts, cereal boxes and loved by everyone. What about for the runner-up? Are there any shirts for them?  Well, when you go against Han Solo in the Cantina Quick Draw we all know who shoots fastest.  Sadly, this runner up will…

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  • Fandads 1st Ever Father’s Day Gift Guide

    With Father’s Day a few days away, you might be thinking to yourself, ” What do I get the Fandad in my family?” Well, have no fear. The Fandads are here to help you out with a few suggestions for that hard to buy dad in your life.  Now remember these are just a few…

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  • What makes a memorable Dad Moment? #PowerofDad #OralB

    As a dad there are days where you sit back, watch your kids run around and you think one of two things: “How did I get so lucky?” or “He/She is moving and got up off the floor, they’ll be ok”.  It’s little moments of reflection like these that start teaching us about what kind of fathers…

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  • Bad vacation pictures…let us see them! Blended Giveaway and contest.

    Ever go on vacation with your family have a fantastic time and can’t wait until you get home to look at all the pictures you took? Now while you are going through all the pictures you come across one that makes you scratch your head and ask yourself “What was going on here?” If this…

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  • Guest Post; Summer Project: Creating a Comic Book with the Family

    Today we have a guest post by Ken Myers from @go_nannies about a great activity you can do with your family over the summer.  Being that we are Fandads, we thought that this would be a great article to share with our friends.  Imagine making a comic book starring your family.  Hopefully this will inspire you to create a…

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  • Why I Teach.

    My little girl came to visit me one day. I’ve been writing a post titled “The Overwhelmed Dad” for a while now and I keep putting it to the side, because I don’t want to sound like I’m being whiney about being a dad.  While I keep going back and forth with this post, I…

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  • First Picture of Ben Affleck In Batsuit!

    Yesterday the internet went nuts with the reveal of Ben Affleck in the new Batsuit for the as yet untitled sequel to Man of Steel.  Zach Synder posted the picture on his twitter account (@ZackSnyder) and so far it has been retweeted over 45,000 times. So what’s all the hubbub about?  Well take a look…

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  • T-Shirt Thursday: Spider-Man Edition

    Did you miss us?  We know. We have been a little behind on T-shirt Thursdays, but we got some cool new shirts to share with you all. This week’s shirt is bought to you from the great people of Nerd Block and it couldn’t come at a better time. With the Amazing Spider-Man 2 coming…

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