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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 17 minute preview
On July 7th, this Fandad was lucky enough to get into the IMAX 3D First Look at Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and witness 17 minutes of James Gunn’s space drama that will transport fans of the Marvel universe to…well, another universe. What did I think of this footage? Was a talking raccoon on the…
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T-Shirt Thursday!
Today’s T-shirt comes to us from our friends at Target. I recently received this shirt as a gift on Father’s Day and the artwork on it just made me smile. This Star Wars + Spanish mash-up has the familiar Darth Vader helmet done up with bones, Empire symbols and spider webs. What I really like…
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What do you WANT???
Parents, we have all experienced this scenario: your child walks up to you, starts mumbling something, keeps going on and on about nothing then points to a candy bar or a fruit snack or an ice cream bar, etc, etc, and then it hits you: they’re asking for something, but not being straight forward about…
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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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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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