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The Fandads and friends share early Star Wars memories on May the 4th.

I recently mentioned that I was going to start a monthly Star Wars series until the release of the next movie. Last month’s post was put to the side because of the recently released second trailer. I mean, if Star Wars releases a new trailer you put everything down and watch it over and over…
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May 5, 2015
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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May 3, 2015
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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April 23, 2015
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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April 15, 2015
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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April 7, 2015
“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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April 7, 2015
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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March 31, 2015
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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March 12, 2015
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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March 4, 2015
What’s going to happen to Kanan?

I have been a huge Star Wars fan since I was a little kid and seeing these different incarnations on television: The Clone Wars (cartoon version and computer animated version), the Droid series from way back and the current Star Wars Rebels, makes me feel great that the stories continue. The latter series has been…
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February 27, 2015