Category: parenting

  • Push it to the Limit!

    I hope that title has gotten the song “Push it to the Limit” by  Paul Engemann in your head right about now.  If you don’t remember that song, think of the montage scene in Scarface with all the money laundering, the wedding and the tiger.  Ok, do you have the song in your head now?…

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  • My Little Girl’s New Word…Thanks, Jake!

    Lately, my little girl’s new favorite show is Jake and the Never Land Pirates on Disney Jr.  This is a cute show revolving around Jake and his friends: Cubby, Izzy, Skully the parrot and their adventures with Captain Hook and his band of bumbling pirates.  Like most kids shows nowadays, this show teaches counting, teamwork,…

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  • Happy Thanksgiving from Us!

    Happy Thanksgiving from the Fandads.  We are very thankful for the exciting past few months.  We saw our first sponsored giveaway from Rockabye Baby and from the Chicago Toy & Game Fair.  We also want to say thanks to all our friends and family that have supported the site.  We have a couple of interesting…

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  • Five Favorite Things & A Giveaway UPDATED

    Last month we did a post about the Dad Blogs we like and we promised we would do more posts in the future highlighting some of the things we like.  This month we decided to go with a mixture of things from video games to movies and even CD’s that are great to have around…

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  • The Gimmies

    Recently my little girl has gotten a case of the “gimmies”.  Now it hasn’t gotten to the point where she throws herself on the ground and has tantrums like Brother & Sister bear in the picture above, but it has become an issue that we are trying to curb before it gets worse.  Whenever she…

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  • Training the Fandad way!

    As many of you know by now, I am participating in the Warrior Dash on June 19th.  Now while I am not in peak physical shape, I am in decent shape and have decided to start working out so I won’t embarrass myself doing the dash.  I thought of a few ways to get in…

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  • The Accident

    In video games when a character gets hurt they lose a bit a stamina or a bar of health.  The same could be said about comic book characters, they are usually well by the next page or last panel.  Unfortunately, this is not the case in real life, when someone gets hurt or has an…

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  • The Accident

    In video games when a character gets hurt they lose a bit a stamina or a bar of health.  The same could be said about comic book characters, they are usually well by the next page or last panel.  Unfortunately, this is not the case in real life, when someone gets hurt or has an…

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  • Thoughts of an Evolving Fandad.

    “I ain’t no perfect man, I’m trying to do the best that I can, with what it is I have.” Mos Def It’s a new year. It’s that time where everyone makes resolutions, promises or lists of the things that they want to accomplish in the new year.  That time of year where everyone wants…

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  • Thoughts of an Evolving Fandad.

    “I ain’t no perfect man, I’m trying to do the best that I can, with what it is I have.” Mos Def It’s a new year. It’s that time where everyone makes resolutions, promises or lists of the things that they want to accomplish in the new year.  That time of year where everyone wants…

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