meta-DAD meta-DAD I am a Dad. That is how I define myself at the moment. Not too long ago I defined myself as a Husband, but now I am a Proud Dad to two boys and a Fine Husband to a beautiful woman. And maybe someday, I will get the title of Good Dad, that is the goal 
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Eco-Friendly Birth Announcements
2008-01-19 05:30:00 I’m a sucker for a nice design and while I realize these are not the cheapest announcements around, they are a very good looking. If you think about it, splurging on the birth announcements will be the least of it compared to that stroller you’ve been eye-balling or that beautiful crib you have bookmarked. By going ... More About: Birth , Friendly
For Sale By Owner
2008-01-19 01:30:00 We live in a place were the housing crunch has been particularly dramatic - Los Angeles. And considering we have close family in some of the hardest hit areas - like Riverside, Ventura and San Diego Counties, we know there are a whole lot of people concerned about the economy and the housing market as ... More About: For Sale , Sale , Owner
Pregnant Belly Celebration
2008-01-18 11:30:00 If you’re expecting photos of a proud and plump Angelina Jolie or Katy Holmes in this gallery, you are sadly mistaken, Mister. This is a wonderful collection of expectant moms around the world showing off their pride and joy. Check it out, there are some really great snaps in there. (Via Pregnant Belly Gallery.Com) More About: Celebration
Bargain Of The Day - Kids Dancewear
2008-01-17 19:33:00 As a parent, I am a firm of team sports for kids. My feeling is - try something at least three times and then decide if you like it or enjoy doing it. My wife and I believe in this rule of thumb for a lot of things. So whether our sons want to play ... More About: Kids , Bargain , Dancewear
Kids 1, Clowns 0
2008-01-17 11:30:00 In other news, the University of Sheffield for the Space to Care study aimed at improving hospital design for children and did an extensive poll of 250 children (ages 4-16) to discover once and for all, “do clowns make kids happy?” As reported by Nursing Standard magazine - found all of them disliked clowns as ... More About: Kids , Clowns
Bargain Of The Day - Eye Glasses
2008-01-17 00:23:00 My boys have laser accuracy when it comes to knocking my glasses off my head. Not to say my time at home is a non-stop melee of action but we have fun and we goof around a bit and well… the specs usually end up on the floor. So, I’m thinking I need to get ... More About: Bargain , Glasses
Mimi?lou Wall Art
2008-01-16 10:10:00 Mimi’lou will bring your kids rooms and nursery to life with a collection of colorful line drawings decals providing a no mess, no fuss fashion forward wall transformation. Once transferred, only the lines of the decals remains on the wall, giving the effect of simple, hand-drawn mural. These decals can be applied to any smooth ... More About: Wall , Mimi
RocaWear For Dad
2008-01-16 09:47:00 Somewhere between “I do” and “Whowa” (that’s what I said when I saw the birth of my oldest son), there was a massive re-ordering of my priorities - to say the least. Now that I am comfortable in my new title of “Dad” I am acutely aware that my wardrobe is challenged. On the other ...
Listen Up Dads: Write A Valentine Poem, Win A Diamond!
2008-01-16 01:38:00 No jokes here. AWDiamond s.com is an online retailer of loose diamonds of all shapes and sizes. This Valentine ?s Day, they are running a Valentine?s Day Poetry Competition. Poets can win a real heart shaped loose diamond worth $400 and the winning poems will be published on their website. All you need to do is write a ... More About: Write , Listen , Poem
Dad, My Best Friend?s A Robot
2008-01-11 10:30:00 QRIO (”Quest for cuRIOsity”, originally named Sony Dream Robot or SDR) is a hobbit-sized robot that was developed and tested but never sold. What is fascinating about this robot toy unlike its pal AIBO (Sony’s robotic dog that was recently “put to sleep“) is it has been tested with a control group of 18-24 ... More About: Friend
Family Vacation Rentals
2008-01-10 20:39:00 My wife and I have been exploring the option of doing a private rental for our next vacation. No more hotel rooms for us! Now that we have two young kids we are starting to realize that a private rental may be the way to go. The idea of having a couple full bedrooms and ... More About: Family , Vacation , Rentals
Free Event For NYC Parent Bloggers
2008-01-10 10:00:00 The New York Kids Club invites local “mommy and daddy” bloggers and their children to experience a first hand look at what the New York Kids Club has to offer during an exciting afternoon of fun, age appropriate activities. Normally reserved for registered ... More About: Event , Free , Bloggers , Parent , Pare
Dad Resource: Home Data Recovery Solution
2008-01-09 19:44:00 This is not to say that all Dad’s play the part of the family’s IT department when technology goes sour in the house, but this Dad certainly has had his share of wrestling with buggy routers, flaky monitor cables and uncooperative operating systems. I would like to think that over the years technology has taught ... More About: Recovery , Home , Data , Data Recovery , Resource
The Best Kids Activity and Coloring Pages Ever
2008-01-09 14:10:00 As the days have grown short and the weather has grown sloppy and cold, we parents scurry around in search of indoor activities for the little ones. As both Moms and Dads know - coloring and activity books are the “bread and butter” of indoor diversions for the tikes. So when you need a few ... More About: Kids , Pages , Ages
Fleece and Your Kids
2008-01-08 14:00:00 I love fleece. It is a very warm material, it’s cheap. It’s soft and sometimes fuzzy but it can also be very dangerous according to Consumer Product Safety Reports reaching back to the mid-90’s siting the volatility of fleece. Sorry to come off as an alarmist but the exact wording on the U.S. Consumer Product ... More About: Kids
Meta-DAD Chore Chart
2008-01-07 14:00:00 I’ve made a bunch of these and figured I would share them wit you all. We have found that chore charts and/or activity charts go a long way in our household, so having some templates that you can printout at the beginning of the week has proved to be priceless. Tack it on the fridge ... More About: Meta , Chart
Semi-Random Meta-DAD Giveaway! | The Answers
2008-01-04 18:06:00 Well, there was not a winner. Here are the questions and their answers; The Questions: These should be easy - DESCRAMBLER: Ssnitai Olncha These twelve letters spell - Saint Nicholas Blasphemous Wood I was looking for Yule Log. In Pagan Scandinavia the Yule Log was lit in honor Thor, god of thunder and the winter festival of Yule would continue ... More About: Random , Answers , Semi , Meta
The Potty Train - Chugga Chugga Poo Poo!
2008-01-04 14:00:00 Neighbor’s of ours, Ruth Kennison and David Hochman are having a very special launch of their new children’s book, The Potty Train - Chugga Chugga Poo Poo! this weekend in (Mar Vista) Los Angeles. As you can tell from the title of the book, it celebrates that transition from diapers to potty chair as illustrated ...
Coupon Codes For Miles
2008-01-03 19:29:00 In the never-ending search for coupon codes for online shopping, I have stumbled upon Free Online Coupon s from CouponJelly. The site has a solid professional polish to it and they update their deal alerts a couple times a day. I came upon them when trolling for coupon codes or free shipping offers for Best Buy ... More About: Miles , Codes
Hello Evil Kitty
2008-01-03 18:42:00 Understanding Hello Kitty and her peace and love mantra, this modified assault weapon gives us a glimpse of how she maintains order. The most interesting thing about this is - it is an actual gun and to top it off it is a 100% legal gun in the state of California because it uses all ... More About: Evil
It?s Time To Potty
2008-01-03 01:50:00 There is much to say about the process of potty training and there’s many approaches to it. My wife and I take the party approach to potty training. There are prizes to be won. There’s singing. There’s dancing. We try and make it a fun and special experience and by-in-large the boys respond well to ... More About: Time
Safe Kids and Decorating Your Home
2008-01-03 01:44:00 There seems to be a couple schools-of-thought when it comes to safety in the home, there is the helicopter parent that spends hundreds (dare I say thousands) for baby-proofing services (yes, they exist) to come into your home and put foam pads and tubing on the corners of your coffee tables and dining tables, protective ... More About: Kids , Home , Safe
Fresh Farm Animal Graphics
2007-12-31 14:10:00 Created by a teacher and graphic designer -and husband and wife-team-who after preparing for their own child discovered that new babies respond most to black and white geometric figures and patterns. It is only later that they start to recognize faces and animals. Cute, but not too cute, this flock of sheep, hen and baby ... More About: Graphics , Animal , Fresh , Farm
Semi-Random Meta-DAD Giveaway! | The Answers
2007-12-30 14:06:00 Well, there was not a winner. The Questions and the Answers : DESCRAMBLER: Ssnitai Olncha These twelve letters spell - Saint Nicholas Blasphemous Wood I was looking for Yule Log. In Pagan Scandinavia the Yule Log was lit in honor Thor, god of thunder and the winter festival of Yule would continue until this log burnt out which could take up ... More About: Random , Semi , Meta
Post-Holiday Shopping
2007-12-28 17:35:00 This was the first year were I only went to the mall once. I did most of my shopping online - of course, my wife went to the mall a bunch of times (divide and conquer, as they say). I went to the mall the day after Christmas at about 6:00am to get in line ... More About: Shopping , Holiday , Post
Little Elephants
2007-12-28 17:17:00 I just discovered a crafty little site called LittleElephants.Com that is maintained by Véronique Christensen. Her mission statement is simple yet poignant; “(her) blog is about (re)capturing the fun and wonder of childhood.” That should be everybody’s mission statement! Little Elephants is almost entirely dedicated to ideas for craft projects and fun activities for the whole ...
Sling Baby
2007-12-28 17:16:00 My wife loves her baby slings. Basically it allows her to be hands-free while baby gets to stay close to Momma (and listen to his favorite thing - Mom’s heartbeat). Unlike a Baby Bjorn (which is my tool of choice) her Sling Lings allows her to shift the baby’s weight around when he starts to get ...
And Now For A Moment of Zen?
2007-12-27 14:00:00 This holiday season, I hope you all travel safe. Godspeed. More About: Moment
meta-DAD?s Top Six CD?s For Kids
2007-12-26 14:01:00 That’s right — six. I could not widdle it down to five, and I’m totally comfortable with that. It’s the end of the year and you know what that means a whole lotta lists are coming out to round out the Best Of 2007 categories. This is not the Best Of 2007 because some of this ... More About: Kids , Meta
Photo History of a Family
More articles from this author:2007-12-26 14:00:00 Every June 17th, the Goldberg’s took a picture of themselves so that for one fleeting moments they could pausde the arrow of time… You must go see the full chronology, it’s wonderful. (Via ZoneZero.Com) More About: Family , Photo , History 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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