Feature on Ellen’s Website
Life of Dad was featured on the Ellen website. Check it out here.
CRAWLING – Coming soon…
Roger Ebert gives CRAWLING two baby thumbs up. Entertainment Weekly says, "CRAWLING is a moment you don't want to miss." Rolling Stone calls CRAWLING "a true story that scares every young dad to death." CRAWLING...are you ready? Coming in Fall 2010 to a theater near you. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Ckat_Y3Yg]
Dad Sighting – Sing-a-long for Moms, Kids (and now Dads?!?!)
Life of Dad’s paparazzi snapped photos of Tommy and Babs Riles at a local sing-a-long class. According to multiple sources, Babs usually attends with her mom. Perhaps this day Mom was busy, so Riles stepped in and took her to the event. Sources confirmed that Riles seemed to [...]
November 2010 Column
The latest Life of Dad column is in November's issue of Pregnancy and Newborn! Read the column here. I write about the first thirty days of post-partum from a dad's perspective. What is going through a dad's mind right after birth? In exciting news, I'm now a full-time part of [...]
Parenting Perils Part I: Mall Fountains
Alright. Now that you are a parent, you have become aware of certain things that you never needed to think of before. Little things that never occurred to you suddenly need your full attention and need to be instantly corrected. Back in the day if you spilled a few pennies [...]
TINY HEART SUPERHEROES – Nov. 2010
November's TINY HEART SUPERHERO is Colin Brophy!!! November EBay Auctions (expire Nov. 13th): MamaRoo Infant Seat by 4Moms: Click Here Kate Spade Designer Baby Bag: Click Here To make a direct donation to The Saving tiny Hearts Society, on behalf of Colin Brophy, click here. The Saving tiny Hearts Society’s [...]
Rap for Charity
The charity we work with, Saving Tiny Hearts, in the running to be the 2011 charity for Highland Park High School in Illinois. This is exciting, because last year the school raised almost $400,000 for an incredible cause! Babs and I did our best to help out, busting a rhyme, [...]
Country, Music, Cowboy – A Week at Ellen
Last week I saw Michelle Obama and Taylor Swift live, and dressed as Woody from Toy Story. Just another three days at The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Because I can, every now and then I will give you all a behind the scenes look at Ellen. You cool with [...]
Get Up, Stand Up: Now How Do I Get Down?
Over the past week, Babs has made impressive advancements in pulling herself up to a standing position. My parents watched the baby over the weekend as Lucy and I went to a good friend’s wedding in New York. When we returned, Babs was getting up, and standing up for [...]
Owen’s Words 10/29/10
My nephew Owen writes notes to his dad on the Magnadoodle. He's awesome, and so are his messages.