Chicago has some world-class museums and attractions! I feel very fortunate to be able to take my kids on Dadventures to places where such rich learning can be done. We have expanded our minds at the Museum of Science and Industry. we've sketched in the Art Institute of Chicago, and we've been [...]
I look forward every spring to the start of baseball season. Excited for the first time I hear the crack of the bat, the first roar of the crowd, and the first 7th inning stretch where the crowd sings "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". The same way I [...]
This week on the Life of Dad segment, Art and Crafts, we made butterfly magnets. If you have read my posts here at Life of Dad you know that my daughters love butterflies. This is just another case in point. Plus, my girls love when we paint so this [...]
JAMES BRALY, who’s written the most hilariously honest book about marriage, is our CELIBRIDAD. MARK & BRYAN talk about their marriages and get guidance from STEVE COOPER from hitchedmag.com and in studio guest RENAE PLANT. Conclusion? Kids can occasionally get in the way of a healthy marriage.
DEAN JOHNSON — DESIGN & TECH GURU is our ‘CELBRIDAD’ and he sounds educated and clever because he’s British. AARON GOUVEIA from DADDYFILES.COM wonders why products and advertisers continue to treat dads like we’re IDIOTS. BETH WOOLSEY from PutDownTheUrinalCake.com assures MARK & BRYAN that they’re not idiots, and neither are [...]
JASON SNELL (Editorial Director of Macworld, PCWorld, TechHive) is our CELEBRIDAD and discusses the impact of tech on kids. RENAE “Lotus Birth” PLANT pinpoints the best potty-training methods and helps out MIKE from DadandBuried.com who’s up the creek without a diaper. And, there’s a giveaway from TERESA at pottypurse.com. Oh, [...]
BILL HICKS’ brother STEVE is our “CELIBRIDAD” and talks candidly about growing up with one of the world’s greatest comedians in a strict Southern Baptist home. Our in-studio guest is Early Childhood Expert RENAE PLANT who had Lotus Births with all 3 of her kids. Lotus Births? You’re not gonna [...]
FRANK CALIENDO of ESPN discusses fame and fatherhood. Dads MARK & BRYAN would like to apologize in advance… This one is not for the overly-sensitive. They discuss meconium (not a fake diamond) and the trauma of bringing baby home from the hospital to that empty house with no doctors, nurses [...]
JOSH STEWART – The Dark Knight Rises, is the CelebriDad. Let’s be honest: nothing anyone can tell you and no book or movie is ever gonna prepare you for the nightmare of birth. And every Dad has a different reaction. MARK & BRYAN discuss the first few bloody moments with [...]
This Saturday was spent doing orientation training for the Olympics. I am one of over 70,000 volunteers who are going to help make 2012 the best Olympics event ever! Definitely an opportunity of a lifetime… Now unfortunately I haven’t figured out how to be in two places at once just [...]