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For The Hair

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For The Hair

“I participated in an Influencer Program on behalf of Dad Central for ROGAINE®. I received a product sample and promotional item to thank me for participating.” Contractually obligated to put that in there. As well as the #gotitfree hashtag for social media. Because there are legal issues and whatever. What am I doing with Rogaine anyway? Oh, sorry, ROGAINE. The…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 1-24-14

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Phamily Foto Phriday 1-24-14

Monday was a day off from school, and as Xavier had been asking for a while, I figured it would be as good a day as any to go to the zoo. Thankfully the weather cooperated and while a little chilly at least it wasn’t raining, which is pretty good for Seattle. After the penguins,…

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No Longer Boy Versus Girl

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You may remember a while back we discussed the upcoming addition to our family and Xavier expressed a preference for a boy baby. There has been progress on this front. After lunch yesterday we were talking and the conversation turned to “coconut” (because saying “unborn baby” is tedious). I mentioned that we don’t know if…

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Where Are The 49er Dad Bloggers? Hiding!

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Remember last week when I had a blog post about the Seahawks and Saints football game? I set up another challenge for this past weekend with regards to the Seahawks and 49ers game. Only this time the opposing team fans weren’t so eager to join in. There was some difficulty in finding a Saints fan…

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Phamily Foto Phriday 1-17-14

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Phamily Foto Phriday 1-17-14

I know this is going up on Saturday the 18th. Shut up. And I only have one picture. It’s Xavier and Ciárán on the playground after school on Friday. It was cold but it didn’t stop them from playing. A lot of families left immediately after school, but my kids wanted to play. And they…

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Female Heroes

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“Which do you like better? DC or Marvel?” This was a seemingly innocent question from my 8 year old daughter. “I grew up with DC, and Batman is my favorite super hero. I like much of that universe for many personal reasons and just couldn’t get into most of Marvel growing up despite liking a…

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Those Dashing Saints

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I don’t really know Brian. He and I have little in common other than both being dads and having blogs. He seems to be a rather active guy, just look at his blog, dashingdad. He’s a runner and even has a whole section on his blog about fitness. Me? Yeah, that’s not me at all….

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Phamily Foto Phriday 1-10-14

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Phamily Foto Phriday 1-10-14

Not too much happening lately. We’re getting back into the routine of school now that Christmas vacation is over. Earlier this week August had his Cub Scout meeting. One of the activities was virtual wakeboarding. Here he is pulling one of his friends, and here he is being pulled, and ultimately wiping out. Later in…

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Spoiled

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Spoiled

This is going to be a problem. I am looking across the table right now at something the kids will get so used to having when the inevitable supply chain dry up happens I don’t know if they will be able to cope. I am talking about the Scholastic book order. This picture doesn’t even…

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Library

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I’m on an errand with Xavier, who is three and a half years old. We pass by the Library and he remarks, “There’s the library. It’s where a lot of good books live. And some not so good ones.” Allow me to share my two thoughts on his remarks. First – there’s the obvious. He…

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