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Family Advent Nights

We started having family Advent nights a dozen years ago. We got the idea from my sister-in-law. We had the fun stuff down pretty pat, but we had been wanting to do something that focused our family on Jesus’ birth. The advent night does just that, plus the kids love them.

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Last Dance at the Bus Bar

When my son was a toddler, he used to love riding in his car seat because it gave him a stable platform from which to pitch things at the back of my head. His giggly joy when he managed to nail me with a soggy chunk of Pop Tart was so full of delight I couldn’t find it in my heart to get mad at him, though I hated it when my boss would interrupt a meeting to ask me if I realized I had pastry crumbs in my hair.

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The You ‘da Dad Daily Calendar iPhone app

After working out a few kinks, *the 2012 You ‘da Dad Page-a-day Calendar is now available as an iPhone app*. Whether you have the paper version or not, you’re going to love our new calendar app! In addition to cool trivia that only a dad and his kids would care about, you’ll also find fathering quotes to inspire you, fun, family road-trip destinations, and tips to make you a legendary dad!

And did I mention that this awesome app is *FREE*??!!

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The Worst Christmas EVER!!!

Last year we spent Christmas Eve in the emergency room and all our warm fuzzy plans were destroyed. I’ve heard other Christmas Eve horror stories. If you just experienced a particularly hard Christmas Eve or Day, I’d like to hear about it. Share your story here.

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