Hey Dad, Yesterday, I asked the crowd on Face book, “What stresses you out about the Christmas Season.” I guess I was a little shocked, not by the stresses…but the tone in their responses. Some mentioned lack of money, others…
Hey Dad, Back when I was a kid (think 60’s-70’s green shag carpet and a black and white console television) one of the highlights of my holiday season was the weekly, television Christmas special…usually accompanied by a Dolly Madison commercial.…
Hey Dad, Now, I’m not recommending the movie, Christmas Vacation (unless you can get an edited version - which is a lot shorter) but my favorite dad-scene in the edited version is the moment before Clark Griswold plugged in his…
Hey Dad, Let me just say that I love Christmas. In fact, if you were to take all my good childhood memories, at least 90% of them would have something to do with Christmas. There’s just something ‘familyish’ about the…
Hey Dad, I’m dragging a little today after my big birthday celebration yesterday, not that we painted the town (especially at my age)…it’s just that every single member of my family, including me, is under-the-weather. It’s nothing serious, just the…
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.
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.
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*??!!
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.
My wife and I love the While You Were Sleeping movie. It was shot in Chicago and on a recent trip tot he windy city we stopped by some of the movie sites.
