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Here’s to the #HealthyDad and those doing something about it #AD

Thanks to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia who sponsored the campaign and including dads in this important discussion about family health care. My views are based solely on my experience as a parent and patient-not as a medical professional. I am a mesomorph, therefore I am. Nutrition and diet may not be an interesting read to a 15 year old, but put the emerging star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the author and I was hooked.

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Adventure Time: Season 4 on Blu-ray, magical, wonderful weirdness

Adventure Time: The Complete Fourth Season comes out on Blu-ray and DVD on October 7. We don’t have cable so I had never seen it prior to receiving the DVD. I was familiar with the name due to comic books, but was unfamiliar as to how large of a presence they have. However, just a look at the show makes me realize that this is something that I should like. I asked the neighborhood boys who are 7 and 10, if they liked Adventure Time. I was met with a resounding YES and they are not alone after watching it.

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You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang is what a (children’s) book should be

Every children’s book has the inert potential to be awesome. Some of them are great, some good, fewer are OK and a couple are just bad. The rarest of all children’s books in our house is the book that hooks us immediately and can be re-read without any effort at all. The Great Lollipop Caper was the last children’s book that caught our attention to the same degree that You Are (Not) Small did. It’s simple, has big, cute pictures and lets the white space between the images and words tell as much of the story as the written ones themselves.

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Naptime DIY: How to clean an old paint brush

We’ve painted dozens of rooms and at least 2 complete houses, multiple times over the years. During that time we’ve cleaned some of them not as thoroughly as we should have. That produced paint brushes that can double as a hammer, but cease being able to be used for the purpose that they were purchased. How do you clean an old paint brush that has dried paint on it?

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Our #RockportChallenge, the review (& giveaway) of the shoes you need to know

We received the shoes for review. All thoughts are our own and sometimes I do things just to annoy or get a rise out of my wife. When we were offered the chance to take part in the #RockportChallenge (more on that in a moment), I looked over the shoes and my initial thought was “what is the most unlike me”? I then showed my choice to my better half, she said oh no, blah, blah something, but then my mind was made up that these were my next new shoes.

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The Storyteller Witches #1, dreamy all ages art makes Jim Henson proud

The Storyteller Witches #1 is an interesting comic. It has Jim Henson’s name above it and is published by Archaia, who handles all of the Fraggle Rock comics, so the bar and fond memories are set high. Think Dark Crystal and this is in the same vein. Better yet, think The Storyteller television series that Henson created from the late 80’s and you have a much better idea of the tone and expectations of The Storyteller Witches #1.

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Counting on Lemonade: sharp animation and varied educational methods from LeapFrog

We were provided with a copy for review purposes. All thoughts are our own.

LeapFrog Letter Factory Adventures: Counting on Lemonade continues the re-opened factory with Leap and pals teaching preschoolers about basic concepts. LeapFrog has done math in a couple of previous releases including Math Adventure to the Moon, Numberland and Numbers Away. Counting on Lemonade spends a little too much time on the plot, but once it gets down to education it is much better than its predecessors.

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Toy animals, pink stuff and a child’s desire to help dad before going to the Oncologist

The Oncologist is not your typical doctor. The audiologist, cardiologist, plastic surgeon and immunologist, just to mention a few can all be figured out their prefix. Granted one may think that the plastic surgeon only works on little plastic dolls, but what child hasn’t ripped the arm off of Joe or Barbie? However, what is the ‘onco’ that these doctors are treating? I never knew that fact until I was an adult and kind of bummed out when I had to go see one. Everything is fine now. We have quarterly visits to Doctor Lee and our son wasn’t too happy with us on our recent visit.

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