Children's book reviews, all age comic books, Kidlit, mglit, movies, entertainment and parenting
The Bigs by Ben Carpenter is a hybrid book of sorts. It’s the story of Carpenter’s career from college to CEO of an investment company. But more than that it’s the story of the people that he met along the way, both good and bad that taught him things about life.
Continue reading The Bigs, a story young professionals (& more) can learn from
An instant family classic movie is how some of my friends described The Lego Movie. It’s awesome and makes our Duplos want to grow up. Of course our kids are only 4 and 2, they’re young builders who are already eyeing the big boy sets. You want to win a copy of The Lego Movie, yes? It’s simple and you can even make a short video of your own LEGO creation.
One time our oldest was watching videos online when I heard incredibly bad language coming from the computer. An ad had led him to a video that they thought was similar to what he was looking for. In reality it was a profane laced cartoon that satirized programming that was meant for children. Even before that happened I used Bing at home search for things. Bing in the Classroom is in the same vein, an ongoing program to help kids use technology-in an ad-free, safe environment. 
Continue reading Because ads or lack thereof, matter. Bing in the Classroom
I was priming my wife with all manner of questions about how to describe it. Some of her friends said coo, while other said have fun. Regardless, I knew that she was going with me to be with the boys, which was fine with me. Our child’s first comic con happened when they were 4 and 2, so I knew that they wouldn’t remember much, but I certainly wanted them to have fun. Here are some tips that we learned during our child’s first comic con.
Oh, even though ours was a comic con, the same basic tips can be carried over to a baseball card show or any other fan conference.
Continue reading How to navigate your child’s first comic con
The children in our neighborhood like us. I sent out the call that I needed guests to play Skylanders SWAP Force. The parents must have thought I was trying to open up my own daddy day camp, but I assured them that I just wanted the kids to come over and play Skylanders. Win/win, the kids go someplace so the adults can relax and the kids get to have fun. 
Continue reading Our Skylander party, talkative children and bonding over video games #Ad
How to Train your Dragon 2 is the sequel to the 2010 hit about training dragons. That movie was one of the ones that slipped under our radar in that we never saw it. However now our oldest really enjoys going to the movies and can handle a bit more action. A dragon movie is in order and while How to Train your Dragon 2 did scare him a bit; he had nothing but great things to say about it afterwards.
Continue reading How to Train your Dragon 2 review: good and not what‘s expected
Being a dad and running this site I encounter some cool products. Over the past month I’ve been making a list of them for various reasons. Some of the items in this Father’s Day gift guide were provided to me for review purposes and some I purchased. They’re all really cool things and item, items that I love and think that other dads would dig also. Continue reading Father’s Day Gift Guide for tech, well dressed, chill dads
Father’s Day is this weekend. After Sunday dads can go back to sleeping on the sofa, right? Actually Kmart does a pretty good job of respecting dad’s year round. Craftsman Tools are a staple to any dad’s garage and the #MoreForDad twitter party on 6/11 at 1PM ET will help fill in any gaps regarding Father’s Day. Continue reading The #MoreForDad twitter party with @Kmart on 6/11, 1PM ET
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