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Dads Sing Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas”

December 3, 2012/12 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

I was recently asked by Tom Riles, who runs the Life of Dad website, if I wanted to be a part of their latest “Dads Sing“ video. I was more than happy to take part and then immediately got nervous when I he told me that we’d be tackling the very challenging, Mariah Carey version […]

Forget Dad Fail; Here Is Some Dad Awesomeness! #AwesomeDads

December 2, 2012/20 Comments/in #AwesomeDads, THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

I got slightly annoyed this week, after seeing two separate posts featuring photo slideshows with the tagline of DadFail. I won’t link to them but I assure you, they are out there and the pictures were a complete misrepresentation of what I’m guessing in 98% of the Dad population. I thought it would be a […]

Our Elf On The Shelf Is Back! Say Hello To Zerby

December 1, 2012/7 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

We started our family’s Elf on the Shelf tradition last year and the kids really got into it, so we’re welcoming the Elf back to our shelves again this Christmas season! I’d like to introduce you to, Zerby! Sure, he sounds like something out of a 1970’s science fiction movie, but I can assure you […]

On Setting And Achieving Goals {#Movember}

November 29, 2012/2 Comments/in THE BLOG/by Chris Read

When I started recruiting teammates for this year’s Movember campaign, I had preset a lofty goal of $2,000. Little did I realize that my teammates had different plans for our fundraising efforts, this November. I had taken part in Movember before. Last year, before I had discovered blogging, I failed to gather any troops and […]

There Were Two In The Bed And The Little One Said, Roll Over!

November 27, 2012/16 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

Alright, I’m not sure I can keep this bottled up anymore. I am a human being and I need sleep. Not a couple hours here or there, but a whole night’s sleep! Since my first child was born, four and a half years ago, I think I have had about 20 good sleeps. I’m sure […]