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Hunting With My 3 Year Old Son – The Day He Became A Man

April 24, 2012/38 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files, Uncategorized/by Chris Read

Yeah, You heard me. Recently I took the appropriate steps to accelerate my son’s development from Boy to Man by taking him hunting for bears and lions deep in the woods of the South March Highlands of North Kanata. My son will be 4 years old next week and I felt it was time for […]

Super Mario For A Day Courtesy Of Costume Discounters

April 22, 2012/33 Comments/in Reviews, Reviews/Giveaways, THE BLOG, Uncategorized/by Chris Read

I was thrilled to be contacted by the fine people from CostumeDiscounters.com to see if I’d like to review one of their products. Clearly, as a Dad blogger and the owner of adorably cute children, they knew that my kids would look great in any of their costumes. Unfortunately, they didn’t know that I am […]

Hey Aerosmith, You Owe Us A Show!

April 19, 2012/9 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files, Uncategorized/by Chris Read

I’ve never taken part in a campaign to bring a band to town before. Frankly, I’ve never really cared enough to bother or have in fact been far too lazy to make any sort of effort. I saw a post on Facebook that caught my eye the other day and decided to jump on board. […]

And Then Jann Arden Called My House

April 17, 2012/60 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

I started to write this post last night. I took a break to hang out on Twitter for a bit, when one tweet changed the entire direction of the story. I’m not much of a thoughtful gift giver. I mean well, I really do. It just seems that I always come up a bit short. […]

The Important Lesson I Taught My Son

April 11, 2012/33 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

Recently I wrote about how picky my son is when it comes to eating food. I also mentioned that he didn’t extend the picky behaviour only to dinner items but to desserts too. While reading through all your excellent comments and recommendations, I noticed that Jennifer from Mom vs The Boys made a good point […]