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L.A. Daddy with things he has learned from being a father.

Clare’s Dad asks Clare what she thought of the Shrek the Third movie.

What are your thoughts? Should kids be allowed to have TV’s in their rooms?

Are you a leash parent?

And lastly, alway… ALWAYS wear those bicycle helmets before you crack your noggin’.

When I was a kid Memorial Day was nothing but another day with a parade. Though I knew what it was about it wasn’t until years later I began to really understand the importance of the day. After learning more about history and discovering a deeper interest in America’s past-time, Memorial Day morphs into something more important. It becomes a day to remember and honor. It becomes something that makes a little more sense.

Daddy Pundit has a photo and story that appeared on the National Review Online website. It is a sad story but it reminds us of the sacrifices our men and women overseas are making for this country. It not only reminds us of our current soldiers but those who fought in all the wars leading up to this time. From the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, up through WWI and WWII, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and present day conflicts around the globe. War affects families, lives, and an entire nation.

Below is a small excerpt of the story.

MURFREESBORO —Heather Southward Golczynski pulled six more letters out of her mailbox Tuesday, sent from across the nation by people touched by her husband’s sacrifice and her son’s courage.

Her husband, Marine Staff Sgt. Marcus “Marc” Golczynski, was killed in Iraq on March 27. At his funeral in April, Daily News Journal photographer Aaron Thompson captured Marc Golczynski’s teary-eyed son, 8-year-old Christian, accepting a U.S. flag from his father’s casket.

It was a picture of a moment that moved many Americans and stirred national interest in the Golczynskis’ story.

“I see all of Marc’s heart in him. I’m proud he stood up,” Heather Golczynski said of the now-famous photograph. “Even in the absolute sadness of it all, he was a brave kid — he has the heart of his daddy.”

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This weekend was great. We had fun doing “family stuff”. My wife and I splurged and bought the kids a playground set for the back yard. We decided we would take the challenge and assemble it ourselves. Yowzas! We spent hours on it and we are maybe a quarter of the way done.

But it has been fun putting it together. My brother in-laws have been helping out here and there and we just keep plugging away at it.

I also went out and saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. A bunch of us went and I brought the older kids. Kids seemed to like even though Sammy fell asleep halfway into it after chowing down on the popcorn. Anybody else see it yet?

Check out the following trailer for it…

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Snacks, snacks, and more snacks…

“Daaaaad. I’m huuuuungaaawweeeeeee”

For those who have raised 2 year olds know exactly what I am talking about. Constant food for their little bellies. So what do you give ‘em? Fig Newtons? Maybe some home made cookies? Apple? Orange?

I can see now if you don’t pay attention to what your kids consume day in and day out it could be easy to not give them the proper nutrition a little whippersnapper would need to grow and be healthy. With a society that is so fat we need to look after our little ones and give them the food they need. And it would be good practice to sit there and eat the same thing right next to them.

As a Stay at Home Dad I see first hand how much these little buggers can cram into their mouths. Like a little tape worm living inside them they devour snack after snack.. meal after meal…

I have been told that my kids have good appetites. We feed them veggies, fruits, meat, and yes even cookies. They eat anything they can get their hands on.

Are your kids good eaters? Do they only like the junk foods?

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This is what I have always wondered about twins. Today we can determine who a killer is by matching DNA. But the crazy thing is identical twins have the same DNA. Cool eh? So would you lock them both up or try to figure out who the evil twin was?

Thanks to Hsien at Eye on DNA for pointing us to a similar incident that came to the forefront but it wasn’t as serious as murder. Who’s your daddy? Which twin is the father of the child? The woman claims she had sex with both twins on the same day. So the custody battle rages on.

This is funny… sorta. The Judge wants to break the child support down 50/50 between the twins. He feels they “both played, so both should pay.”

I guess in a murder case you couldn’t do it that way because there would be strictly one killer and one innocent. Well unless of course they were in on it together and then felt they couldn’t prove who did it if they kept pointing fingers at each other. Actually that would make a cool novel… hmmm

OK I’m back…

But with twins who both had fun on the same day…. well… I guess neither one did anything differently. So I would have to agree with the Judge. You can’t pick and choose on this one… both of them are guilty… make them pay.

What do you think??

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As I browse the internet for other dad blogs I come across clusters of blogs for dads, stay at home dads, moms, working moms, dating blogs, and the like. A new interesting twist is a new marriage blog called Marriage Actually. This isn’t necessarily about parenting from a mom and dad perspective but focusing more on the marriage aspect of it all and I can tell you it is entertaining as well as informative.

I can absolutely relate to most of what they are saying. I am starting to believe most marriages are quite similar with the issues that arise. But the cool thing is they want you to get involved and ask them questions about married life. They may not have the textbook answers but I bet you’ll get some good advice and probably a link back to your site…

With a few pulls, a couple kicks, and a few choice words I got my mower working. I was trying to ignore the fact that it was probably the spark plug that was causing it to not fire. But I proceeded to start it and boy was I determined. I figured it would start more out of my will to make it happen and not necessarily out of practicality.

It was all running fine and I was about ready to start in on my first mow for the season and it came in and rained. Well its been raining for the last week and it even dropped down around 34 degrees on two consecutive nights. brrrrrrrrr

Some places North of here actually got a frost. And this is after we had record breaking heat. When we beat records it is usually by like 1 or 2 degrees. Not this time. It was like 8 degrees warmer than we had ever seen on record, then it comes in and frosts.

Must be global warming.

More on mowing lawn when the sun comes out.

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