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Guest Post By A Ghost – Yo-kai Watch
By Mike Heenan in Uncategorized No Comments
I’m part of the Yo-kai Watch campaign you’ve seen around the Internet (you can find some great posts on social media using the hashtags #YokaiWatch and #YKWdad), and I’ve been looking forward to watching the Disney XD show with the girls and sharing our adventure with you. But something has happened. Or somethings. Every time(…)
An Open Letter From My Car Seat: Parents, You’re Doing It Wrong
By Mike Heenan in People, Places, Things, Uncategorized No Comments Tags: #AAASaves, AAA, car seat, check, Child Passenger Safety Week, CPS, installation, NorCal, San Francisco Bay Area Dad
Dear Parents, You’ve all seen the commercials. Two opposing vehicles approach an intersection at full speed. In the passenger cabin of the first car, the man at the wheel is rocking out to a driving guitar riff on his radio. In the other, a father takes his eyes off the road ahead and whips them(…)
When The Father’s Day Dust Settles: Making New Memories With Netflix
By Mike Heenan in Reviews, Things, Uncategorized 1 Comment Tags: #streamteam, dads, Family traditions, Kids, movie night, Netflix, San Francisco Bay Area Dad, saturday morning cartoons
Father’s Day has come and gone, again. All of that dad-centric attention that fills your TV screens with grill ads and sports car spots has settled back into business as usual and I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t a slight hangover effect from all of that focus on fathers. It’s a sharp drop(…)
21 Instagram “Photography Dads” You Should Be Following
By Mike Heenan in People, Uncategorized 28 Comments Tags: dads, Instagram, Photography Dads, San Francisco Bay Area Dad
Tis the Season Of The Dad and the internet is once again awash with lists of all things for, from, and about dads. This year, I wanted to toss my hat in the ring with my very first Father’s Day-esque post, and rather than simply contributing another list of gift ideas, or scouring my brain(…)
Can Football Be Fixed? The Dove Men+Care “Care Always Wins” Campaign
By Mike Heenan in Uncategorized 2 Comments Tags: San Francisco Bay Area Dad
(Bonus: Guest interview of Super Bowl champ Kevin Butler by Chris Bernholdt of “Banish The Playdate.” Fame.) Football is dominating the news these days and needless to say, it’s not all good.
There’s Magic In The Music: Alison Faith Levy’s Big Time Tot Rock
By Mike Heenan in Uncategorized 2 Comments Tags: kindie rock kids music kidchella alison faith levy, San Francisco Bay Area Dad
One of the other dads bends down to hear my daughter over the band’s acoustic euphony. She blurts out her excitement, her phone chord curls bouncing in time with the beat. “{{I have magic in my hands and I can touch the walls and turn them different colors but ACTually the magic is in my(…)
How To Teach Young Kids About Water Conservation
By Mike Heenan in Uncategorized 4 Comments Tags: How To Teach Young Kids About Water Conservation, San Francisco Bay Area Dad, Water conservation
My almost-four-year-old knows we are in a drought. At least she has heard me say it enough times that the term itself has started to register. “Turn off that hose, we are in a drought!” “No, I’m not going to fill the tub for you again, baby, California is in a drought.” But, as all(…)
Poptism.org Does It For The Kids: Take Me Out To The Ball Game
By Mike Heenan in Uncategorized 3 Comments Tags: San Francisco Bay Area Dad, Take Me Out To The Ball Game
A few weeks back, during the lead up to Father’s Day, I was an avid giveaway clicker. They were all over the internet. Brands were giving away everything from grooming products to mega-grills to meat buckets. I even hosted my own Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants giveaway. I was trying my luck at every turn when(…)
Washington Redskins Trademark Canceled; What’s Your Take?
By Mike Heenan in Uncategorized 9 Comments Tags: San Francisco Bay Area Dad
In case you missed it: We are a Redskins family. That is to say, I was born and spent a great deal of my life in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and, personally, bleed burgundy and gold. My wife gets in to the good times, of which there are few, of late, and my(…)