Tag: dad
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Here’s to 2020, the year of possibilities
As we head into the 20’s, I can unequivocally say I am happier now than I was then and what’s perhaps more indicative of my growth as a person, I’m envisioning and planning for a future more than I ever had before.
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Things To Do With Your Kids For Halloween In Calgary
Although we’ve been inundated with more snow this fall, I’m optimistic that weather is going to improve for Halloween. Halloween is a fun time of year with kids. You get to dress them up in adorable costumes that potentially have to somehow fit over a snowsuit and you get to watch them devour candy at…
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Like father, Like son
The phrase, Like father, Like son can have many different meanings to many different people. I have it tattooed on my shoulder to remind me that I am like my father. How we are raised influences us in so many different ways and as you become a parent you can’t help but look back on…
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Dashing Dad’s Holiday Gift Guide
I can’t believe it’s almost Christmas. I recently wrote about long days, short years and man it just keeps blowing my mind. None-the-less, Christmas is almost here and I’ve been working hard this past month to put together the first Dashing Dad Holiday Gift Guide! I’ve teamed up with some awesome local retailers to showcase…
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What I’ve Learned In My First Year As A Stay-At-Home Dad
Today marks the one-year anniversary of me officially becoming a stay-at-home Dad (SAHD). Since starting this blog I’ve written about why I love being a SAHD, shared the thoughts of other SAHD’s on what it’s REALLY like and over the course of this first year I have definitely learned a thing or two. So as I…
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Things To Do With Your Kids: Fish Creek Park Ice Cave
Directions and information on the Fish Creek Park Ice Caves and Ice Falls
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Raising a Child With a Peanut Allergy
“Unfortunately, it looks like Clara is allergic to peanuts.” At these words, my heart sunk. Since we first found out Dashing Mom was pregnant I had been worried about Clara being Diabetic, but being allergic to a food had never even crossed my mind. And I had no idea what to do. Raising a child…
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Things To Do With Your Kids: Tumble Time – Lake Bonavista
Most kids love running around and being active and Clara is no different. Recently she gave us a heart attack by doing her first ever somersault… off the couch on to the floor. By sheer luck she landed on a pillow and giggled and laughed at discovering a new way to move her body, while…
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The Meaning Of Being A Dad
I never grew up with a strong conviction that I was going to be anything when I got older. When I was eight, I was sure I was going to be a baseball player. I was a pitcher and I had a mean slider that no batter my age could touch. I couldn’t hit to…
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Things To Do With Your Kids: Hiking – Brown-Lowery Provincial Park
Location: The trailhead is located off of Plummers Road, just south of Priddis. Make sure to bring a map as cell service is spotty and there are no road signs along the way. Elevation Change: 143 m Duration: 4.8 km (took us 2 hours roundtrip with a stop at the top for a picnic) As…
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9 Stay-At-Home Dads Tell Us What It’s REALLY Like
You know those times where you’re at work and everything is going wrong so you turn to your co-worker to vent about how you hate everything. They listen, offer up some advice, or offer to buy you a beer after work. You don’t get that as a stay-at-home parent. Finding a sense of community as…
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I’m Not The Dad I Thought I Would Be
I’m not the Dad I thought I would be and that has left me not feeling like a Dad. It’s a weird feeling. In some ways I Dad more than a lot of the Dad’s that Dad out there. But having grown up with a stay-at-home-mom, and with the societal expectations of a family having…
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The Best Kids Books For Under $10
Like any young child Clara loves to do a lot of things. One of the things she has always loved to do is to have books read to her. She will often pick up a book and bring it over to us and it has always been a regular part of our bedtime routine. In…