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How to navigate your child’s first comic con

I was priming my wife with all manner of questions about how to describe it. Some of her friends said coo, while other said have fun. Regardless, I knew that she was going with me to be with the boys, which was fine with me. Our child’s first comic con happened when they were 4 and 2, so I knew that they wouldn’t remember much, but I certainly wanted them to have fun. Here are some tips that we learned during our child’s first comic con.

Oh, even though ours was a comic con, the same basic tips can be carried over to a baseball card show or any other fan conference.

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Our Skylander party, talkative children and bonding over video games #Ad

The children in our neighborhood like us. I sent out the call that I needed guests to play Skylanders SWAP Force. The parents must have thought I was trying to open up my own daddy day camp, but I assured them that I just wanted the kids to come over and play Skylanders. Win/win, the kids go someplace so the adults can relax and the kids get to have fun.

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Planning our Frito-Lay and Skylanders party while saving money-giveaway too #ad

Two things: it’s good to have fun and it’s good to save money. Skylanders is also good. Skylanders SWAP Force is also good fun. One of the great things about Skylanders is that every kid who plays the game immediately has a favorite and it’s difficult enough to be competitive, but not impossible. Speaking of a favorite have you voted for your favorite member of the Skylanders Trap Team™ hero finalists yet?

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Here’s why I cut off the crust to our son’s sandwich

Prior to being a parent it was easy for me to judge. Sheesh those kids are loud-Why is that person bringing a stroller in here-really, a child at a beer festival? Now that I’m a parent the only one of those situations that makes sense is the beer festival one, really people, get a sitter. One of the more popular stereotypes that I finally bought into is cutting the crust off of our son’s sandwich.

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iRules-detailed tips for parents on technology and children

Daddy Mojo works in social media, I work in technology and I’m also very nosey when it comes to our children – so I haven’t been very concerned with the iDevice revolution. I have a device and so does my husband, so to protect our children all we have to do is secure the connection in our house, right? Wrong. iRules discusses different elements of incorporating technology into your family – from the devices themselves to the rules and developing technologically responsible children.

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Our 4 year old just asked us “Is that heaven”

Meltdown. Our oldest was two steps away from a complete four-year old melt down in the back seat. Silly us, we had changed the CD to something new and he really wanted to hear the ‘one with the singing’. I started to explain to him that it was still singing, but then thought better of a crash course in logic with an ill tempered and irrational child. Suddenly he stopped and asked “what’s that”? Oh, it’s a cemetery, I responded, it’s where they bury the dead people. “Is that heaven” he asked with a grin on his face and twinkle in his eye.

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The Columbus Foundation presents the Nina and Pinta this summer

The Columbus Foundation has made floating museums of replicas of caravels (Portuguese trading vessels), used on Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the “New World” in 1492. I had the opportunity to see them when the ships were at the Beaufort Harbor in SC. I went with our kids in addition to my parents and my sister’s family. A total of six kids were with us at ages 2, 4, 6, 9, 11 & 13.

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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Around the Clubhouse World on DVD

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is our son’s comfort food. It’s something that he can be entertained by, laugh a little bit and find nothing scary in it at all. They’ve got a new DVD out, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Around the Clubhouse World that features an episode by the same name, as well as, four additional episodes.

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