We’re Branching Out!

Very exciting! Incredible Dad is now a guest contributor at Bookdads.com, a great book review site that describes itself as follows:

“BookDads.com.  Book reviews for fathers who read. A site for fathers, or anyone who wants to read with their children and are looking for books with positive representations of fatherhood.  Fathers of all kinds are welcome here, and we hope this site helps you find books to share with your children that are also appropriate for your family.”

When you get a chance, take a browse there and find some new books to read for yourself and/or for your kids!

www.bookdads.com

Top Five Board Games for Families with Young Children!

“Guess Who” Champion! That’s my current claim to fame in our Incredible Household!

Ballet Girl is the current “Chutes and Ladders” Champion, Book Boy is the current “Monopoly Junior” Champion and Clean Mom… well, we think she’s the current “Paper Rock Scissors” Champion.

Either way, it’s easy to see that games are a big part of how our family plays together.  In this article, read how our favourite board games match up against the Web’s top lists and gain some valuable strategies that may mean the difference between you being first … or worst!  Not that it’s all about winning… uh-huh… Read the rest of this entry »

Review of “The Dads’ Book” by Michael Heatley

Some Dads learn new parenting skills from television (think The Cosby Show and hopefully not The Family Guy) while others learn from reading books.  With the latter in mind, IncredibleDad.com has embarked on giving Busy Dads (and people looking to buy them books as gifts) concise and relevant reviews of the Dad books out there.  First up, “The Dads’ Book – for the Dad who’s Best at Everything” by Michael Heatley.  Find out if this book makes the grade and get some free Dad tips out of it to boot! Read the rest of this entry »

Top Ways To Store Your Kids’ Art and the Funny Things They Say.

This is our family… as depicted by one of Ballet Girl’s recent drawings. (In case you can’t tell, I’m the one on the far right.)

It never ceases to amaze me how fast time flies and how fleeting the most treasured moments are.  Both Book Boy and Ballet Girl have said and drawn some hilarious, funny, adorable and sometimes unusually insightful things.  Here are some tips to help you preserve these memories for years to come and a collection of things my kids have said over the last year to make you laugh (and to store online for posterity’s sake).  Read the rest of this entry »