Welcome to the November 2009 edition of Discovering Dad Blog Carnival.

The Discovering Dad Blog Carnival is a monthly carnival that includes fun and informative posts about unique experiences, perspectives and challenges of being a dad. It also includes posts that talk about the impact of dads on the lives of children, spouses and family members, as well as some general parenting posts of interest.

Dad of Divas presents Fatherhood Friday – Disciplinarian or Bad Parent posted at Dad of Divas.

Adam presents Involved Dads posted at Natural Parenting Tips.

Grapefruit presents Little Man. posted at The Daily Grapefruit.

Melissa Hedding presents Becoming a Man Starts Early! posted at Finds For Families, saying, “Dads play a vital role in their children’s lives, especially the boys!”

Dan presents Indulging Your Kids’ Love of Insects, Dinosaurs or Whatever posted at My Dad Blog, saying, “With a child obsessed with insects, we figured we’d indulge his love of critters this summer with various activities and trips – he may not be this enthusiastic about nature forever, so we’re living in the moment!”

Jacquelyn presents An Absent Father and Paternal Depression posted at WParent.com – Wise Parenting Guide, saying, “About one in five children lives with single parents. Find out the impact of being ‘fatherless’ on the children.”

Dr. Alan Singer presents Seeing the World Through a Child’s Eyes posted at FamilyThinking.com, saying, “What was i thinking? this Dad (and Grandad) learned alot from listening and observing children rather than assumin that i know what they find interesting.”

John Duke presents Diapers and There will never be this time again posted at 2 and a half.

Angela England, Feature Writer presents Preparing for Child Delivery—A Dad’s Perspective | The Untrained Housewife posted at The Untrained Housewife, saying, “Being a military family, ours can be less than conventional at times. For example, we are about to have our third child and I feel as though I’m going to be a father for the first time.”

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Welcome to the September 2009 edition of Discovering Dad Blog Carnival.

The Discovering Dad Blog Carnival is a monthly carnival that includes fun and informative posts about unique experiences, perspectives and challenges of being a dad. It also includes posts that talk about the impact of dads on the lives of children, spouses and family members, as well as some general parenting posts of interest.

Scott presents Who Is Raising Your Children? posted at Simple Father.

Dan presents What are Those Kids Texting? A Parents’ Guide posted at My Dad Blog, saying, “A decoder for all you parents out there that have no idea what all the symbols and codes are that your kids are typing/texting to each other.”

Sonja Stewart presents Taking Things Too Personally posted at Parenting Squad.

Dan Smith presents How Long Distance Discipline Should Work posted at Different Frequencies…Same Radio, saying, “This is a post regarding how, as a sailor, my family handles discipline, even when I’m away.”

Dan at Everydayfinance presents Child Costs 2008-2009: $221,000 thru 17 (Before College Costs!) posted at Everyday Finance, saying, “This article breaks down a recent government report outlinging the sticker shock associated with children – over $200K each excluding college!”

Justin Hall presents What Defines a Man? posted at Justin Hall.

Kate Hopkins presents 100 Best Blogs for Homeschooling Moms posted at Online Education.net.

Jacquelyn presents Kid’s IQ posted at WParent.com – Wise Parenting Guide, saying, “Exposure to urban air pollution during pregnancy may affect the child’s IQ score.”

Dave Domingo presents Help solve the identity crisis posted at Recycled Dad, saying, “This post is aimed at the dad who has adult kids and young kids — typically from different marriages.”

David presents Click2Live posted at The Life of a Father of Five.

Joe Tichio presents Inspirational Quotes For Dad posted at Inspirational Quotes Blog,

jack perconte presents ABC’s of Positive Parenting in Sports ? U posted at Positive Parenting in Sports – Raising an Athlete.

Emma presents 7 things new dads do better than moms posted at Baby-Log.

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Congratulations to the following winners of the Max Spaniel Dinosaur Hunt book giveaway:

Sheila from Mom 2 A Nutball won the Grand Prize

• Autographed copy of Max Spaniel (by illustrator David Catrow)
• One (1) Jumbo kids magnifying glass

Lesa from Conveniently Simplistic, Kerrie Mayans, Janet from Grammy Janet’s Place and Chris from The New Dad Guide all won copies of the new Max Spaniel book too.

Congratulations again to all of the winners! I hope you enjoy the book!

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The other thing I love about the summer is family vacations.  This year, we were fortunate enough to go to the beach (the “shore”) and to Disney World.  We went to the beach with my parents and nephew, and we went to Disney with my inlaws.  Both trips were fantastic, so I wanted to share some of my favorite pictures.

Nothing like starting the first day of vacation with a little PILE ON!:

Here’s Hans and Franz getting ready for the beach:

Here they are trying to pump (*clap*) me up:

After a few hours at the beach, it’s always fun to take a ride on a Pirate Ship:

The kids enjoyed hunting crabs with Nana:

Pop is really good at making me smile:

Nighttime at the beach is fun too, especially at the carnival:

Chani even talked Lori into riding the Himalaya:

It was great to get away and spend time with family at the Shore:

A few weeks later, we headed down to Disney World:

We saw Mickey and Minnie:

And, we ran into Tigger too!:

Grammy and Pop Pop always make things a big (fun) Hoopty Doo!:

And, we got to celebrate a birthday too – Happy Birthday Grammy!:

We almost lost Chani in a rogue rocket accident:

Fortunately, we made friends with someone at Star Command who brought us back together:

To make sure no one got lost, Lori decided to dress all of the girls alike:

Meanwhile, me and Ty got roped into some monkey business:

All-in-all, it was a Magical adventure enjoyed by all:

School starts next week, which means fall is right around the corner.  Our family had a great time this summer, and I hope yours did too!  Please read below for how you can share your favorite summer photos.

If you have a blog, feel free to write a similar post about your summer adventures.  Share your favorite summer pictures too.  Link back to this post, so me and all of the readers of Discovering Dad can share in the fun.  I’m already looking for ideas of fun family things to do for next summer!

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It’s a kids book about a nosey spaniel on the hunt for bones – Dinosaur Bones! He gets into lots of mischief, and much the same as my younger children he uses his imagination and ingenuity to find and build a larger than life dinosaur.

The illustrations are filled with lots of things for kids to discover while reading, kind of like the old Where’s Waldo books but not quite that busy or difficult.

If your toddlers love books as much as mine, then leave a comment with a description of your favorite pet from any time throughout your life.  Please share why this pet was your favorite and perhaps a memorable experience of him or her hunting for “dinosaurs” of their own.  You can get a second entry by writing a post about your pet on your own blog and linking back to this post.

One (1) Grand Prize winner receives:

• Autographed copy of Max Spaniel (by illustrator David Catrow)
• One (1) Jumbo kids magnifying glass

Four (4) runner-up winners will also receive a copy of the new book

Contest Duration: August 8, 2009 – August 23, 2009

Winners will be announced and notified during the week of August 24 – 30, 2009.

My favorite pet growing up was a dog named Lady.  She was hyper and loving, and she peed on the floor every time I got home.  She slept in bed with me, which my wife is not likely to believe because as an adult I developed a severe onset of allergies to animals and can now barely sleep in the same house as a cat or dog.  Lady was the best though, and she was a surprisingly good hunting dog.  She and I caught some prized chipmunks in our day, and she was better than any old cat at getting rid of field mice that wandered into our home.  Lady was my favorite pet mostly because she was a fun part of our family.

I can’t wait to read about your favorite pet stories!

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