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Leave a comment Posted on December 2, 2014December 3, 2014 movie reviews, parenting, Uncategorized

What’s in the Bible? Volume 10: Jesus is the Good News DVD- Family Friendly Review

Last night I stayed up late (which means 9:23 PM) to finish watching the What’s in the Bible? Volume 10: Jesus is the Good News DVD. Yes, as a grown man of age 33, I found myself intrigued by the words of the puppets on the TV screen as they explained the miracles it took to lead up the birth of Jesus to fulfill the prophecy of the Old Testament.

This DVD does a great job of explaining the importance of the New Testament, and its relevance to the Old Testament, to a family audience.

While young children may only understand certain parts of what’s going on, this DVD serves as a great invitation to who Jesus is; not simply to church goers, but just as naturally to those who are skeptical or unfamiliar with the real life man, Jesus of Nazareth.

And now I get to give away a copy of this DVD to one of my readers…

Just be the first person to post on the Facebook wall for Family Friendly Daddy Blog (not a private message), asking me, “Did I just win the What’s in the Bible? Volume 10: Jesus is the Good News DVD?

If you’re the first person to do so, I will respond by saying yes… After that, I will follow up by getting your family’s name and address to get you all set up with DVD!

Update: There is a winner so the giveaway is complete!

Matt Wright

Today at 11:08pm

Did I just win the What’s in the Bible? Volume 10: Jesus is the Good News DVD?

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Family Friendly Daddy Blog Yes you did! Just message me your address and I’ll have it shipped to you!

About the movie:

Volume 10: Jesus Is the Good News! / Run time: Approx 66 min

What's in the Bible? Volume 10: Jesus is the Good News DVD

Includes two 25 minute episodes: God’s Perfect Timing – Buck Denver and crew learn about the 400 years between the Old and New Testaments and how Jesus arrives at just the perfect time & The Messiah Has Come! – Learn about the life and ministry of Jesus-how He died for us and rose again to launch the kingdom of God in the world and in us.

“Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway. Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post.

Only one entrant per mailing address, per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you are not eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.”

Leave a comment Posted on November 30, 2014 new house, parenting, People, Storytelling, Uncategorized

Dear Jack: Our Driveway And Surprise Back Porch

4 years.

Dear Jack,

We had not seen the progress on our new home since your 4th birthday two weeks ago. So it was really exciting to see our driveway has now been poured, along with the sidewalk in front of our house; as well as leading up to the front door.

But the bigger surprise was seeing that a back porch has been added on to our house!

Built into the price we are paying was supposed to be a 5×5 foot concrete slab to put patio furniture on.

Instead, they built us a 12×12 back porch.

I suppose it had something to do with the land not being level enough for the originally intended patio. Granted, we’d rather have a back porch anyway.

The way I see it, it’s technically like having a 5th bedroom, or a 2nd bonus room!

Mommy and I are planning on buying a fire pit for the backyard. We truly want to have bonfires on a regular basis, especially in the summer and fall.

Now, we will have a back porch to add to the fun!

Our marble countertops for our bathrooms are now in, which I am proud to see are made in America.

While I carried you around the house, Mommy measured for the Roman Shades we are considering putting up in the windows.

Other points of progress we noticed include the trim being painted and the automatic garage door opener being installed.

In the meantime, our family has officially been moved out of our townhome for a week now, as we’ve begun living with some friends for the next couple of months until our new house is finished.

And I plan to have more exciting news about all this within the week, but we’ll have to see how things go…

Love,

Daddy

Leave a comment Posted on November 29, 2014November 29, 2014 Nostalgia, parenting, Uncategorized

We’re Going To Marvel Universe Live! In Nashville On Friday, December 12th

Our family is now just a few weeks away than from Marvel Universe LIVE! making its debut here in Nashville, Tennessee! The show will open on Friday, Dec. 12 and will run through Sunday, Dec. 14. We’ll be at the Friday show; and in this post, I am able to give away a set of 4 tickets to one lucky family…

In case you’re unfamiliar, Marvel Super Heroes including Spider-Man, The Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk, and more, along with threatening villains come to life in an action-packed arena extravaganza, are coming to cities around North America.

There will be cutting-edge special effects, pyrotechnics, aerial stunts, martial arts, motorcycles and more. It’s being hailed as the most technically advanced live show ever.

So, now I get to give away 4 tickets for the Friday night show at 7 p.m!

Just be the first person to post on the Facebook wall for Family Friendly Daddy Blog (not a private message), asking me, “Did I just win 4 tickets for my family to go see Marvel Universe LIVE! in Nashville on Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m?”

If you’re the first person to do so, I will respond by saying yes… After that, I will follow up by getting your family’s name and address to get you all set up with the tickets!

*Update… we have winner! Therefore, my giveway is complete.

Charles Van Dyke

Today at 3:12pm

Did I just win 4 tickets for my family to go see Marvel Universe LIVE! in Nashville on Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m?
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Family Friendly Daddy Blog Yes, you did. Looks like we’ll be seeing you there, sir!

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Leave a comment Posted on November 25, 2014 Storytelling, toy reviews, Uncategorized

Dear Jack: Your Very 1st Transformer/We’ve Now Moved Out Of Our Townhome

4 years.

Dear Jack,

Back in August, while reviewing the 2015 Cadillac Escalade on a road trip back to Nonna and Papa’s house, I let you inherit one of my old Transformers from 1985; his name is Blitzwing.

Turns out, I was 4 years old back in 1985, and you just turned 4 a few weeks ago. It was simply inevitable you would spend some of your birthday money on your very own Transformer.

It sweetened the deal that in addition to receiving a gift card to Toys “R” Us, the store also sent you a $5 off coupon. A few days before the purchase, I even used my lunch break to make sure they had in stock the one you wanted…

So after a weekend of you diligently helping Mommy and I finalize moving the rest of our stuff out of our townhome and moving it into storage, and spending our last night in our townhome this past weekend, we decided to let you buy your very first Transformer.

For weeks now, you’ve had your eye on a blue and green Dinobot named Slash.

Immediately once we walked into the Transformer aisle at Toys “R” Us, you screamed, “That’s him!”

I happened to notice they had a reissue of Blitzwing (the one I gave you from my childhood), as well as Bumblebee, who you also are crazy about.

But you didn’t flinch, Slash the Dinobot it was!

You practiced transforming him all the next day, even in the dark. By the next day at school, you were able to instantly transform Slash for your teacher Ms. Michelle.

I was also proud of you for so willingly sharing him with your friends at school. I could tell you were happy to show him off.

Something tells me this is the first of many Transformers to come. After all, this is your 1985; the year that Transformers became extremely relevant for me.

Now, as for our family moving out of our townhome, and why so quickly, I’ve got more to tell you, but not today.

Maybe next week…

Love,

Daddy

1 Comment Posted on November 23, 2014 parenting, Storytelling, toy reviews, Uncategorized

Dear Jack: Dressing Yourself As A Super Hero To Open Your Gifts From Family

4 years.

Dear Jack,

A week ago was your actual 4^th birthday, though your birthday party with your friends was the day before on Saturday.

That meant you had already opened your presents from your friends by the time Mommy and I let you open your gifts from us the next morning at our house.

Sort of half-jokingly, I suggested that before you got started opening our gifts to you, that you should dress up in the super hero costume that your friend Madison had given you. (We actually let you open your gifts in front of your friends at your party; even though that’s nearly considered weird these days!)

You didn’t hesitate.

To make things even better, you happened to already be wearing your Batman pajamas, which had served as your Halloween costume just a few weeks ago.

So by the time you put on your costume, it apparently made you Super Captain Batman Jack!

It’s like you honestly believed that the red cape made you fun faster, because you were trying it out right, getting into super hero character before you sat down to open your presents.

I want to be clear, you did not remove one item of the costume the entire time, including the mask.

Even if you never wear the costume again, which after seeing this, I’m pretty sure you will, it was worth Madison picking out this outfit for you just for this event alone.

It was a relevant gift for more than one reason. Turns out, one of the gifts Mommy and I got for you was a Spiderman sleeping bag.

Not only have you been using it to sleep on this week, given that everything is moved out of our house now since we’re moving out to live with some friends as our new house is being built, but I also envision your new Spiderman sleeping bag to be what you sleep on when we “go camping” in our backyard of our new house next summer.

And fortunately, your mechanically-minded Uncle Andew was there to help put together a Techno Gears Marble Mania Quest maze; it took him only 2 hours, whereas the box warned it would take 3 to 4!

You provided great entertainment for our family as you opened your “Mommy and Daddy” presents. You really did make the best Super Captain Batman Jack that I have ever seen!

Love,

Daddy

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