I’ve been loving a few clothing companies lately that are really doing amazing things for kids and for dads.
Blume – good lord those clothes are tooooooo cute! Who doesnt love a baby in a tie. Matching outfits aren’t just for moms and daughters anymore. With Father’s Day quickly approaching you can stop scrambling to find dad the perfect gift. This Father’s Day your ‘little man’ can buy dad a shirt to match. Blume introduces the “Big Man” collection, the same tie tees in a big new way!
Kourtney Kardashian - Mason wears Blume!
Tori & Dean's Liam
Beckham Boys
Blume is the innovator of the “Little Man” collection- the real handmade ties on tees have been featured in lots of glossy mags like PEOPLE, US Weekly, and OK! with trendsetting celebrity tots like the Beckham Boys, Kourtney Kardashian’s son- Mason, and Tori Spelling’s son – Liam. All the buzz inspired us to enlarge the offerings – literally! Just ask Shaquille O’Neal who got the ball rolling on this new trend when he requested a week’s worth of tie tees to match all the ones his sons had – yes, they all really do own Blume Tie Tees! Little boys hope to grow up to be just like their fathers, until then they can dress like them with Blume!
Blume prides itself on creating comfortable, fun, fashionable items for the whole family. Blume collections can be found in fine stores nationwide like Barneys and online at www.blumeguy.com and www.blumebaby.com. The other cool part is they don’t limit ties to just the boys, they’ve got great little girl tie sets too.We’ve got a great giveaway at the bottom of the post from blume too – we’re giving away a Blume’s Father and Son Tie Tees Set… Just a quick note these aren’t real ties these are part of the shirts.
Rockstar Revolution – who is offering 20% off for all of your followers for probably one of the greatest Fathers Day T-shirts on the planet! ‘The Daddy of All Daddies’ is available in 2 colors – Brown Ink on Vintage Blue shirt and Silver Ink on Black shirt and in sizes Small through 5XL. Here’s the link to the shirt: http://www.rockstarrevolution.com/product-p/dad%201.htm simply enter the code DADDY at checkout to receive 20% off the price of the shirt. They also have RAD (yes you heard me RAD) baby and toddler shirts.
DaddyScrubs – For those that want to be there during the c-section and declare I’m the daddy (not the doctor) or just to have some cozy clothes to hang around the house Daddy Scrubs is just that… Http://www.daddyscrubs.com as another option.
Dapper Dude from Diaper Dude – We all know and love the Diaper Dude diaper bags – they’ve come out with a really cute line of father/son ties. The ties come in two different sizes Boys Zipper Tie 14” (age 3T-6) or Youth Zipper Tie 17” (age 7-12). What is a Zipper Tie? (available in child sizing only). A zipper tie is a tie that is pre-tied with a zipper built in to the knot. You unzip the tie to remove it and zip it up to wear it. Keep and eye out on the DadaRocks’s Facebook page for some great father’s day giveaways this week.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. June 16th, 2011.
Take a hope on over to blumegirl.com and tell us what color shirt/tee you’d like for your little one and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email). We’ll randomly pick someone to win both sets of DVDs
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: @blumegirl @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/jszQxp and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win the @blumegirl #FathersDay Gift Set from @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/jszQxp
Win DVD copies of Season 4 of Burn Notice [Amazon] and Season 2 of White Collar [Amazon], both out on DVD June 7
Just in time for Father’s Day on June 19 comes USA Network’s top rated shows debuting new editions of their adventures on June 7, following the ongoing story of leading men Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) and Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer). Both DVD sets come from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and explore the intriguing world of spies and counter intelligence, CIA operatives and FBI agents.
In season 4 of “Burn Notice,” master-spy Michael Westen is back, and along with go-to guy Sam and the dangerously sexy Fiona, the team takes on a barrage of outlaw biker gangs, drug dealers and a worldwide terrorist threat. BURN NOTICE Season 4 contains sizzling never-before-seen bonus footage such as “Sam Axe’s Guide to Ladies and Libations,” “Burn Notice Roasts White Collar”, “White Collar Roasts Burn Notice,” audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes stunt featurette, gag reel, and tons of deleted scenes!
Matt Bomer returns as sophisticated conman Neal Caffrey, who teams up with FBI Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) to investigate an intriguing array of crimes ranging from extortion to murder.
Featuring exclusive bonus footage and extras including a spotlight on fan-favorite Mozzie, behind-the-scenes with Matt Bomer, “White Collar Roasts Burn Notice,” “Burn Notice Roasts White Collar” and a hilarious gag reel, “WHITE COLLAR” Season 2 is not to be missed!
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. June 13th, 2011.
Tell us who is your favorite character from either show and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email). We’ll randomly pick someone to win both sets of DVDs
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: @FoxHomeEnt @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/ml2F49 and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win the @FoxHomeEnt DVDs of #BurnNotice & #WhiteCollar from @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/ml2F49
There is a ton of great items about to hit dadarocks over the next week but I’m really excited to talk about this… Kodak over the course of this week is running a great Facebook event where people can upload pictures of their dads or their kids dads (get it perhaps your husband father to your children). Those photos will be shown on the Kodak.com homepage and on Kodak’s Times Square Billboard in New York City. Check out this Facebook event page http://kodak.ly/shareDadand just upload a picture. This isn’t a contest, there are no prizes, but kodak will be selecting 100 to 200 photos for the kodak.com homepage and then some of those will be on the Kodak billboard in Times Square on Father’s Day – which is pretty cool.
Now on to the Pulse frame [Amazon] – its got a great picture, the ability to sync to Facebook (which is pretty pretty cool), yet the coolest part it has get its own email address… Getting photos on the device is easy as just emailing a photo from your iPhone to your Pulse frame.
Quick Specs
7 in. (17.8 cm) high-quality digital photo display
Receive pictures via e-mail, Facebook and Kodak Gallery sites. Quick comment feature for Facebook.
Wi-Fi enabled
512 MB of internal memory
USB port and 2 card slots to add pictures from other sources
Built-in activity sensor turns the frame on when you’re nearby and conserves energy when you’re not
This is easy to get configured to your wifi using the touch screen interface. Its a perfect gift for granddad’s as you could just simply email the frame a photo from anywhere in the world (as long as the frame is connected to wifi). So Dad if you’re reading this forget that last sentence… Anyways – Kodak is the name we’ve all grown up with and let me tell you they take pride in giving you that product screens on some digital pictures frames are iffy at best but this frame has great image quality. If you think the 7 inch display might be small – Kodak has out a 10 inch as well [amazon].
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. June 13th, 2011.
Tell us who would use this frame should you win it, please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: @kodak @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/iOeYgJ and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win the @kodak Pulse #digitalpictureframe from @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/iOeYgJ
You get 1 extra entry for following them on twitter – twitter.com/kodak
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on Facebook – facebook.com/DaDaRocks you must comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on Facebook – facebook.com/kodak you must comment that you’re a fan (leave a wall post that DaDaRocks.com Sent you)
You will have 24 hours to reply before we pick another winner!
Disclaimer: Thanks to Kodak for provided the prize for this raffle
There are two things about spring and summer that I love its finally time to get outside and play. This spring was pretty lackluster in NYC as it was raining most of the time but now summer is around the bend the sprinklers are in the park and its a great time to get outside and play. In my mind there are many great outdoor play games…
When you have a young child nothing beats watching them chase after bubbles – it used to be that you’d get light headed after 5 minutes of blowing said bubbles but with recent technology you can have hundreds of bubbles being blown for as long as the batteries last (which will be much longer then the kid who is chasing them will be).
We’ve got the Blastos! Bubble Twister [amazon] here is a demo video by my friends over at TimetoPlayMag.com – clearly this will keep a couple of kids chasing in circles for a good while and good laugh for the parents just watching them do just that. The toy has a few seconds between bursts of bubbles giving a fair amount of bubbles in each burst… This is great because it gives the kids a few seconds to catch their breath too.
When the kids get a bit older you’ll start doing the sports but even when the sun goes down doesn’t mean the play has to end – thats why I love the new Junkball glow in the dark set [junk ball shop online]- its always easy to spot a glowing ball in the field at night. The cool thing about junk ball is that the middle is an adjustable ring that will make the ball do different by changing the air flow that goes though the ball… So its easier to pitch a curve or sinker – its a great concept and I know my nephew loves it.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. June 9th, 2011.
Tell us which toy you’d like to win, randomly we’ll select one winner to take home a nice little kids prize pack and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: @little_kids_inc @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/k86ljD and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win the @little_kids_inc spring prize pack from @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/k86ljD
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on Facebook – facebook.com/DaDaRocks you must comment that you’re a fan
You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on Facebook – facebook.com/littlekidsinc you must comment that you’re a fan (leave a wall post that DaDaRocks.com Sent you)
You will have 24 hours to reply before we pick another winner!
Disclaimer: Thanks to Little Kids Inc for provided the prizes for this raffle
If you read my blog you know I’ve started someplace very different then where I am today based on input from family, friends, PR, Brands, Bloggers, and my own ideas of trying to move forward (without a direction)… no matter what… writing for me isnt the easiest – while if you sit down with me; I can just talk and talk and talk… usually with a pretty good idea of the topic I’m talking about…. but here it is over a year and half after starting this project (which I thought was going to be a little hobby) never excepting it to have grown into what it is today. Since that time I’ve co-founded numerous other daddy projects like dadrevolution.com and dadstalking.com with great dads in the community of twitter. Lately I’ve been working with Josh Becker of DadStreet.com on LateNightParents.com which is a little different then other projects because its not just writing its video and its also a live show.
Why am I saying all this — for a very long time I’ve been tinkering with a DADAROCKS overhaul and between some recent interactions and some desire to push myself a little bit more… its going to be happening soon… I’ll be doing more personal content (that hasnt been there in a while), bring in some video into dadarocks, covering more of things I’d like to see and do, some travel, some of my day job which is web programming and social media – just overall I’m hoping to move it all forward and to the next level but I have a better idea this time around of the direction.
When I recieved an email saying I was going to be listed as a top daddy blogger I did a little happy dance – its nice to get a little pat on the back. You know a little at-a-boy. Being named number two – yes thats RIGHT #2 daddy blogger based on klout score is pretty pretty awesome. Congrats to the other 49 Dads who are on this list – I know the hours we put in to this isnt just one or two a week. Check out the Cision Top 50 Daddy Bloggers List and stayed tuned as you’ll start to see some changes first in content and then in design…. then a of new stuff should be exciting or it’ll be a terrible fail but one things for sure you cant just sit still and let it all just pass you by.
Join Max and Ruby for a rainy day adventure in the all-new DVD, Max & Ruby: Rainy Day Play! [Amazon] Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, Max & Ruby: Rainy Day Play! was released on April 12, 2011, and sold for the suggested retail price of $16.99.
Nickelodeon’s Max & Ruby is a top-rated animated series based on the children’s books by Rosemary Wells. Each episode centers on bunny siblings Max, a determined three-year-old and his big sister, Ruby, a smart, goal-oriented seven-year-old. The show offers an empowering message for children by showing Max and Ruby playing together and resolving their differences in ways that are respectful and supportive.
Max & Ruby: Rainy Day Play! Episode Synopses:
Ruby Writes a Story / Max’s Dominos / Grandma’s Attic
Ruby Writes a Story
Ruby needs quiet while she tries to write a story, but Max wants to play cowboy. Fortunately, he helps Ruby come up with the perfect idea for her story.
Max’s Dominos
Ruby and Louise want to earn their hospitality badge by hosting a Bunny Scout Meeting. Meanwhile, Max and Morris are busy exploring the domino effect with a variety of toys culminating in a terrific welcome for Bunny Scouts.
Grandma’s Attic
Max & Ruby explore in Grandma’s attic. While Ruby is delighted to try on old clothes, Max finds an old chest that Grandma says nobody ever goes into. When he finds the key, they both get a surprise.
Bunny Cakes / Bunny Party / Bunny Money
Bunny Cakes
Ruby wants to surprise Grandma with an angel cake with raspberry fluff icing for her birthday. However, Max wants to make Grandma an earthworm cake with red-hot marshmallow squirters. After a few mishaps in the kitchen and a few trips to the grocery store, Grandma gets both!
Bunny Party
Ruby is preparing a surprise birthday party for Grandma and she invited all her dollies as guests. Meanwhile, Max thinks that some of his toy friends should also be at the party. It’s not long before Ruby discovers that there are too many guests and not enough chairs.
Bunny Money
Ruby has saved just enough money to buy Grandma a music box with skating ballerinas on top for her birthday. She soon finds however that shopping with Max costs more than she planned.
Ruby’s Safari / Max’s Mud Bath / Max’s Lost Lizard
Ruby’s Safari
Ruby and Louise have to fill out the last page of their Bunny Scout Scrapbook. They decide to have a safari in the backyard to get a picture of a special creature. However, Maxkeeps leading them astray with his animal toys. In the end, his red rubber elephant attracts a hummingbird and the girls get their photo.
Max’s Mud Bath
Ruby and Louise set up there beauty shop again and want to give Max an all-natural treatment with crushed up fruits and veggies. However, Max thinks the treatment looks quite tasty and would rather play in the mud.
Max’s Lost Lizard
Ruby and Louise are making a terrarium for the Bunny Scout chameleon, and Max is very interested in the “lizard!” When the chameleon escapes, Max is the only one who sees through its camouflage. Thankfully, Max manages to help get it safely back in the girls’ finished terrarium.
Ruby’s Rainbow / Home Tweet Home / Max’s Mudpie
Ruby’s Rainbow
Ruby wants to paint a perfect rainbow for Grandma but she can’t remember the colors or the order they go in. When Max says “Backyard,” Ruby says he can’t go outside because it’s raining. However when she finally follows him outside, she sees there’s a rainbow in the backyard.
Home Tweet Home
Ruby and Louise build a birdhouse. Max says “Hungry” so Ruby gets him a peanut butter sandwich, berries and sunflower seeds. When the birds don’t come near the birdhouse,Max uses the treats to attract the birds.
Max’s Mudpie
Max keeps trying to make a mudpie but Ruby wants him to stay clean because Grandma is coming over and she’s got something very special. In the end, Max gets himself andRuby mucky. It turns out that Grandma’s surprise is a double chocolate fudge treat she calls “Mudpie!”
What makes this awesome is the simple fact its 98 minutes long – if you just hit play and prey you’re child will watch it end to end… you may just may successfully nap. Having just seen the live show of Max and Ruby I’ve come away with a new appreciation of how the relationship and dynamic of the older sister and younger brother might be a great tool for families to use on younger kids, this certainly isnt aged for anyone over the age of 5 but once again its still a good buy for the amount of content on this dvd alone.
How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. June 1st, 2011.
2 Lucky people will win the Max & Ruby DVD! Tell us your favorite character on Max and Ruby is and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).
You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: @NickelodeonDVD @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/lAUJr1 and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.
Example: I want to win the #MaxAndRuby DVD from @dadarocks & @NickelodeonDVD – http://dad.tc/lAUJr1
Rockstar Revolution – who is offering 20% off for all of your followers for probably one of the greatest Fathers Day T-shirts on the planet! ‘The Daddy of All Daddies’ is available in 2 colors – Brown Ink on Vintage Blue shirt and Silver Ink on Black shirt and in sizes Small through 5XL. Here’s the link to the shirt: http://www.rockstarrevolution.com/product-p/dad%201.htm simply enter the code DADDY at checkout to receive 20% off the price of the shirt. They also have RAD (yes you heard me RAD) baby and toddler shirts.
DaddyScrubs – For those that want to be there during the c-section and declare I’m the daddy (not the doctor) or just to have some cozy clothes to hang around the house Daddy Scrubs is just that… Http://www.daddyscrubs.com as another option.
Dapper Dude from Diaper Dude – We all know and love the Diaper Dude diaper bags – they’ve come out with a really cute line of father/son ties. The ties come in two different sizes Boys Zipper Tie 14” (age 3T-6) or Youth Zipper Tie 17” (age 7-12). What is a Zipper Tie? (available in child sizing only). A zipper tie is a tie that is pre-tied with a zipper built in to the knot. You unzip the tie to remove it and zip it up to wear it. Keep and eye out on the DadaRocks’s Facebook page for some great father’s day giveaways this week.
