If you're not into singing to your baby or with your child (which is actually a really good thing to do but let's not go into this ...) you WILL appreciate the following song which I think has got to be the best dad and baby sing along song in the history of the world (ever)!

Words you need to know to sing along:

Dad: Mahnah Mahnah
Baby/kid: Do doo be-do-do
Dad: Mahnah Mahnah
Baby/kid: Do do-do do
Dad: Mahnah Mahnah
Baby/kid: Do doo be-do-do be-do-do be-do-do be-do-do-doodle do do do-doo do!

You can also switch roles if you like ... play the following to your baby/child and see what happens:

Did you know?

It's Friday and the weekend has nearly landed - time for some vintage comedy from Monty Python's Meaning of Life. If you haven't seen this in a while - turn up the PC speakers (especially if you're are work) and sing along! Here it goes ... a great song for dads - "every sperm is sacred"! :-)

-Stef

Hmmm ... some bar owners these days are getting very clever about getting their message through to parents.

Sign of the times?

(as seen on Marc Serena's blog http://www.lavueltadelos25.com)

-Stef

"What do you guys want for breakfast?" I ask my three pajama-wearing kids flopped sleepily over two couches on a promising Saturday morning. They’re with me every Saturday morning as part of a divorce agreement. We call it "Lazy Dadurday." And lazy it is. We wake up late, then trek to the bookstore, the pet store, the mall, or the pool, and just let it all hang out.

"What is there?" the kids ask absent-mindedly.

My children have faced the same breakfast choices since they were old enough to chew: frozen waffles, cereal, and toast. No more and no less. It's their version of death and taxes. Nonetheless, the sweetly inquisitive response — what is there? — is always the same.

It's as if they'd been replaced overnight with benevolent alien imposters who'd carefully studied everything about us but our breakfast rituals.

-Stef

YAY - it's here ... the first episode of Sneaaking Off To My Shed. Check it out!

By Ryk Goddard - all rights reserved

If you'd like to send in your own ideas for an episode of Sneaking Off To My Shed contact us or visit the SOTMS page to find out more about the series.

Get your family together for a fabulous variety concert

To launch the national week of awareness for Families Day the Families Commission, in partnership with Rotary, Capital Theatre Productions and MORE FM, is hosting a free family variety show at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.

Family Affair have gathered some of Wellington's best child and adult acts together to put on a free show that the whole family will enjoy. From comedy to Shakespeare, choirs to salsa dancers there will something for everyone.

Bring a can

The theme for Families Day this year is Why Families Matter? And the word that keeps coming back to us when we ask this question is SUPPORT.

So to help us support families in need we are asking those families attending the show to bring along a can of food which will be donated to the Wellington City Mission's Food Bank.

DIYFather will be there hosting a stall, so come along have a chat with us and enjoy a great event!

Family Affair
Sunday 10 May 2009
Michael Fowler Centre
Wellington
Performance 2pm - 4pm
Doors open at 12.30pm

Order your FREE tickets to Family Affair, click here

Do you feel like you need to reserve a little "me time" in your busy day as a father to stay sane? Well - you're not alone! Comedian, radio-blogger and father Ryk Goddard let's us peak into the secret world of his shed where he plays out the naughty things dads do to stay sane. Listen to a podcast with Ryk where he talks about his ideas for the show and the sneaky stories he received from other dads (like "I dressed my daughter in spots and stripes just to annoy my wife").

Here's the trailer for the series:

Hope you all had a fantastic Easter break with your kids - for many of us it's back to work now, so here's the final word on Easter 2009. (sorry I just had to post this one ...)

-Stef