A Pillsbury Doughboy For Mothers Day?

These are the items being given away!

I was recently contacted by someone who represents Pillsbury to see if I wanted to do a Pillsbury giveaway. My response - Why the heck not? They send me 2 of these neat little care packages to give away with the Pillsbury Doughboy plastered all over everything. Since my weight has escalated in the past few months I feel like I have quite a bit in common with the fat little dude! They included a cool survey that I thought all of my dad readers might be interested in reading. Check it out - this is a survey that shows how most dad's handle mothers day. Our yearly routine is to make mom breakfast, then we take her to her favorite greenhouse to pick out annuals and perennials to plant in the yard. Generally we spend the afternoon cooking out with my mother and father. In between I try to let my wife do as little work as possible. Simple I guess but it seems to work. I am truly blessed to have Cathy as my wife and my kids don't know how lucky they are to have such a great mom.  Happy Mothers Day Cathy!  Enjoy the survey and comment to win the package. The 23rd comment will win, and your Doughboy package will be mailed to you!  

Survey Finds Dads Putting Moms First for Mother’s Day:

·         The survey found dads agree that small, meaningful gestures on Mother’s Day (94%) are more important than buying expensive presents (55%). Starting the day with Pillsbury Sweet Rolls is a great way for the whole family to show mom how much she’s appreciated. Quick and easy to prepare, a memorable beginning to Mother’s Day can be created in just minutes.

·         Mother’s Day is the perfect occasion to create unforgettable experiences, say 84 percent of dads, and seventy-nine percent of dads agree that one way to start of the memory-filled day is by treating mom to breakfast in bed.

·         The survey also found 91 percent of dads agree having a wonderful Father’s Day isn’t as important as ensuring their wives have a wonderful Mother’s Day.

Tips for Making a Perfect Mother’s Day:

·         Breakfast in Bed: Surprise mom in just minutes with Pillsbury Sweet Rolls. Quick and easy to prepare – simply place and bake for an impressive and delicious addition to your weekend breakfast – it’s an easy way the whole family can start Mother’s Day with a sweet surprise.

·         Family photos: A very thoughtful and sentimental gift is framed photos of the entire family. Capturing memories that can be displayed for a lifetime.

·         A homemade card: A great gift to get the kids involved with, making a homemade Mother’s Day card is a sentimental gesture that gives mom a unique memory!

·         Find a mom-centered event the whole family can enjoy: Plan a family fun day around one of mom’s favorite activities, such as a concert, hike, picnic or dinner at her favorite restaurant.

·         Give Mom the Day Off: Have the family all pitch-in to take care of mom’s chores and then get the kids out of the house for the day to give mom some time to herself to relax and unwind! Our survey found a full 94 percent of dads say it’s important to let their wives relax and forget about responsibilities for one afternoon, and 83 percent will even take over their wives’ responsibilities for the day just to show they care.

Happy Mothers Day!

Wacky Dad

Mothers Day Pillsbury Giveaway!

Look for a blog post in the next day for a giveaway on these cool Pillsbury products!  Man I love that little doughboy!  In fact I am starting to look like him with my diet of late!  Here is what I will be giving away.  You must be a follower to win so hit the follow button and find out what you've been missing here on Wacky Dad!

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How To Build A Tomboy

Abby and Ailey bag their first pheasant with dad at age 7 & 5
Holly is 6 for any of you that care!  Pheasant's age - unknown

What do you do when you have 3 girls and you love to do "boy" stuff?  You do your damned best to build tomboys!  Since having 3 girls I have resigned myself to the mission that I am going to show them both sides of life.  They get plenty of the girls stuff from mom, and their grandmothers, but it is my duty to show them the man's side of life.  If I don't do it, how else are they going to learn whether they might like the activities that I love.  All of my girls are pretty proud of the fact that they are "little meatheads" like dad.  I am writing this article because I was reminded of how important my role is in teaching my girls these lessons this weekend.

     Yesterday my wife had a school fundraiser that she helped to organize called Getting Gorgeous.  It was a day where moms and their daughters could go and have facials, hair makeovers, nails done, etc.  Cathy took my 2 older daughters with her to this event and My 3yr old Mia and I stayed home.  We were supposed to be getting the house ready for a dinner party for later in the day but I had a different agenda than the one my wife left me on the kitchen counter (I hate those to-do lists!)

     The first thing I had to do was clean out my car before I could do anything.  It looked like the tool department at Home Depot exploded in my entire car, and Mia just wouldn't fit.  We spent a couple of hours outside cleaning the little Honda Fit out.  In the mean time I happened to look up from vacuuming the back of the car and I saw a wild turkey wading in the stream in our front yard.  Of course what do you do when you see a see a wild turkey in your yard?  You sick your three year old daughter on him like she is a damned bird dog and have her chase him through the neighborhood and create a tomboy lesson out of it!  See the video below! 


  

Damn she is cute!

Getting a turkey to show up on your front lawn is tough to predict, but now you know what to do if he does show up!  The next part of the day was planned.  Mia and I were to take our first fishing trip together.  She is 3 and all Costantino's get initiated to fishing by their third year, it is an unwritten rule.  We hopped into our newly cleaned car and headed to the local bait shop.  Mia thought the bait guy was totally the man when he fished 6 shiners out of the livewell for us and put them into our bait bucket!  We paid up and headed to the pond.  All the while I prayed to every god I know, Jesus, Zeus, Yahweh, Jupiter, Allah, and many more, that we would catch at least one fish quickly, if you don't your screwed.  Here are the results!

So Proud!

My God if that picture isn't worth a thousand words then what is!  The kid totally thought she was ready for the next Bassmaster classic!  We went on to catch 3 more nice sized bass!  What luck for an impromptu fishing trip!  I did have it in my head that the bass are in the spawn this time of year and that we would be pretty likely to succeed with at least one fish.  But I was really pleased with the rapidity at which we caught them and my daughters response to the experience!  Here is a little video clip of her holding a nice sized fish that we caught next!  






How many 3 year olds would even consider touching that thing!  I think that I have successfully in creating a little fishing fool out of Mia, definitely a prerequisite for tomboy status!  Also she has real potential as a bird dog, whick I might need if she eats one more of my wifes couch pillows!  More work ahead but I am hoping I'm up to the task and this kid really makes it look easy!  


Proudly,


Wacky Dad

A Wacky Take On The Royal Wedding along with a Wacky daughter Video

The royal wedding.  Oh, for pukes sake, please would they have this damned wedding already!  If I see or hear about the happy, little Prince William and Princess-to-be Kate on TV, the web, or on the radio one more time, I swear I am going to retch my bowels right up through my nose!  I mean, what is the big deal?  I'm glad they are in love and all that goes along with all  all of that happy baloney but I just don't see what the hoopla is all about.  The whole idea of the Royalty in England is just weird.  If you're going to write a story about something, how about at least writing one about the cool prince in this royal family.  And "Prince Harry",  now that's name!  I think William sounds boring for a fairytale name.  Doesn't it?  I mean, could a prince named William, when faced with the evil stepmother threatening his new bride, ever really pull off a classic one liner..."Go ahead make my day?", like that other famous Harry once did?  Not with a name like William I say! But Prince Harry, hell yeah, he could pull that bad boy right off! 

And look at the way this cool kid wears his hair.  He just doesn't give a damn what anyone thinks!  And especially not the royal barber!  I know he gets a token News appearance every once in awhile but never anything substantial like the big bro.  This slick boy even got the-whole-of-the British press to stay mum about his stint in Afghanistan until some idiots found out about his tour there and let the "cat out of the bag".  I say there ain't nothing like a Prince with "balls".  Now I'm sure William can play a mean game of polo or cricket, but can he break down an M-16 with his eyes closed?  Doubt it.  (I know, I know, he's a military boy too and a trained pilot at that, but lets face it, he just does not have the "cool" gene).  
What I want to know is who Harry is going to marry?  Probably some bad-ass type of chick.  I'll bet she rides to the wedding ceremony on a Harley Davidson with a shotgun on her back!  
Ok,  maybe I'm getting a little out of line here.  I have only studied the royal family for about 3 minutes in preparation for this blog post.   I'm sure if I educated myself about William, I would find out he actually knows how to throw a mean tea party, is an awesome badminton player, and definitely knows how to fill his divots just so without stepping on the "steaming divots"!  But sometimes ignorance is bliss!  Especially when you want to poke fun at a Prince!  
Well, this really is going nowhere so I think I'll end this while I'm still somewhat ahead.  And end it before the Queen herself sends me an evil tweet, telling me to remove my blog post or she'll send the hounds after me!  Really William and Kate, I hope you two are very happy together and have lots of little princes and princesses!

Oh god, imagine the news media when that happens!  
Hmmmm, maybe we'll be lucky and the future king will be shooting blanks!  Fingers crossed!


Of course, if my wife has her way, all my daughters will be up early, viewing this "wedding extravaganza".  She's already prepping the my youngest for the soon-to-be famous 2011 wedding by having her watch the footage from the famous 1981 wedding.  

 

My Mia watching Princess Diane's wedding.  Too cute, but God help me!

I think the fish will be calling me bright and early on Saturday morning.




Profoundly,


Wacky Dad

An Easter "Clam" Hunt?

That is one cute little kid and a nice clam!

Well most people might have searched for Easter eggs this morning in their back yards.  Not us.  My 3 yr old daughter Mia and I had a little different idea.  Since the weather was warm and we happened to be at Cathy's family's house in Milford CT. we decided to leave the eggs alone and search for a few Easter clams.  We caught the end of the low tide and fished up a couple of clams on the sand bar.  The highlight of my day was watching my little one digging clams in her best Easter clothes!  Even better was my wife telling me not to worry about getting them dirty!  By God I am one luck man!  Even though we didn't have enough time to fill a bucket we still had a darned good time. 

I teach them how to clam young!

We practiced catch and release today since we didn't have enough to make a meal of (I love clams more than anything!).  You will hear more in the future about my clamming and "Quahoging" experiences.  It is an obsesssion that I have somehow left out of my blog repertoire!












Happy Digging!


Wacky Dad