The 2013 Parents Blog Awards… It’s Nominating Time!

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

2 years, 2 months.

Dear Jack,

Believe it or not, you’re not the only kid out there being blogged about by one of their parents.

It turns out, there are plenty more Mommy bloggers and Daddy bloggers, so Parents magazine is now inviting its readers to nominate their favorites for The 2013 Parents Blog Awards .

Between now and January 27, readers can nominate their favorite blog (or their own) in one or two of six blog categories:

• Most likely to have you reaching for the tissues
• Most likely to make you laugh
• Most likely to inspire you to change the world
• Most likely to make life as CHO (Chief Household Officer) easier
• Most likely to wow you with photos or videos
• Most likely to help you achieve a personal goal

Five finalists will be selected in each category, and then it will be left up to the readers out there to select the winners!

Voting will take place between February 6 and February 24. The winners will be announced on Parents.com on March 1, and then featured in an upcoming issue of Parents.

They can visit the Parents Magazine Facebook page today to cast their votes.

As for you and me, we’ll vote, but we’re not on the ballot. Otherwise, that would be like Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson trying to audition to sing on American Idol!

Let’s help other parent bloggers get the spotlight they deserve…

Love,

Daddy

Becoming a Complete Goofball to Entertain the Baby

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Twenty-seven weeks.

I know nothing about how to take care of a baby, yet.  But what I do know, and what I have always known when it comes to babies is how to make them laugh and play with them.  In the way that women instinctively speak in a high, falsetto voice to babies (I’ve read that that’s the frequency babies hear when they’re that young, as opposed to a normal speaking voice), I automatically become any given idiot monster when I find myself in a situation where a baby is looking at me, waiting for some kind of confirmation.

The default character I play while entertaining babies could best be described as Popeye mixed with Grimace mixed with Beaker: A smiling, squinty-eyed, beeping mutant.  But what can I say?  Babies like me when I am this fictional goofball.

And really, that’s what happens to any adult when a baby is set in front of them.  Adults become ridiculous.  That’s one of the many reasons people like babies.  Because adults get a free pass to act stupid.  All in the name of making a baby happy.

Needless to say, I am so looking forward to my free pass.

All pictures with the “JHP” logo were taken by Joe Hendricks Photography:

Blog- www.photojoeblog.com

Website- www.joehendricks.com