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Peek Inside Disney’s Animation Research Library #LittleMermaidEvent

When I found out that part of my trip to Disney Studios was going to include a tour of the Disney Animation Research Library I geeked. I geeked hard. The only thing I love more than drawing and designing is seeing the work done by the masters. I couldn’t believe I would actually see the original artwork from classics such as Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and more. The ARL (Animation Research Library) is …

How to Make Krabby Patty Cupcakes That’d Make Even SpongeBob SquarePants Jealous!

by Andrew Kardon

SPECIAL ‘MOMMY’S BUSY GO ASK DADDY’ GUEST STAR EDITION! It’s said that behind every good man, there’s a good woman. Well, I’ll go one step further and say behind every great blog is a greater woman. In the case of Mommy’s Busy Go Ask Daddy, that’d be my beautiful wife Allison. Besides putting up with my earthquake-like snoring and insane comic book geekiness, Allie’s a Master Baker. Forget that Play-Doh like Fondant garbage. (Have you …

Food Network’s New Show ‘Guy’s Grocery Games’ Proves You Can Play With Your Food

by Andrew Kardon

I have to hand it to the Food Network. They really do an excellent job of coming up with enough programming for an entire network, day in and day out. I remember growing up with the occasional cooking segment on various morning shows and that was about it. Now we’ve got shows for every type of food, food emergency or even explaining how food is made. And then there’s the latest show that I’m actually …

Music and Childhood Development

by Andrew Kardon

This featured post was brought to you by Sam Peters Everyone loves music, but children are especially drawn to it. They love to dance and sing and do it often and loudly. If you have children, you already know this. They start with the lullabies we sing them and move on to the preschool songs we play them and that they hear on preschool TV shows like Jacks Big Music show and the Wiggles are …

Calvin & Hobbes’ Daddy Bill Watterson Proves Why Stay At Home Moms and Dads Rule

by Andrew Kardon

I first caught this on my friend Brian’s Tumblr page. Considering it’s the first thing I’ve read in, geez, over a decade from Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson, I was super impressed. It’s clear that Watterson loves what he does and loves his family. This one most definitely goes out to all you awesome Stay At Home Moms and Stay At Home Dads too! The original source is ZenPencils.com. The words were from a …