Christmas

Snow Day

December 31, 2010 By PJ Mullen 8 Comments

We don’t get snow days often here in Charlotte, but a white day after Christmas provided lots of fun for me and my little man

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Christmas Eve Bunte Teller

December 29, 2010 By PJ Mullen 5 Comments

Our new Christmas Eve Bunte Teller tradition that we started this past Christmas to bring one of my wife’s family’s traditions into ours

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Oh Holy Night

December 27, 2010 By PJ Mullen 4 Comments

A performance of Oh Holy Night that I recorded for our church at the Christmas Eve candlelight service this past Friday

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Dear Santa

December 13, 2010 By PJ Mullen 5 Comments

Even though I’m getting nuttin for Christmas, I couldn’t resist the urge to build a dream gift list

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Magna Doodle with magical powers

March 19, 2010 By PJ Mullen 21 Comments

Keeping a toddler occupied is no small feat. They have severely limited attention spans and grow bored with things quite easily. Few things would keep my son entertained like his blocks and his books until we got a magna doodle. Back in early November we were at the eye doctors getting our annual exams. When [...]

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The one with real estate agents and Roadhouse

February 16, 2010 By PJ Mullen 21 Comments

Cover of Road House (+ Widescreen DVD) [Blu-ray] Around 4:45 this morning I heard this over the monitor: “No, no, no, no” Which, of course, was followed by a blood curdling scream, then silence. Thinking little man was just having some difficulty with those last few teeth that have started to poke their way out [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2009 By PJ Mullen 16 Comments

Just a quick post of celebration for everyone that might happen by over the next few days. I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the coming year. And while you’re here I thought I’d leave you with one of my favorite Christmas time tunes that will surely [...]

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The Top 10 Greatest Christmas Songs

December 15, 2009 By PJ Mullen 6 Comments

This post originally appeared on my music column ‘The Crossroads’ over at Dad-Blogs.com on December 14, 2009. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, which means stores have eggnog again, I become even more thankful for the invention of the DVR because of those damn Jared commercials and, of course, Christmas music is dominating the airwaves. [...]

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Holiday Mashups

December 8, 2009 By PJ Mullen 16 Comments

I’ve been trying to get into the holiday spirit and these mashups are definitely helping! Santa Claus meets Public Enemy K is for Kristmas Full Metal Christmas Santa’s Great Escape And finally, one of my favorite TV shows, How I Met Your Mother, mashed up with Frosty the Snowman. Barney as the voice of Frosty? [...]

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The birthday dilemma

February 25, 2009 By PJ Mullen 10 Comments

In today’s post I’m hopefully running away to join the Carnival, the Birthday Carnival that is. I’m submitting this post to the All About Parenting Blog Carnival over at About.com. In just a few short weeks our little man is going to make his first official trip ‘round the sun. We are excited for his [...]