Happy Thankgiving from the Jimenez Family at My Family Did What...

It's very easy to take for granted what Thanksgiving is all about. It's not just about the turkey or all the other great food that you may be eating today. Take a moment and look around the table and look at the people that you are enjoying it with, your family. Take a moment to reflect on those family members that you have and also the ones that are no longer here. Be thankful for having them and having had them, no matter your differences...because life goes by too fast. That being said, I would now like to write about just a few of the things that I am thankful for. 

Although he passed and I'll miss him, I am thankful that my father is in a better place.

I am thankful for meeting my beautiful wife Lauren.

I am thankful for our two wonderful boys.

I am thankful for her and my siblings.

I am thankful for our parents. 

I am thankful for being given the opportunity to spend these last few months at home with my family. This time with have been amazing and for that I am the most thankful.

I truly hope that each and everyone of you has a Happy Thanksgiving. #Thanksgiving #MyFamilyDidWhat 

Bobbler Book Review...

My son Mark2 bites into the world of sharks in his riveting video review of the bath book "Silly Shark". If you like the video please subscribe to our YouTube channel.
http://youtu.be/JQvS4OmOb1A

Toddler and Bobbler Approved App of The Week...

Sago Mini Forest Flyer by Sago Sago


Sago Mini Forest Flyer is not just toddler approved but it's bobbler approved as well. The app revolves around a bird who's named Robin. It begins at Robyn's house with your child ringing his doorbell so that he can come out at play. Your toddler guides Robin through the forest and get him to interact with his environment. Guiding Robin is simple, and depends on your child to point Robin in the right direction. My toddler Nathaniel loves the fun animations as well as my bobbler Mark2. For an official description jand further information just tap the link below.

Sago Mini Forest Flyer by Sago Sago - $1.99 in the App Store 

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Nathaniel's First Trip to The Dentist...

Nathaniel had his first trip to the dentist today. Everything was going fine until the dentist asked him to open his mouth so that he could see his teeth. My defiant son stared him straight straight in the face and said "No, mine!"... Then hilarity ensued

Nathaniel Teaches Us the Right Way to Ride Your Scooter...

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Oscar the Grouch vs. Grumpy Cat

We're rooting for Oscar!

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On Picking a Diaper Bag...

When my wife Lauren and I found out were having a baby we entered into an horrible compitition. Not the most common competition of who would love our child the most, or who would be the better parent, or who would be better with the baby. That was 2010 and now it's now 2013. The most memorable argument to me was about picking a diaper bag. That is an argument that will probably endure until our boys aren't in need of one. Let me take you back to the beginning ... Lauren picked a smaller dainty diaperbag and I bought a larger diaper bag that would be for me when I took out our son. That bag which I chose ended up being Lauren's bag. I then ordered Lauren a stylish diaper bag that would fit her needs and ordered for myself a fisher price messenger bag. This bag would be my biggest pick in the diaper bag wars between Lauren & I. That's when it happened... This would become our bag that we would use as a family. Our diaper bag... Not the diaper bag that I picked that wasn't the one she hadn't picked... This would be the diaper bag that would unite us as a family! Nathaniel was born in 2011 and Mark2 was born in 2012... We still use that same fisher price messenger bag to this day.

Toddler Approved App of the Week

Endless Alphabet by Originator Inc.

Endless Alphabet is an interactive educational app. Words are shown on the screen only to be displaced by a group of silly looking monsters running through the word. Then it's up to your child to drag the letters into the right order to form the word again. That is Nathaniel's favorite part. When he places is fingers on the letters they come to life. The letter that is being dragged makes the sound that you would do when using it in a word. But make sure that you dragged the letter to the right spot or it will get away from you. It's fun and educational. Be sure to click on the link below for an official description in the App Store.

Endless Alphabet by Originator Inc. - $4.99

Announcing a change to how we list our "App Of The Week" pick...

So let me just explained that we will be renaming our "Kid Approved App of Of The Week" post accordingly. Please Welcome The "Bobbler Approved App Of The Week" & "Toddler Approved App Of The Week"... They will now directly reflect which one of my kids likes the app. For my youngest Mark, it will be named "APP OF THE WEEK- BOBBLER APPROVED" and for the Apps from my oldest Nathaniel, it will be named "APP OF THE WEEK- TODDLER APPROVED". For those who aren't sure what a bobbler is... I will explain. I really thought that toddler was too generalizing and downplaying for that phenomenal year between 1 and 2 years old. For them it must be seem condescending to generalize such an important phase in their life. So I decided to created a new category between baby and toddler, so I thought that I could name that phase "bobbler". That akwerd year between baby and toddler, hence "bobbler". Hopefully this helps catorigize our app picks better. Please keep reading our app picks.

Adventures In Potty Training- Part 2

So it's been about 9 days since my last monologue on potty training Nathaniel. I've tried to be as encouraging as possible to Nathaniel but it really hasn't gotten much better. There has been a few incidents to say the least... Ripping of his diaper and flinging a poop filled diaper at his younger brother (pleas don't laugh because the poop splatter was horrible) ... Deciding to lift his leg and pee all over the railings in the hallway... Pooping in our kitchen and when we ran him to the potty he ran off and pooped into the the entrance to our bedroom... Baptizing our coffee table with pee... And today peeing all over the couch and as I preceded to clean the couch, our poor dog got a golden shower as well. You think that could be the worst... He pee'd our mattress, smh! So I'm reaching out to all you parents out there. Any advise to share? Please leave a comment and help me... Please!

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On October 7th 2013 Verizon broke the news to me that for the first time since I had owned my first iPhone(3G) I would not be able to upgrade to Apple's latest iPhone until November 2014. That news devasted me, but that's another story. That's when I realized that although I was meticulous with my mobile devises, I could not say the same for my youngest son Mark2. I needed my iPhone to make to survive for another year. I've never had an iPhone for more than one year so this made extremely nervous. As astray at home dad I also couldn't insure that Mark2 would let my current phone survive until my next upgrade. I'm not the kind of person who likes to cover his phone in big bulky cases because I like the way my phone looks. I needed to find a solution; I needed to find a case that would literally survive my life(kids). That's when I came across the frē by LIFEPROOF. 

The frē by LIFEPROOF comes with 1 microfiber cleaning cloth, 1 weatherproof headphone adapter, 2 headphone jack covers, 1 jack cover keeper, as well as the case itself. Unlike other cases which installation men's just slap it on, this is not with the frē. LIFEPROOF requires that you submerge the sealed case in water and weigh it down with a cup for one hour and inspect the the frē for leaks before you place for phone in the case. My wife and I found this this part of the installation cool considering that we thought about about doing our own water test. The case passed inspection and had it not, LIFEPROOF provides a website to visit in order to receive a replacement. They also offer 1year of of a total water protection program if your device receives any water damage.

Hour long water submersion test-passed... On to our own tests

LIFEPROOF advertises that the frē is submersible for 6.6ft and it's also protected from dirt + dust and snow + ice. It also advertises that the frē will survive drops from up to 6.6ft. The current climate doesn't allow for a snow + ice so we recruited my son Mark2 to devise his own testing for the frē. The frē proved that it was waterproof by LIFEPROOF's required test but would it survive Mark2's test? Mark2 is teething and and has used the frē as a teething tool. He has chewed and drooled on the frē for almost an entire month now; it has survived. He has tossed and thrown the frē and it has survived. He's flung it into dry dusty dirt and it has survived. Mark2 has provided some rigorous testing on the frē but I thought I could help as well. I must admit that I have tossed my phone into the tub (accidentally, yeah right) during bathtime throughout Mark2's testing of the frē. The frē by LIFEPROOF has proven that it is truly lifeproof and also kidproof. So for all you parents, I would like to inform you that LIFEPROOF is also KIDPROOF!

Mark2's own testing

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