Cute Baby Picture

Real Dad Blog Version: If you are a dad and you enter your kids into a cutest baby contest, I am sorry, but you are not a real dad.

In the news lately, I have been hearing about those darn baby contests. They are online contests for who think they have the cutest baby or even kid. Gerber has three cute babies you can vote on. The cutest baby gets $25,000. You can check it out at The Cute Kid. I have to admit those are some cute kids. Their smiles will make you smile.

Your local newspaper may sponsor a cutest baby/child contest and you may have already entered your baby into a contest. OK, you better not have. It better have been your wife that entered your baby or child. It is OK for your wife to do this!

As a dad, how should you feel about entering your kids into a cutest baby contest? First, you should feel that your baby is the cutest in the world no matter what, contest or not. Even if your baby is ugly in everyone else’s eyes, you are going to think your baby is the cutest. Second, you shouldn’t even enter your kids into these contests. It is not worth your time. Your wife can do that and have high hopes. If you are going to enter these contest you are going to break a dad rule / man rule. You should feel these contests are wrong, especially for boys. Third and finally, you have better things to do like getting them ready for their future sports scholarship.

Cutest Baby - Dad's Little Boy

All I have to say to these cute baby contests and cute kid contests, is my baby is the cutest. Any dad would say this about their kids.

So Rylan, you are the cutest and more importantly the coolest. Wait!!! Saying that, did I write $25,000 earlier this dad blog post? I might just have to do enter my son into a cutest baby contest.

Note: This dad blog post is sarcastic and makes fun of dads who enter their kids into these contests. I do not blame you for seeing dollar signs in your future. How likely is that though? Dads can have dreams too.

Minnesota State Fair

Real Dad Blog Version: This new dad took my 10-month-old son to get fat at the Minnesota State Fair.

Ever since I was a boy I have been going to the Great Minnesota Get Together better know as the Minnesota State Fair. I remember my parents taking me there, eating as many corn dogs I could and riding rides to my hearts content at the Mighty Midway. I have probably only missed five or six state fairs throughout my life. I love the people watching, the food and just walking around the fairgrounds. These memories I want to past down to my kids. My wife has agreed to join me on this venture since she loves the fair too.

Rylan and Jack, Friends at the Minnesota State Fair

Every year and every future year, I want to go to the Minnesota State Fair with my family. I am going to instill this yearly trip to my kids. It will be an annual thing we do. We took Rylan to his first Minnesota State Fair yesterday. Being only ten-months-old he had his first taste of a corn dog and a chocolate Dairy Barn Milkshake. These are the two things I get every year at the fair. A milkshake is probably not the best thing to give to your 10 month old but he sure loved the thing. That is one of those things I will not tell the doctor at his 1-year-old doctor appointment.

Going around in style at the Minnesota State Fair

Even though Rylan will not remember a thing about going to his first Minnesota State Fair, I will have the memory of sharing one of my favorite things in the world with him, going to the Minnesota State Fair. I hope someday my love the State Fair will be passed to Rylan and our future kids. I am excited for them to remember their trips.

I just hope that by the time my kids get into their 20’s and 30’s, every single thing at the fair, is not required to be on stick. I can’t believe that almost everything is made on a stick. When I first started going to the fair it was still just the corn dog and pronto pup.

Time for me to start running off all those calories I ate yesterday. Since being a dad I honestly cannot eat like a 17 year old anymore.

A little side fact about the Minnesota State Fair: It has the largest daily attendance of any the states fairs. Texas has the most per fair, but Minnesota has the most people per day. 1.6 million people visit in the 10 days it is open.

Pictures not to take of your baby. Looking out for you Rylan and you little Butt!

There are also pictures where you were naked in the bathtub that shows up at wedding receptions, grooms dinners and graduation parties. My bathtub picture showed up at both my graduation party and grooms dinner. You have seen the celebrating parties get red in the face after seeing the famous little pee-pee shot (I guess if your lucky, a big pee-pee shot).

Melissa took a picture of Rylan naked on a blanket the other day, well, a few of them.  The picture below, I have blacked out to protect Rylan from future humiliation.  When he gets married though or has a serious girlfriend, it will come out for some good parenting fun.

To all my friends who have sent out naked baby pictures, this post is in good fun even though I have had made fun of you for it.  For my guy friends, I am sure your wife’s made you do it. There are many things you can make fun of me about, especially having a blog about being a dad.

After writing this blog entry of pictures never to take of your kids, I realized it had to do more with boys.  It is a good idea also never to dress your boys up in dresses or doll outfits.  It’s embarrassing to us dads.