Sunday Evening With Captain Owen

As you may have noticed, last week was a skip week thanks to Emerald City Comicon, but we are now back on schedule! We saw 'The Jungle Book' yesterday and we had talk a little about Captain Owen's initial reactions right after the movie. We discussed it again today and got very different feedback. We also sing a couple of songs and discuss Owen's newest geekdom--'DinoTrux.' The post Episode 029 – ‘The Jungle Book’ appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Though we start today's episode like so many others talking about Captain Owen's Star Wars Galactic Heroes toys, we dive in to the Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe that he got from his oma for his birthday. We then discuss our Sunday morning which included our Family Game day playing Fire Dragons, Coconuts Crazy Monkey, Pengoloo, Goblet Gobblers, and Jaipur (that was a mommy and daddy only game) followed by a trip to Jefferson Park. The post Episode 028 – Transformers Popup appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Today we start off talking about Star Wars: The Force Awakens but quickly veer off into discussing the Seattle Seahawks and then Zootopia. Although he said he didn’t like the movie, don’t let him fool you. He and his mom left to go see it again not 15 minutes after we finished recording the episode! I then asked Owen … Continue reading Episode 027 – Donkey Frog The post Episode 027 – Donkey Frog appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In today's episode we talk about Captain Owen's third birthday party! He got a ton of fun goodies including more Star Wars Galactic Heroes, Rainbow Dash and Applejack, The World of Eric Carle My First Smart Pad Library, Melissa & Doug See & Spell, and so much more that I'm sure we'll be hearing about in future episodes. The post Episode 026 – Galaxy of Heroes appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Today we talk about some of Captain Owen's Star Wars toys including a Darth Vader/Ahsoka two-pack we grabbed at Disneyland and a bunch of his Galactic Heroes figures. We then do a sort of re-telling of the Tatooine portion of Return of the Jedi. We talk a little bit about the RunDisney Kid's Races from both this year and last. And then we finish up talking a little bit about these awesome 3D printable dungeon pieces called DragonLock from Fat Dragon Games. The post Episode 025 – Return of the Jedi appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Another Disneyland trip under our belts. We traveled to Anaheim for the second annual runDisney Star Wars race weekend. We spent the Friday before our races in both Disney parks, and this episode contains two segments. First we chat for a few minutes about what rides we are going to go on before getting ready to head to the park (three of Owen's favorite rides--Autopia, the railroad, and Jungle Cruise all ended up being closed for the day), and then the morning after we talk about what we did at the parks before heading to Owen's Kids' Race. The post Episode 024 – Another Disneyland Adventure appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Happy Anniversary! Well, almost. We have a new intro and a new graphic to celebrate the new year and our one-year anniversary. In this episode Captain Owen tells us a magic Star Wars story, and we are joined by his Uncle Forest and Grandpa Rob. Sorry it's a little short but we've been quite busy with the holidays. But our next episode will be jam packed with our adventures at Disneyland and running the Star Wars races for the second year in a row. The post Episode 023 – Happy Anniversary appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

After braving the 'Star Wars' marathon on Thursday, we took Captain Owen to see 'The Force Awakens' on Friday morning. WARNING: This episode contains major spoilers for 'The Force Awakens.' DO NOT listen yet if you haven't seen the movie and do not want to hear spoilers. However, if you do want to hear about a two-year-old discussing seeing his first ever 'Star Wars' movie in a theater, please listen! The post Episode 022 – The Force Awakens appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In today's episode we read through Captain Owen's newest favorite book--Star Wars:A Pop-up Guide to the Galaxy. Captain Owen does several of his Star Wars impressions, and we learn who his current favorite character is. Also, the character whose name I blanked on was Salacious Crumb. You can also read my full review of the book for more details and pictures. The post Episode 021 – Star Wars Pop-up appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

We start today's episode with a tea party with all of Captain Owen's animals along with Darth Tater ( the Mr. Potato Head Darth Vader). We then talk about our trip to IKEA before a rampaging Owen crashes everyone at the party. The post Episode 020 – Sith Tea Party appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In this week's episode we talk a little bit about some books we received from Grandpa Rob's childhood--'The Very Hungy Caterpillar,' 'The Very Busy Spider,' 'Can You Imagine?,' and 'Let's Go to the Seashore.' We then read 'Otto Goes to the Beach' and talk about RunDisney kids' races and Peter Pan. Then in the second segment Captain Owen sings the Winnie the Pooh song and the Tigger Song before we all do the OK to Wake Owl wake-up dance. The post Episode 019 – Trouncy Trouncy Trouncy appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Today we talk about the planets in our solar system (and include Pluto), send our friend Gabby well-wishes, and then play with blocks and our imaginations, and finally we briefly talk about one of our favorite Disney films, Robin Hood. The post Episode 018 – The Planets appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

This week we play with Captain Owen's 'Star Wars' Galactic Heroes Millenium Falcon and Darth Vader that he got from his Grandma Janice on Force Friday! These Galactic Heroes toys are pretty great, and they did a real nice job of capturing that old school playset that's also a carrying case feel. I see many more Galactic Heroes playsets and figures in our future. The post Episode 017 – Villenium Valcon appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

First off, I want to apologize for the past two weeks--I had PAX Prime and then DragonCon, so I wasn't able to get an episode finished in time. I don't have anymore big trips planned in the near future so we should be back on track. This episode we briefly talk about Captain Owen's new big boy room--it's still in the works but expect a lot more about it including a full write up on GeekDad.com. Then we spend the rest of the episode playing with a Melissa & Doug pirate puzzle--Captain Owen's first 48-piece puzzle! The post Episode 016 – Pirate Puzzle appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

This episode Captain Owen starts us off with singing a little 'Baby Beluga.' We then talk about his Batman Painting Book, a trip to the zoo with Papa and Gigima (his great grandparents), and a trip to the EMP Museum and the 'Star Wars and the Power of Costume,' 'What's Up, Doc?,' and 'Infinite Worlds' exhibits. We finish off the episode playing Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, or as Captain Owen calls it--Dog and Ostrich. The post Episode 015 – EMP Museum appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

This episode we spend the entire show reading from Richard Scarry's 'Best First Book Ever!' It's a pretty long and detailed book so we spend the entire time on it today and still didn't read close to everything! The post Episode 014 – Huckle appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Lucky number 13! Today is my birthday so we start off with Owen singing happy birthday to me and talking about his dreams of purple scooters (he has this blue and purple balance bike/scooter.) We talk about going to Mighty-O for donuts and coffee and walking around Green Lake. Then we sneak upstairs a la Mission Impossible to wake up mommy. Then we play Endless Numbers on mommy's phone. Later in the day we watched the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailers and get Captain Owen's reaction to them. Finally we close out with his rendition of Row Row Row Your Boat. The post Episode 013 – Happy Birthday Daddy appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

The Disneyland episode! We recently took a trip to Disneyland, and Owen and I sat down to discuss the big day. We talk about Pirates of the Caribbean and what type of pirate he wants to be when he grows up, Peter Pan, Belle, The Little Mermaid ride, It's a Small World, Peter Pan's Flight (my favorite ride) being closed for upgrades - there was a cast preview and apparently the upgrades are fantastic. Then we talk about the Bug's World bumper cars that he can finally go on since he hit 36", Astro Orbiter, and the Disneyland Railroad and the dinosaurs. For a little extra treat, after the chat, you can hear snippets of us actually riding Astro Orbiter and King Triton's Carousel. The post Episode 012 – Disneyland appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Sorry for the short episode this week! There's a lot of crazy stuff going on - hopefully good stuff I can share in the near future. In this episode we start off playing with Owen's Uncle Goose Alphabet Blocks. He's at the point now where he is being very creative with them--throw a couple blocks together and its a pirate ship or giraffe. We then played with our Rory's Story Cubes MAX. We don't have any of the other sets, just the MAX set which has over-sized story dice. They are a ton of fun! The post Episode 011 – Story Cubes appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Double Digits! In this episode we start off playing with Owen's latest toy--'Tiggly Shapes'. Then we read his favorite new book, 'Monster ABC', by Kyle and Derek Sullivan, currently featured on Kickstarter. After I read it to Owen, he wanted to read it to me (with a little help.) Then we talk about our upcoming trip to the tidal pools. Finally, we sign off by singing happy birthday to Owen's Oma Lennie. The post Episode 010 – Hobgoblin Farts appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.