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    BONUS: Birthday Party Themes (ft. Joel Willis, 'The Dad' Social Media Company)

    en-usJuly 22, 2022
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    About this Episode

    In this bonus episode Joel Willis (from The Dad and Channel 3) and I talk about our daughters' birthday party themes. As his daughter says: If you're throwing a party, you gotta have a theme!

    Thank you to Joel for sharing and being part of Girl Dad Nation. As dads we have the great opportunity to create special memories for our kids and to celebrate life's blessings, like having a birthday party. I hope these stories are inspiring. And I'd love to hear your birthday party stories! Leave a comment or tweet me: @GirlDadNation


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    Thanks for joining us. Until next time, go be a dad!


    Joel's substack: joelwillis.substack.com 

    Joel's links: https://c3.gg/joel


    The 3 birthday things Joel mentioned:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk6NFdmB46T/

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1LhkxBNKk/

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CeuQfS8vRoh/



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