Sunday Evening with Captain Owen

Let's Form Voltron One More Time! Today we talk about our watching of 'Voltron: Legendary Defender' Season 3 (yes there are a handful of spoilers so beware!), and then do an unboxing of the new 'Voltron: Legendary Defender' die-cast lions that I picked up at SDCC from the Entertainment Earth booth! The post Episode 049 – Let’s Form Voltron One More Time appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In this episode we talk about more of the Playskool action figures, but this time, it's the Avengers! We then talk a little bit about Captain Owen's favorite superheroes and villains before wrapping up with a little bit of Transformers. The post Episode 048 – Hulk Smash appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In this episode we discuss Sakura Con, a bunch of cosplay ideas, Captain Owen pretends to be a Transformer with many, many, many modes (including an idea for a combiner Hasbro should get on right away), Star Wars: Rebels LEGO, and Voltron: Legendary Defender. The post Episode 047 – Sakura-Con appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

This week Captain Owen treats us to a bunch of 'Star Wars' songs he made up and then we discuss cosplay and the upcoming Emerald City Comicon. We finish off by discussion our new clothes pin bucket system for daily chores. The post Episode 046 – Star Wars Songs appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

This week we talk about the second season of 'Voltron: Legendary Defender' as well as some of the new toys from Playmates! The post Episode 045 – Voltron: Legendary Defender appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Happy Birthday Grandma Janice! This week we talk about 'Star Wars' Galactic Heroes a little more before talking about Captain Owen's school and a science experiment they did. The post Episode 044 – Happy Birthday Grandma Janice appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Happy New Year! We're back after a short hiatus for the holidays last month. This week we talk about Captain Owen's Christmas presents which consisted mostly of 'Star Wars' Galactic Heroes with a little 'Star Wars' and 'Avengers' Hero Mashers thrown in. The post Episode 043 – Happy New Year 2017 appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

This week we talk about Captain Owen's mom's birthday, Thanksgiving, and do quite a bit of horsing around. The post Episode 042 – Happy Birthday Mommy appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In today's episode, we read 'The Usborne Big Book of Colors' with Baby Hazel. We also discuss our Halloween adventures briefly. The post Episode 041 – The Big Book of Colors appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In today's episode, we talk about Captain Owen's outdoor preschool, Tiny Trees. He's sings a couple of songs they've learned and talks about some of their daily activities. We then dive into talking about his current favorite toys 'Star Wars' Mashers. For those not in the know, Mashers are a line of toys that can be pulled apart and mixed and matched. Right now we only have 'Star Wars' ones, but Owen's learned that there are 'Avengers' and 'Transformers' ones as well and they can all be mixed together. The post Episode 040 – Tiny Trees appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Today we talk about Captain Owen's friend Ames' birthday party followed by our adventures at GeekGirlCon 2016. The post Episode 039 – GeekGirlCon 2016 appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

What geek doesn't love a good mash-up? When we found these Star Wars Minions figures, they immediately went on Captain Owen's wishlist. Grandma Janice couldn't wait until Christmas though, and they arrived, much to Captain Owen's ecstatic bouncing around the house, a few days later. Captain Owen's mom and baby sister both make guest appearances this episode as we discuss that boys and girls can both like the same characters and toys The post Episode 038 – Star Wars Minions appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

On today's episode we discuss our final Halloween costume selections before reading two 'Star Wars' Little Golden Books--'I Am a Princess' and 'I Am a Sith.' The post Episode 037 – I Am a Princess appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

On today's episode, Captain Owen has his first guest--Gabby! Gabby and her mom were visiting Seattle and we all met up at the aquarium before coming back to our house to record the episode. We all read one of Owen and Gabby's favorite books--'Grandmother Fish.' The post Episode 036 – Special Guest: Gabby appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

This week we read some of Captain Owen's new books starting with 'DK Readers Level 2: Star Wars Rebels: Meet the Rebels.' We also discuss our family Star Wars Rebels Halloween costumes again. We finish off by reading 'DK Readers Level 2: LEGO Star Wars: Free the Galaxy.' These DK books are great for learning readers who are also Star Wars fans as the content helps drive the reading lessons. The post Episode 035 – Meet Star Wars: Rebels appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

This week we spend the majority of the episode discussing 'Star Wars: Droid Tales' before dipping in to potential Halloween costumes for our family (the cast of 'Star Wars: Rebels' is the current lead choice). We finish off discussing 'Zootopia.' The post Episode 034 – Star Wars: Droid Tales appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Sorry for the skip week--Baby Hazel plus a last minute business trip meant no time for a podcast last week. This week we jump right back in by reading a couple of the Star Wars Little Golden Books. These are awesome little versions of the six movies (The Force Awakens one is on our wishlist). We always have a blast reading these together. The post Episode 033 – Little Golden ‘Star Wars’ appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Things have become a little crazy around here with the latest addition to our family, Baby Hazel! We start this episode with a sincere thank you to the folks over at Dreamworks for sending Captain Owen an awesome little care package of the die-cast 'DinoTrux' toys. In my opinion, these are the best of the whole line--they are sturdy because of the metal, and they're a convenient size to take pretty much anywhere (which we have been). Owen then sings a song to his new baby sister before holding her and making up some stories for her. The post Episode 032 – Baby Hazel appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In today's episode we talk about our latest trip to Disneyland. We were anticipating Owen's first time on 'Star Tours' but, despite his doctor's measurements from two weeks ago, Owen wasn't tall enough. We still had a blast though, and Owen decided that 'The Jungle Cruise' is his new favorite ride. The post Episode 031 – ‘Jungle Cruise’ appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

First of all, happy Mother's Day to all the mom parental units out there. Today we talk a little bit about Owen's Thomas the Train collection before diving in to his latest geekdom--'Dinotrux.' We read the original 'Dinotrux' book by Chris Gall before also discussing the Netflix cartoon and related toys. The post Episode 030 – ‘Dinotrux’ appeared first on 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.

A long weekend! In this episode we sing Three Monkeys Jumping on the Bed and then have a little tickle party. Then we break out Owen's new 'Marvel Chutes and Ladders Super Hero Squad' that he got from his aunt Michelle and aunt Wendi. We sing the clean-up song when we're all done, and then Owen asks to watch an episode of 'Tabletop' with Wil Wheaton. After watching the episode, we quickly added 'Takenoko' to our wish list. The post Episode 009 – Chutes and Ladders appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Happy Mother's Day! In this episode we play with a kitchen Owen got from one of our neighbors through the Buy Nothing South Seattle Group. He cooks us up some food and even serves us some beer. There's a little shout out to Ruby Roth and her V is for Vegan book as well. The post Episode 008 – Pink Kitchen appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Today we play with Owen's stuffed trashcan raccoon, an underwater animal puzzle, Pete (that's what we call his binky--it has a monkey attached to it), his alphabet puzzle, and talk about teamwork and asking nicely for things. The post Episode 007 – Trashcan Raccoon appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In today's episode we sing "Five Little Monkies Jumping on the Bed, talk about hanging out with Sebastian and Sarah, discuss Captain Owen's first Gundam model kit and first Funko Pop vinyl toy, Nemo, his alphabet puzzle from Grandpa Rob, and say farewell to Grandma Pat who passed away last week. The post Episode 006 – Grandma Pat appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In today's episode we mainly talk about Emerald City Comic Con, which I wrote a whole post about, but we also discuss the zoo, the Zoo Webs card game, grandpa's visit, his special pillow from Grandma Shelly, and a visit to Oma's house. The post Episode 005 – Emerald City Comic Con appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In today's episode we talk about Captain Owen and Sebastian's second birthday party, robots, the aquarium, Octonauts (again), Captain Owen's new baby doll - Baby Sam, his birthday dinner at Cafe Flora, an abbreviated reading of The Gruffalo, the ABC song, Daniel Tiger and the Oh, David! books. The post Episode 004 – Happy Birthday appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

In today's episode we talk about Captain Owen's friends Sebastian, Eli, Sufi, and Mason, a visit to the Aquarium, the latest issue of National Geographic Kids, a visit to the zoo, and sing Old MacDonald. Captain Owen's mom joins in a couple times as well. I apologize now for a few spots where there is some background noise I couldn't edit out. The post Episode 003 – Aquarium and Zoo appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

This week the podcast was intended to illustrate a routine bedtime but after reading Don't Push the Button by Bill Cotter and Octonauts and the Sea of Shade by Meomi we had a brief Lion King Musical Interlude with Owen's mom Sarah when he demanded some lotion for his face. We then finished off with a reading of My Little Geek by Andrew and Sarah Spear and Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace. The post Episode 002 – Bedtime appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.

Our first episode covers a wide range of random things I pieced together while field testing our equipment so its a bit less organized than future episodes. Please sit back and enjoy hearing about friends, Thomas the train, singing Slippery Fish, Batman, dinnertime, the Seahawks, tattoos, star wars race medals and characters, our dogs - Pepper and Katie, jumping, a Caspar Babypants dance party, learning to fist bump. The post Episode 001 – Kicking it Off appeared first on Sunday Evening With Captain Owen.