OWEN Hi, I'm Owen. And who are you? Who?
ARDEN I'm Arden.
OWEN You're Arden? Well, this is Arden. And this is a special edition of Conversations with Arden. Arden checks out her own backyard.
OWEN What is some stuff you like to do outside?
ARDEN Swing.
OWEN You like to swing. Yeah, we have a swing. Can you say "Please swing me high"?
ARDEN Yeah! Please swing me high.
OWEN Do you like to swing like really little swings? Safe swings? How high?
ARDEN Up there.
OWEN Really, really, really high?
ARDEN Yeah. The big trees.
OWEN Away! That's not high enough?
ARDEN No.
OWEN Dangerous swings?
ARDEN Yeah.
OWEN Okay, so now we're gonna get John, who's currently working the boom to push Arden because he's taller. I would recommend, John, holding on to her. Oh jeez. John. Oh God. Was that high Arden? Oh boy. John, be careful John. Don't drop my child.
JOHN I got her.
OWEN Dangerous swings? John, the most dangerous babysitter ever. It's so true.
ARDEN My head is wobbly.
OWEN I bet your head is wobbly. I tell you what. Can I hold that for a while? And we'll have it a bit later. You want to rub that on your pants? On your pants.
ARDEN On your pants.
OWEN On your pants. One of the games we really like to play is pretend that this is Town Lake and we play Build the Condos right along here don't we? I'm an investor from Dallas who wants to build condos along your lake.
ARDEN Okay. Let's build one.
OWEN Okay, look this one's really really big and blocks out the view for most people.
ARDEN And let's tear it down.
OWEN That's a great idea. Hey, what do you think we might find underneath this rock Arden?
ARDEN Roly poly's.
OWEN Should we look for roly poly's?
ARDEN Yeah.
OWEN Where are you?
ARDEN Are you in there? There he is.
OWEN Hi Mr. Roly Poly.
ARDEN Hi Mr. Roly Poly.
OWEN One of the fun things we do in our front yard is pick up random pieces of trash. You like to pour, don't you? Pouring gives you great joy, doesn't it? Let's look at the slide. Wait, you're really into pouring. How about the swing? One of your bikes. Cool zip lines. I could build a fire. I could catch a raccoon and let you ride it. Just pouring huh? Pretty good. Okay, do you want to play Hogarth and I play the Iron Giant? Okay, I'm gonna go hide in the woods and you come find me. Uh oh. What happened to the popsicle?
ARDEN It melted.
OWEN You think it's still good to eat.
ARDEN No
OWEN What should we do?
ARDEN I know.
OWEN What?
ARDEN Pick up.
OWEN Pick it up.
ARDEN And put it in the trash
OWEN That is a great idea. It's like a diet popsicle.
ARDEN Can I have a piece?
OWEN You don't want to, oh don't eat, oh. Do you want another popsicle.
ARDEN Yes.
OWEN Or how about an apple?
ARDEN I want another popsicle.
OWEN Or a banana.
ARDEN Or a popsicle.
OWEN Or some healthy food.
ARDEN Or some ice cream.
OWEN Oh boy. Aw well. Let's go. Let's go inside.
ARDEN Ice cream.
OWEN Healthy organic ice cream.

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