The Father Of My Children

This Father's Day was neat! Ben and Hannah are old enough to start to say what they want to get for daddy, AND it was Dan's first Father's day with THREE children! Pretty awesome!! So about a month ago, I asked the kids what they wanted to get daddy for Father's day. Ben piped up "I think Daddy needs a TROPHY!!!!" It was the perfect idea from his little four year old mind. Yep, their daddy deserves a trophy! Cause he is so awesome at his job as a daddy! So we marched into the trophy shop and I let each on pick out a trophy for dad!

Ben chose the spinning hockey puck with a man who he thought looked like Superman flying, holding a donut! Hannah chose the Baseball that you can play with and move around! And Ruth was the classic cup! I decided to have them engraved with sayings that the kids day to Dan. Ben's said "I WUB YOU TOO DAD". Hannah's- "YOU'RE MY BEST DADDY". And Ruth's was the simple "DA" since that is what she calls him! They were so excited and of course daddy heard about the trophies he was getting LONG before Father's day, but that made it fun too!

I got Dan a play station game and am taking him to see an A's game in a couple weeks, but I know Dan. And although I know he loves the gifts I gave him, his FAVORITE gifts were those trophies. He took them to work and they now live on his desk, sitting there, reminding him through the day of the kids who adore him at home.

When I was a teen, a sweet older woman of the church told me, that when I chose my mate, not to be selfish, and to consider that he would be the father of my children. She told me to choose a good daddy for my babies! In this, I chose well! He is the best dad I could ever ask to have for my children! OUR children. He surprises me all the time with how loving and involved he wants to be, and how helpful he is to me.

So good choice Ben! You had the best idea to get your dad trophies! He deserves them for sure!