Father’s Day 2014!

I’m nothing if not prompt in posting these days.  :)  At least it’s still the month when Father’s day took place.

A few days before Father’s day, I took the kiddos outside and took pictures of them holding parts of a message.  We have a three opening frame that is perfect for “We love Daddy.” I hadn’t updated it for a couple of years, so it was time!

Joanna and Natalie held the “We.”

That stinker of a James held the heart.

And the boys ate held “Daddy!”  I can’t believe they did so well sitting up! Thomas is a pretty good sitter, but Michael is still pretty floppy.  I had Joanna out there helping me, and she stood behind Michael until I was ready to snap the picture. (Thomas is holding the sign, FYI.)

This is what it looked like all framed up!

I think this was the day before Father’s day, but Joanna put a sticker on Matt that said “super,” then decided he needed a cape to go along with it.  She also took the picture!

Sunday morning, Daddy had all kinds of goodies from the kiddos.  Most were from their very thoughtful preschool teachers who did Father’s day crafts the last week of school.

I may have used a receiving blanket and a piece of string to wrap the frame.

Awwww…

We sure do love Daddy!!

We went to church together that morning, then came back home for a little bite to eat and naps for the babes.  Then we went over to Matt’s mom and dad’s house to spend time with family.  A lovely day!

Natalie and Daddy

I have this funny story I want to tell about Natalie, but I have to wait until after Father’s Day since it involves a gift for Matt.  I’m worried I’m going to forget so I decided to go ahead and blog it, then schedule the post to come up June 18th.  (It’s only June 1st right now.)

I’ve seen all year on Pinterest these surveys/questionnaires for Father’s Day where the kids fill in the blank things about their dad.  So I found one I liked and asked the girls the questions (separately, or the answers would be the same).  After we finished I realized I had forgotten one of the questions for Natalie that went something like this:  My daddy and I are alike because________________.  I was paraphrasing it for her so she would understand what I meant.  I asked something like “How are you and daddy the same?”  She thought about it, then said in all seriousness “Well, sometimes he pees on the floor.”

I died.

The tears were rolling down my face; it was so funny.

Happy Father’s Day

To the man I love, on behalf of your amazing children who cannot write yet.  :)

And Happy Father’s Day to my father, and my husband’s father, and anyone else I know who is a father of someone.  Y’all are amazing!

P.S.  It is extremely hard to get a decent picture of all three of my children.  Just so you know.

Day 5 (Hopefully the last) of Painting and Father’s Day

I didn’t take any painting pictures today, but there wasn’t much to it, either.

I touched up some around the ceiling where I thought the paint looked a little streaky and Matt did a second coat on two of the walls.  The other walls looked pretty good, which is fortunate because we ran out of paint!  We have a tiny bit left for touch ups in a jam jar (and of course we can always go get another gallon if we decide to recoat the other two walls), but the can is now empty!  I really like how it turned out, and I’m excited to get the room put back together.  I’m hoping Matt will help me move furniture back into the room tonight so I just have to scootch it tomorrow while he’s at work.  Or maybe I can call him in sick and hide his keys.  :)

I’ll post more pictures when the furniture is back in and the window dressings are up and maybe even some stuff is hung back on the walls.

Today of course was also Father’s Day!  Happy Father’s Day to my Dad and Matt’s Dad and to Matt!

We went to church this morning before heading to Mamma and Pop’s to celebrate Father’s Day with the family.  We had BBQ – yummo!  And chips and queso and cake and tea.  Ahhhhhhh…

This morning before church were the only pictures I took today (unless you count the picture of the paint label I took since we’re not keeping the can).

The girls and I gave Matt a few treats for Father’s Day.  Really, everything’s from the girls, but since they can’t drive, I had to help.  :)

 

They gave him some of his favorite coffee (super extra dark plus or something) and some shaving gel.  :)  Natalie also gave him a new picture insert for his coffee mug.  The last one didn’t have any pictures of her on it, so she had me help her make a new collage.  Joanna gave her Daddy a gift card to the new movie theatre to they can go see Toy Story 3 together on a date!

We love you very much Matt!  I sure am glad my girls have you.  And I’m glad you’ll have testosterone reinforcements soon.  :)