Happy Father's Day

Gotta love the nursery crafts!





A couple of nights ago Gavin decided it was time for bed. He got undressed, got his blanket, and asked for a binky(we are down to bedtimes and naptimes!). I told him it was fine if he went to bed, but he had to sleep in his own bed(he had made himself comfortable on my bed. After some debate he decided that would be okay, IF he could sleep on Daddy's pillow. I told him that he would have to ask Daddy's permission. Out the door he runs(Kenneth was outside working on our van)....

G: "Daddy, ant sweep on your pillow. Pweeeese!"
Now Gavin has learned to accompany the word please with clasped hands and a hopeful smile. It is pretty irresistible.























Kenneth melted and immediately gave Gavin permission to use his pillow(a pretty impressive concession if you know Kenneth...this is his special buckwheat pillow that we are talking about). Gavin got distracted and played outside for a while, but when he was ready for bed again he had not forgotten that he was sleeping on Daddy's pillow. It was kind of funny how important it was to him, but it is so typical these days. Gavin is absolutely in love with his daddy. All day long I have to answer the questions, "Where's Daddy?" Kenneth mow lawns as a side business and any time Gavin hears a lawn mower he gets excited that 'Daddy's home!' and gets offended that I won't let him chase after every random lawn mower. His favorite thing is to go with Kenneth in the car to run errands. Kenneth is a natural teacher and is reveling in Gavin being old enough to start understanding the way things work. If Kenneth has anything to do with it Gavin will be able to repair small engines by the time he is 10(at the latest). I hope all of our children catch Kenneth's attitude that you can learn to do anything that you want! I have often heard people say that, but until I met Kenneth I didn't realize that it could be a way of life...for example, we don't have a television, but Kenneth became obsessed with projectors, learning everything he could about them....and then built one. Now we watch movies on a big screen, and good luck playing Mario Kart...I got motion sick it was so big. Anyway, back to a couple of nights ago. Kenneth let Gavin sleep on his pillow...and he didn't even sneak it back after Gavin was asleep(which I totally would have done....actually I would have said no if he had asked for my pillow!). Happy Father's Day honey you are pretty spectacular!