I know I’ve been a blogging flake lately. I’m sorry about that. But I wanted to take a little moment today to mention Fathers Day.
Kile is an awesome dad. In fact, I tend to believe that he’s a better dad than I am a mom. It just comes naturally to him. When he comes home from work he loves to sit down in his chair with one (or more!) of the kids and just interact with them. Evie has gotten to where she anticipates this so much that she literally lets out a blood curdelling scream of excitement when she sees him come through the door.
He’s never been reluctant to take the kids with him on small errands. Even if it is just down the street to Little Caesar’s to pick up a pizza for dinner. If I need him to watch all three kids while I go someplace, do something, need a break? No problem. He does it without breaking a sweat.
I know you’ve all heard this from me before. But I felt it beared repeating on today, the day we celebrate fathers. I just had to acknowledge that so far the best part of our marriage is watching my husband be a father. I wonder if anyone else could have done a better job so far. And that gives me great encouragement for the years ahead, which I’m sure will be full of challenges for everyone.
Harry is in Elko, so it feels strange to have Father’s Day without him here. He would have been front and center, making Kile breakfast and having me “help”. He would have been bestowing Kile with any number of charming homemade gifts, including that contraption he put together out of legos. But he did call this morning to wish his papa a happy Father’s Day. We must be doing SOMETHING right with that boy, you think?
Liam and Evie are too young yet to fully appreciate and understand the holiday. I made Kile breakfast and gave him a couple of cards (both signed by me). We’re going to go do some browsing, chiefly at Kile’s favorite store these days: Whole Foods. Maybe I’ll let him buy a chunk of smelly cheese. The man has a thing for cheese. I’m not 100% sure what’s going on for dinner, but he mentioned bbq chicken at one point.
I’m doing what I can to make the day special for him. I hope he has a great day because he deserves it.
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