So I spent a long time this morning ordering a gift for my husband for Father’s Day (Sunday, June 15- don’t forget!!!). I had one of those $20 coupons for shutterfly.com but the gift I made was less than $20 so I couldn’t use it…So I had to add something else to get to $20, which doubled my shipping, blah, blah, blah…But I think it turned out cute, so after lots of mouse clicking, teeth grinding, and coffee drinking my order is complete. I started thinking of my hubby and all the awesome stuff he does for me and our kids:
- makes my coffee on the weekends
- always carries in the groceries when I get home
- makes me a drink on the weekends
- gives our boys a bath
- is a master of doing dishes
- does laundry
- is sweet to my mom
- makes sure to set the DVR to record the shows he knows I like
- when I panic about cleaning the house he’ll step in and do the chores I like the least even after being at work all day
- cleans the litter box
- plays with the kids while I finish dinner so I don’t trip over them and burn them with boiling liquid
- surprises me with a date every once in a while that I had no part in planning
- will open the door for me and is teaching our boys to do the same
- teaches the kids how to do the things I don’t have the patience to teach them
- sets up a tent for the kids to play with inside…which they LOVED!!!
- and on, and on, and on…
I seriously could go on and on. As Daddy Day nears, I am going to try to remember all these awesome things he does every day for us. It doesn’t mean that sometimes I don’t want him to do things the “right way’, (to be honest it’s really just “my way,” so that’s probably pretty subjective). It doesn’t mean I don’t get irritated when I feel like I’ve told him something a million times and he’s looking at me like he has no clue what I’m talking about. Hey, nobody’s perfect, me or him. I just know sometimes I can get caught up with the negative, the nit-picking, and lose sight of the big picture. And the big picture is? Daddies/ Husbands rock. Especially ours.
I’ll try to remember that the next time he dresses one of our boys in what he calls “Daddy Outfits.” 🙂
