Father's Day

We celebrated the special day by taking daddy to the zoo. It was a very warm day but we always enjoy walking around and seeing what we can. This visit was especially fun because Benjamin got his first try to feed the lorikeets. He was not afraid at all. Unfortunately, Noah sneezed as we were entering the feeding area and dropped his feeding cup so he just had to stand and watch this time around.
I love that the kids are getting older and can help with celebrating their dad. I found this cute questionnaire idea and thought I would try it out. I was very impressed with how well Noah did. He knew what every question was asking and, I think, did a pretty good job answering them.

My Great Dad

My daddy is 4 years old.

He weighs 3 lbs. and is "kinda big, about here (showing hand)."

His hair is black and his eyes are green.

My dad loves to relax by going to work and he likes to wear his Star Wars shirt.

He loves to cook pancakes.

His favorite household chore is painting.

His favorite show is Star Wars and his favorite song is Star Wars.

Daddy always tells me about the creatures in Star Wars.

It makes him happy when I share toys.

When my dad shops, he loves to buy Pop Tarts, bananas, and milk.

If he could go on a trip, he would go to Africa to look for snakes and turtles and he would take his grandpa.

I love it when my dad helps me blow bubbles.

I also had Noah draw a picture of his dad on the bottom of the card. He was so proud as he stood there and I read his card to his dad. It was pretty precious. I look forward to doing this each year to have a record of how the answers change. I had seen this 'Daddy's Footprints' poem a long time ago and wanted to do something with it.

I made a picture this year but am not 100% satisfied with the outcome so will probably continue working on it. The poem reads:

Daddy's Footsteps

“Walk a little slower, Daddy”,

Said a little child so small.

“I’m following in your footsteps,

And I don’t want to fall.

Sometimes your steps are very fast,

Sometimes they’re hard to see;

So walk a little slower, Daddy,

For you are leading me.

Someday when I’m all grown up,

You’re what I want to be;

Then I will have a little child

Who’ll want to follow me.

And I would want to lead just right,

And know that I was true;

So, walk a little slower, Daddy,

For I must follow you.”

-Author unknown

And, lastly, Abby got daddy her first Father's Day tie. Now that he dresses up on Tie Tuesday she felt obligated. I thought she did a very nice job with her first attempt.