This Father’s Day I thought I would share my feelings of being a father with young children. We have a little girl, 3 1/2 years old, who is beautiful, smart, funny, and can have an attitude when she’s tired or hungry (takes after her dad!). We also have a little 9 month old boy. He has such a great personality that lights up the room and is full of energy. He also can get a bit feisty when not well fed (again, like his Dad).
Some highlights this year were obviously my son being born. At first, I wasn’t sure if I could love another child like I loved my daughter. In fact, I felt guilty after he was born because I didn’t cry and wasn’t as emotional as I was when she was born. However, as the year has gone on, I love “Buddy” just as much as I love “Babes”. He is now crawling all over the place and he loves to have me get a little rough with him by wrestling and throwing him around. His eyes light up and he giggles a cute little baby giggle. He also has learned how to wave. It’s cute watching him wave and smile and crawl over to me when I see him.
“Babes” and I did a lot of fun things throughout the year. Being 3 years old, she is full of energy and it is sometimes hard for me to keep up with her.
One of the major highlights for both of us was the Daddy/Daughter date we went on earlier this year. She and I had tons of fun dressing up like it was prom and going to the dance. We were having so much fun, we even got our pictures in the paper!
Needless to say, I am a very blessed person to have two healthy and beautiful children who call me Dad. I hope I live up to that title throughout my life because I personally feel it is one of the most sacred callings a man can have.
That being said, I thought it would be fun to share my top 20 list of things I like to do with my kids….so (drum roll please) here it is:
20 Things I love to do as a Father with my Young Children
- Carry kids on my shoulders
- Wrestle with them
- Put them in a blanket and throw them around onto the bed
- Color pictures and receive pictures from them they’ve drawn or colored
- Tell them stories from the farm when I was growing up
- Watch them play and get along with each other
- See their smiles when I enter the room
- Watch them learn and grow
- Witness their innocence
- Do “tricks” with them by flipping them around
- Read books before bedtime
- Watch them splash and play in the bathtub
- Dance with them
- Brush my daughter’s hair and give her manicures
- Tickle them
- Play my guitar and watch them sing and dance (my 9 month old son has a killer voice!)
- Sing with them
- Cuddle with them until they fall asleep
- Watch them sleep
- Pray for them while they are sleeping
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June 14, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Cal
Glorious!
I never had any children of my own, but I love playing games with my grandson.
He’s almost 10 now and I don’t see him as much as I did back when he was around 5 or 6.
The last time we played baseball he lost the ball with a good hit!
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June 14, 2012 at 10:50 pm
jks
Things I love watching my husband do with our kids (4-14):
Throw them around, Wrestle (Dad vs. 12 year old with the 4 year old jumping on Dad yelling “go Dad!”), coach football, teach them to cook, manage ipod playlists together, laugh at inside jokes, buying a kid a Slurpee after an sports activity, wash the car together, go camping together (without me!!), help them with their chores, dinner table conversations, listen to Harry Potter books, take them to work, put them to bed (but putting them to bed I love to watch not because it is cute, but simply because I don’t want to do it so I love it when he takes over!)
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June 14, 2012 at 11:17 pm
graceforgrace
jks,
Sounds like you have a supportive husband and that your kids are lucky to have a great dad!
Happy Father’s Day!
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June 15, 2012 at 3:56 am
Doug
What beautiful children you have! God has blessed you! Enjoy the memories as the time passes by so quickly. My two sons are 21 and 13. What memories I have: shivering at November soccer games, running to the ER because your son thought he was Tarzan and fell out of a tree, us three ganging up on poor Mom and attacking her with pillows-wouldn’t trade those memories for anything!
Have a wonderful Father’s Day!
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June 19, 2012 at 1:06 am
graceforgrace
Hi Doug,
Two boys is quite an adventure. My younger brother and I put my Dad through some serious grief. We were so curious and adventurous. Sounds like your boys were too!
I hope you had a great Fathers Day as well.
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June 15, 2012 at 6:36 pm
Cal
Oh, yes, happy Father’s Day to you all!
I’ve done some shivering at fall games, too, Doug!
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