It's Good To Be A Daddy

I should have some great Father’s Day post written, but I don’t.  Instead, I’m spending the day with the people who mean the most to me – except for Nick, who is spending Father’s Day with is PawPaw up in Mississippi.  I miss the little guy.

Since I’m busy being a dad today, I’m just going to link you to two great Father’s Day posts.

First, my partner in parenthood and the woman who lets me take credit for how well she raises our boys wrote a post to wish me a happy Father’s Day and almost made me cry.  There are not words for how awesome that woman is.  Check out the post here.

Thank you, Rhonda, for letting me be a part of this wonderful life and making me feel like I actually contribute to how awesome our kids turn out.

Second, check out this great list of Metrodad’s Twenty Favorite Things About Being a Father.

Here are a few of my favorites:

• Low expectations. To a child, everlasting love can be expressed simply by adding hot dogs to their mac-and-cheese or giving them an extra piece of bacon.
• Looking for the television remote control for hours and then suddenly discovering it in the freezer. Good one, kid. I never would have looked there.
• Logging on to Amazon and discovering that ALL of their recommendations for you are child-related: a Dora the Explorer Dehumidifier, a giant case of Huggies, a year-long subscription to Parent Magazine. Fifty recommendations and not a single peep about the new Updike book or Mos Def CD!
• Kids are a wonderfully blank canvas. While some people see this as an opportunity to impart serious knowledge, I prefer teaching my daughter how to stand on a chair during music class, hold a crayon up in the air, and yell out, “Play Free Bird!”
• In a related way, I also get a huge laugh when my elderly Korean parents ask her to sing a song and she breaks out into “Bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat!”
• Remembering that the funnest things in life are unexpected surprises. Like biting into a donut and discovering it’s filled with chocolate.
• Gathering a bunch of kids for an Easter egg hunt and then laughing at them because you never hid any eggs. Fun game that can also be played during Christmas or Passover.
• Skipping down the street and holding hands with your daughter while singing the “Tigger and Pooh” theme song and wearing funny hats. Running into model ex-girlfriend eating at trendy restaurant with a rich old guy. Realizing you won.
• Eagerly awaiting the day when my daughter [or son, in my case] rolls her eyes at me and says, “Dad, you’re embarrassing me!”
• Being completely mortified when your daughter spins around on the subway pole and starts licking it yet laughing because you took a photo and you can’t wait to show it to her in 10 years when she’s failing Algebra.
• Putting the child to bed and cooking dinner for yourself but realizing your gustatory options are limited to dinosaur chicken nuggets, grape jello and baby carrots. Again.

Happy Father’s Day to all my fellow Daddy types.  Hope your day is as awesome as mine has been!

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