What Makes a Good Dad?

Homemade Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Father’s Day Breakfast Recipes Kids Can Make

Homemade Father’s Day Gift Ideas

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Father’s Day Breakfast Recipes Kids Can Make

Homemade Father’s Day Gift Ideas

I hope you have a Great Father’s Day.

Please feel free to share a favorite memory.

Gift ideas for fishermen dads

Father’s Day Breakfast Recipes Kids Can Make

Homemade Father’s Day Gift Ideas

This Father’s Day we celebrate the men in our lives for being Fathers. When we think about the importance a Father has in a child’s life it is immeasurable. I think one of my favorite memories of my husband was when he was on the phone with one of his friends and he has said, “being a Dad is the best thing I have ever done.” The fact that my husband was on the phone in the first place was a miracle and the fact that he was explaining how much his kids meant to him was priceless. We often talk about what being a good parent means. It is something we struggle with often. How do you balance love with responsibility? How do you encourage your children to become and do more? My husband makes his point that it is our relationship that will most influence our children. It is what we model that they will take with them when the move on to having a family of their own. It is his job to put us first and make sure we have everything we need. It still warms my heart that every night he comes home from work and the kids climb into his chair with him and he reads them a book.

The fondest memories I have of my Daddy are of us laughing and hanging out. Yup, still call him Daddy well into my 30’s. I know I have a lot of the same traits as my Daddy. I defiently have the same desire to make people happy and buy in bulk. My Daddy also does everything big or not at all. I remember we had the idea to make cookies. We went to the store and he bought the ingredients to make enough cookies for a small country. I am pretty sure we made cookies with those ingredients for a year. I also think back and now realize how your decisions were made based on our best interest. It is funny prior to having kids you never realize how much you do for them.  I know that my Dad and my Mom gave up a lot to give my sister and myself what we needed. They often went without to make sure we had.

I have to say if there was a recipe for making a good Dad it would include all the elements that make up my Daddy and my husband.

Father’s Day Tradition

It is important to me to create traditions. I stole this one for Father’s Day from a friend. She has two kids, so she had to double up. I have three kids, so it worked out perfectly for me.  She would go to the store and buy two poster boards. She would cut out the letters A and D. Then she would take pictures of her children holding the letters each year for Father’s day. We now do this every year and the kids really enjoy getting involved. I let them pick the color of their letter and even decorate it.  I know it is something both my children and my husband appreciate and I enjoy looking at the pictures from the previous years. It is also a wonderful Father’s Day gift that we will all treasure for years to come.

I hope you have a Great Father’s Day.

Please feel free to share a favorite memory.

Gift ideas for fishermen dads

Father’s Day Breakfast Recipes Kids Can Make

Homemade Father’s Day Gift Ideas