Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Wonder Dad and the stuffed tiger...

On Saturday, Baby Boy told Dad and I that it was "Tiger's" birthday Sunday. (Tiger is this little stuffed animal he'd been playing with all day.)  When I was tucking Baby Boy into bed Saturday night, we talked about celebrating Tiger's birthday with some cupcakes or cookies or something (none of which I can eat...but that's relevant only to me).  He was so excited that I was going to go along with it and make him a treat for him and his Tiger.

(On a side note: my cookies are slice and bake from the refrigerator, and my cupcakes come from a box mix. There, I said it and I'm not ashamed...if I had to do it from scratch, these kids would only get treats once every 17 years.)

Sunday morning Dad runs to the store to get some donuts for the kiddos (again, more goodies that I can't eat...notice how I never get to eat anything fun?) and a newspaper.

Dad (now known as "Wonder Dad") surprised Baby Boy and Little Boy by buying them a tiny ice cream cake, so they could have an official birthday party for Tiger. 



This is a man who has so many balls in the air, constantly juggling...he works 60 hours a week, and then he works most weekends here at home, too. I mean he doesn't have time to breathe...much less remember a quick conversation about a stuffed animal named Tiger. (I'm lucky I remember my own name most of the time). He went and looked for something that he could bring to his kids, just for fun, just because. It really touched my heart that he did this.

I hope these boys appreciate just how great their Wonder Dad is...

5 comments:

  1. That's so cute! As a collector and lover of stuffed animals as a kid, I can appreciate the need to celebrate the birthdays! :0) What a great family you have

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  2. Adorable. Gosh, Doreen-you still have such young kiddo's and one starting college. You spaced it out just right!

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  3. Good Morning D.,

    It was just adorable. We had to take a bunch of pictures of "Tiger" and his cake. I am so grateful for my family...I'm very blessed. :)

    Thanks so much!
    MrsFuda

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  4. Yeah, uh, Ms.Mead...not sure how great the timing was. lol...If I had it to do over again, I probably would have had them closer together. I'm getting old. ;)

    Love you!

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  5. Aww, this is very sweet! Let's hear it for super dads who take the time to show their families how much they love them and care about them! You ARE lucky!

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