Donuts with Dad

Hands down, no questions asked Jeff is the best Dad ever. His favorite thing is to play with our kids. He always calls Wes on his way home from work to get the inside scoop on football practice that day. Each night after family prayers I put the house back together for the last time knowing it will stay clean until the morning at least, and Jeff "snuggles" with each of the boys. They always have competitions to see who will get first snuggles. Snuggles entails Jeff squeezing into each of their twin beds, even Garrett's top bunk, and lays there and asks each one questions about their day, their friends, teachers, sports etc. When he is done then that child gets to ask him questions or request a favorite story.

The two favorites are "Little Boy Stories" where the kids ask him to tell a story about a time when he was their age. They will say little boy stories, scared est you have ever been...or most embarrassing thing, craziest thing you ever did, when your mom got mad at you. You get the picture.

The other favorite story is the Ancient Squirrel Stories. These evolved out of some random conversation Jeff and Garrett had once and are now adventures of squirrels traveling around the world in and out of sticky situations and each of the kids and even the cousins has a squirrel named after them. I had never realized quite how creative Jeff is, but these stories have put any doubts to rest. Who else could make a bunch of old squirrels so hilarious? My husband, that's who!

So this last Friday the elementary school had their annual "Donuts with Dad" event. All the dads are invited to come with their kids to school an hour early and they have a fun breakfast of donuts and juice and hang out together. My boys were so excited to bring their dad to school all week. They were all good about getting up early and thrilled when they finally headed out the door. I sure love my crazy guys!