Father's Day 2012

Boogs was excited about Father's Day. Last week we went shopping, made some things, and wrapped a couple of present. Boogs loves shopping for the perfect gift for his Daddy. Of course, that gift always happens to be something that Boogs wants to work on WITH Daddy. This year Boogs picked out a Tabletop Catapult. It looks like a pretty neat kit.


I helped Boogs make a card using a photo idea we saw on Pinterest. Unfortunately, the pin does not lead back to an original source for the idea. This is our version:

Boogs was deciding what should be opened first.

Tabletop Catapult 

Every Father's Day, Boogs chooses a picture book about Fathers.

We trace his hand in the book and record the year.

We started doing this when he was 2-years-old.

We had a relaxing family day. We went out for brunch. Then the three of us hopped on scooters and rode around our neighborhood for about an hour. It was so hot that we had to spend the next couple of hours at the neighborhood pool cooling off. Boogs loves his Daddy very much!

UPDATE: I found the original shadow picture here.

Father's Day 2010

Father's Day...I am so happy that we get to celebrate it. It is such a miracle that we have our little guy. My husband is a wonderful father - patient, kind, loving, generous, silly. I could go on and one. I am so thankful to be married to such a wonderful man. Every year for Father's Day, I have Boogs pick out a daddy picture book and trace his hand on the inside back cover. It is so cute to look back at books from previous years and see how little his hand was. These books are "Daddy-read only" books. I am not allowed to read them with Boogs because they are just for the boys.  We went to Lakeshore Teacher Store yesterday and made a couple of  Father's Day crafts, a koozie and a post-it note holder. My husband said that his favorite part of Father's Day was hearing Boogs sing him a daddy song.

My husband got his own little Father's Day gift (well, it is for the whole family). Here is a picture of it.

We gave my parents a Wii for Christmas and have been talking about getting one for our house. We got the whole system with Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Wii Resort, and Boogs chose a racing game. My husband and I had fun playing it last night. Of course, I creamed him in tennis and bowling.

Monday Preschool Camp

Monday we had preschool summer camp at home with a Daddy theme. We read two books about Dads and their kids, made a rebus handprint Father’s day card, made a fishing pole bookmark, sang a few Father’s Day songs, played house, played in a pool filled with beans, and made pizza muffins to give to the Dads. Boogs has been practicing his Father’s Day song to the tune of Yankee Doodle. 
Here it is:

Daddy is my special friend,

The two of us are buddies.

I always like the things we do,

I’m thankful for my Daddy.

Happy, happy Father’s Day,

Happy, happy Daddy.

Happy, happy Father’s Day,

I love you very much.

(My husband says he never reads this blog, hopefully he won't start reading it before Sunday.)