Category: Fatherhood

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Today the kids, Nana and I headed to Fantasy Fair at the Woodbine Centre. It was a fun afternoon with lots rides. Today’s picture of the day was taken on the bumper cars, right before we ran into Nana and Violet. It wasn’t really a planned day so all I had was my phone so the pictures are limited. Though I hope to find the time to put them together for a post later in the week.

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Today Nana brought over some plants for our planter and of course Violet had to help her plant them. I of course pulled out the phone and started snapping pictures.

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Today we celebrated to birthday’s in our little family, Melissa’s and Canada’s. We had the first part of the day to ourselves, but it was nice to be able to share a cupcake with the kids when they got home.  I want to say two things, first is Happy Birthday to the women I love and second is thank you to Nana and Papa for the weekend without kids.

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For weeks Violet has been asking for her own Blue Jays hat. Today I got her one, I can’t wait till she’s back to give it to her. I had thought about getting her a pink hate, but I thought the sparkling Blue Jay on this one would be cuter and more Violet’s style.

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This weekend the kids are heading up to Wassaga Beach with their Nana and Papa, and boy are they excited. I took this picture after dinner as the waited to be picked up.

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Today was Jacob’s last day of school, so I thought it would be a good day to do something more than just use a picture of him. I put a collage together with Violet’s and Jacob’s first day of school and there last. Of course only the one of Jacob was taken today.  Still I think this is a good way to remember the moment, and to see how my little ones have grown.

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Tonight after work I spent some time with Jacob building his Mega Zords. It’s the first time I’ve really sat down with him to look at all his new Zords. I am shocked by how complicated they are. I love seeing how excited he gets as he shows me the many different combinations they make. He always seems to have one or more in his hands. Even tonight I told him he could play outside while I did some work on Melissa’s bike, he brought out his newest Zords to play with. I couldn’t help but take picture of him on the planter playing.

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One of the pleasures I get as a father is reading to my kids before bed. Sure there are some nights that I just don’t feel up to it, but I try to read to them as much as I can. Lately Violet has been asking to hear Puff the Magic Dragon or Green Eggs and Ham. Tonight I decided that I wanted something more, so I went into the kids book closet looking for something longer. I chose the classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and both kids didn’t want the reading to end. Two things stood out about tonight’s reading activities, the first was how cute it was to watch Jacob read to Violet while hunted up a book to read. The second hit me as I was putting the book down for the night, I haven’t read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the years that this was a book I would read, I didn’t read and some how I never went back to read it. What I’m not sure is if after the first, or second chapter if it was me or the kids that wanted to continue.

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Today when I was sitting down to post my picture of the day it occurred to me that I haven’t shared a picture of one of Jacob’s presents that stood out for me. It’s a skateboard that his cousin Diana had made for him. It’s still missing wheels, but he loves it. He loves that it has a Power Ranger and his initials.

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Today Jacob rode his bike over to Nana and Papa’s, and while Melissa, Violet and I met up with friends to see Monsters University (Jacob will be going on Wednesday with his class)  he was learning to ride his bike with out training wheels. I captured today’s picture of the day when I went to get him at the end of the day. My little guy is doing so well. I’m so proud of him.