Father’s day took on new meaning for me around 4 years ago with the first year that we had our first child in that year. That was the Father’s Day that I got to buy me a motorcycle. Oh yeah, good times good times. Now that we have two and one more coming the gifts cost less but are ever more valuable. I had a wonderful Father’s Day and the dollar amount was significantly less than that first year. Oddly enough, I like this one just as well if not more since RaeLynne was here to have on this special day.
I am not just going to blah blah blah on about the wonderful things that my family did for me this year, but I am also going to inform those that may not know the significance of this year’s Father’s Day.
Did you know that this is the 100th birthday of Father’s Day. This is not the “official national” observance, but the time frame of when it was first observed. In 1910 a woman by the name of Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd realized that Mother’s Day was two years strong and there was not a Father’s Day in the calendar. She looked back on her life to remember how it was her father that has sacrificed and supported her due to the fact that her mother had died during child birth. She recalled all that he had done in her raising and decided to suggest that such a holiday be invented. She approached the ministers and officials of Spokane, Washington and instantly received glowing support. The Mother’s Day idea was heavily supported throughout the country but Father’s Day did not take hold so quickly. As a matter of fact the official Father’s Day did not happen until 1972.
So on to MY Father’s Day!
My Father’s Day started out just the way every dad should get to. I was allowed to sleep in while Becky and the girls went into the living room. I slept till a ripe 8:30. For those of you laughing right now, have a kid and see just how early these little boogers like to awaken. This was bliss. I woke up and was given my choice of activities to do. While thinking about what to do, I kept thinking about what I needed to get done. I quickly decided to go to the park before I got too close to the lawnmower.
So we loaded up the van and went to the park with the intention of playing on the playground and doing some fishing. Upon reaching our destination, we found that there was a car show and VFW event being held there. COOL! So we walked around the park in the blazing heat and looked at some really cool old cars and heard some good music. I avoided the $2 fountain drink stand and did not dare to look at prices of the food they were selling.
After seeing some cool cars we went on to play at the playground. Rory quickly climbed the ladder to the big slide, came about a fourth of the way down, and starting screaming “HOT HOT HOT!!!” She could not get back up and was not about to go on down. So I climbed up the slide backwards to get her down. RaeLynne saw all this action and wanted in on it. NO I did not put her on the big hot slide. I climbed her up and slid her down on my lap. She loved it so much I had to do it three more times. Then I had to do the same with Rory. Fun stuff. RaeLynne had some fun chasing some ducks and Rory piddled around a little while longer. Then we decided to go home to fill up the kiddie pool and let them cool off. As we were traveling home, my wonderful sister in law invited us to come down and swim in their much larger above ground pool. How did she know? We went and the girls all had a blast.
We then made our way on home and had a great supper of country ham, gravy, biscuits, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Yummy southern goodness. Now the video games have been fired up and it is time to put RaeLynne to bed. What a wonderful Father’s Day.
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To all you father’s out there:
I hope your day went as well as mine.
Father’s Day is not just a day to remember fathers, but a day to appreciate how wonderful it is to be one. My life has been blessed exponentially with the birth of our children.
To all you first year fathers:
You are sure to be full of excitement and joy. I mean another day of presents right? The more Father’s Days that have gone by the better they have been. Cherish this and all to come.
My information for Father’s Day history came mostly from HERE!