Father's Day


I don't entirely buy into Father's or Mother's or Valentine's or any of those days that have been turned into a mass marketed, money grabbing load of nonsense. I surprised myself there. Clearly I buy into it even less than I thought!

However, having said that, the kids and I did make a little booklet for the dad in our house. It was eight pages and I just got the kids to write (or tell me so I could write - in the case of Jed) and draw their responses to questions about dad such as:
*words I would use to describe dad...
*why we love dad...
*what makes dad great...
*etc

What they produced was reasonably entertaining - especially as both children had made up several adjectives to describe Andy - still not sure what was meant by 'shirtish'. Overall, however, I was a little disappointed about the result. That was until the last page which asked the children, 'If you could change one thing about dad, what would you change?' This clearly captured Jed's attention as he suggested earnestly,

"I would like him to have more (yes 'more') super powers so he could do things even morer and I would actually prefer it if he was a penguin."

Comments

  1. Fred Miller20 June 2010 at 14:05

    A true dad will actually acquire more superpowers and study to become a flightless bird of some sort after hearing his child say that.

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  2. Carol20 June 2010 at 20:12

    That is utterly brilliant!! I adore the fact that he wants him to be a penguin :-). You have cool kids!!

    C x

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  3. Ken Devine20 June 2010 at 21:45

    Hi Molly P
    The morer I read it the better it gets.

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  4. Jonathan20 June 2010 at 22:11

    Shirtish? Definitely. And Andy has often been mistaken for a penguin at black tie gigs. But he keeps his super powers well hidden, unless being super modest is one of them.

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  5. Eric21 June 2010 at 00:15

    Hah, someone needs to wear the tux around the house more often?

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  6. Clippy Mat21 June 2010 at 01:27

    'do things even morer'... I love that.
    ;-)

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  7. Mark In Mayenne21 June 2010 at 07:03

    Penguin? Ostriches are better :)

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  8. jim_greenan21 June 2010 at 11:05

    I've always said that about Andy, It would be so much better if he was a penguin.

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  9. The bike shed21 June 2010 at 22:26

    Mmmmm.... A bird that wants to be a seal.... surely, they got that wrong.

    Except, did you know that Penguins make people happier than any other bird - strange, but true.

    M

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  10. The Accidental Author22 June 2010 at 09:18

    What a lovely post! And how lucky they are to have a Dad that is both shirtish and possessing of superpowers even if he isn't a penguin!

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