Friday, June 22, 2012

Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda

We all know that Sunday was Father's Day. But in our house it was also a bit of a farewell to Seth. If you recall in this post I kinda updated ya'll that I don't get to PCS with Seth to North Carolina. And he left yesterday. So knowing this, Father's Day was bittersweet.

First let me begin by saying that stepparents, good stepparents (in my opinion) are amazing individuals. To accept someone else's biological child and raise them as your own is one of the most selfless acts someone can commit to. And Seth has definitely done just that. Yes, we have our differences like every other married couple does, but he took me (baggage and all). And he treats my brood like his own. We married when Owen was only two. And now that he's six he reminds me so much of Seth, seeing those two together makes me so excited to have our own child, but enough of that, otherwise I may give myself baby fever again...and Lords knows we don't need that because baby Rumbarger probably won't happen for at least another few years. I digress...

In our house we are big on tradition. Additionally, I'm a bit of a nerd and I'm slightly corny so handmade/personalized gifts mean more to me than a $5,000 diamond ring. Seriously. I'm a straight-up dork like that. So, naturally, we made Seth's Father's Day gift. 

First up, Ariana collects stuff...seashells, river rocks, earrings, and the kid has more lip gloss and lotion than our local retailers. Fo' real. So we went with the 'Daddy rocks' theme. I used a glass container I had and we filled it up with river rocks from Air's collection. But I didn't have enough so I had to make a not-so-covert-trip to Michael's to fill the rest of it up. Then we put 'Daddy, You Rock' on one side of the glass container.


Up next the kids used some cute little silver stickers and wrote 'We love you dad' and glued a cute little lizard on the border, then we popped it in an Ikea frame and voila! Cute.


We also made him his favorite breakfast: biscuits and gravy. Ari even broke out her Dairy Queen Blizzard machine and made him some homemade vanilla ice cream. She even added cool whip and pop rocks on top. Meow!



Then Owen drew a pic and wrote a note, as did I...write a note that is, I didn't draw anything, I'm not a good drawer. Say that ten times fast. Drawer, drawer, drawer, drawer... 


That's a crayon, marker, and rock rendition of Seth in case the blonde hair and hazel eyes didn't give it away. I'm not certain why he drew a random car below his Daddy's head though, I didn't dare question the artist.

So there you have it. Our Father's day, just three days before Seth left us. Wait, that sounded bad. Hold on, it is bad. Jesus, I'm gonna stop now. Hope your Father's Day was ahmazing! Happy late Father's Day to all the dads out there! And if you're a truly great step-parent (my kids' stepmom included) Thank you, thank you, thank you! You. are. awesome.

Now I'll leave you with some pics of the crew, and of course I gotta include my main squeeze since this is a Post-Father's Day post and everything. Here's Seth and Owen during our Busch Gardens trip last week.


They were watching the tigers get fed raw meatballs. 'Twas entertaining. And below are the older two - E was a typical man; staring at the map because he was lost. Well, no, I guess he'd have to ditch the map and say, "We're NOT LOST!" to fit that stereotype. And Ariana was telling him exactly where to go, because like all women, we know everything and had he just listened to her they wouldn't be lost. Can you tell by the look on her face that she's not thrilled with him. Gotta love those two. They fight like an old married couple.


And just for fun, here's Jersey and Ari being silly while I snapped the photos of Seth's gifts the other day.


So what about ya'll? Did you cook the father in your life his favorite breakfast or whip up a homemade Sundae? Am I crazy that I'd rather have something creative and personal as a gift than a gajillion dollar tennis bracelet? Tell me I'm not the only DIY nerd that appreciates something DIY a million times more than "a neeeeeewwwww carrrrr!" Imagine me saying that in my best Bob Barker voice. Hope ya'lls Father's Day was enjoyable. 

Peace,

Lor

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