As promised, pictures of our Father’s Day nursery project:
The little figures were made with the kids fingerprints. This is the one that I made for my dad, from Shiloh. The other mugs, from the kids at church, said “____ & Daddy.” I know it’s kind of simple, but I thought it was a cute idea. I was going to let the older kids decorated the cups a little bit more, but things were so crazy and chaotic in the nursery, today, that I left them like that. Everyone also made a World’s Greatest Dad award, so that’s something else that the kids actually colored for their dads.
Today was a decent day. Nursery was crazy, but it was Shiloh’s fault. She wanted to be held the whole time. She would scream and cry anytime I put her down. I was trying to do a project with the other kids, with unwashable paint, and Shiloh was screaming and trying to climb in my lap the whole time. It was a little bit stressful. I don’t know what her deal was. She’s usually happy to play and isn’t very clingy. Oh well, I made it through.
Someone at church told me Happy Father’s Day today. I thought that was kind of funny. He said, “For what it’s worth, happy father’s day. I know you’re kind of a mom and dad and you’re doing a great job.” It was nice.
I feel kind of bad because I didn’t send Ed a Father’s Day card or anything. I shouldn’t feel bad about it, it would probably only make things worse, but I’m good at making myself feel guilty. I just have a feeling he probably expected one. He’s weird like that. I haven’t talked to him in months, since I told him I was filing for a divorce. I was just going through some paperwork and found a card he sent me on Mother’s Day. We were in the middle of the divorce and he wrote about how he missed me and Shiloh (how can you miss someone you’ve never been around?) and how ”thankful” he is for us. The card annoyed me more than anything. Why would you send a card saying how thankful you are when you’re getting a divorce? Someone else reading the card would have thought we were happily married. Whatever. Happy Father’s Day everyone!
3 Comments
June 16, 2008 at 12:16 am
The mugs are cute ideas, really! I like the finger print thingy, it’s so sweet.
Maybe Shiloh was feeling alittle “lost” because of father’s day..
I agree your statement as “how can you miss someone you’ve never been around?” I had asked this question before “How can you say you love the kid very much when you spend your last dollar on that $1k mobile phone than spending it on the kid?” :/
June 16, 2008 at 2:13 pm
That was a very sweet comment from the guy about you being a mom and dad! So thoughtful! Happy Father’s Day! LOVE the mugs, too cute.
June 17, 2008 at 12:08 am
I LOVED the Father’s Day mugs! SO cute! And just for the record I think the Father’s Day comment was right on-you’re awesome all the way around!