Over the past several months we have been carefully tending to the grass we seeded last fall. It finally started filling in and a few weeks ago it was time to put a good amount of fertilizer on it. That day Dallan taught the boys how to run the lawn mower and fertilizer spreader. Matthew was beaming as he mowed the entire lawn, and Josh was so proud that Dallan let him push the fertilizer spreader. He was so patient with them, and the boys were so proud of his confidence in them. Over the past several days, we've seen several dead spots appear on the lawn where it looked like the fertilizer was dumped. I expressed to Dallan that maybe he shouldn't let the boys fertilize any more. His response to me was,
"We aren't raising grass, we're raising boys."
My boys are so lucky to have such a special man as their father, and me... I'm the luckiest wife in the world.
For part of Dallan's Father's day surprises, each of the boys made him some "Dad tickets." My favorite one was from Mitchell: "This ticket is good for: a trip to ancient Egypt with you..."
Mitchell was also very proud of the tie he made. Dallan wore it for the morning, but Mitchell was worried about him wearing it to church because it was raining outside.
4 comments:
Love the tie! And, I love Dallan's comment as well. The boys are in the learning phase and one day, the spreader might just put out the right amount of fertilizer. How great it is that they wanted to help their Dad.
How awesome is that tie!!!! What a great Dad. Hope he had a lovely day (we celebrate Father's Day in September in Australia :)
I love that you recorded that comment. He is truly a great man.
Oh, that's a cute story about raising boys not grass. I also admire Dallan's proud wearing of the tie! He's stylin'!
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