Today was both mom’s birthday and mother’s day.

Crazy they fell on the same day…

H and K, you both made homemade cards for mom. H , yours was made with direction from school. K, you insisted on making an original.

See, we didn’t get her a store-bought present because when I asked her what she wanted, mom simply said she wanted to spend the day with all three of you.

We took her on a surprise trip to HTeaO to get her favorite tea (sweet raspberry) – and baked her a cake late in the evening.

I am so glad we had a nice day together celebrating mama.

I love you.

-Dad

We drove to Seminole today to eat lunch with Pop and Gammies and your cousins.

None of us stayed too long, but it was nice to see everyone and get out of town for a bit.

We ate lunch outside because the house was such a mess, but nobody seemed to mind it, it was so nice outside.

Honestly the day was a revolving door of: “Who gets to hold T next?”

We have all been on top of each other for so long, I forget everyone else has only seen T a few times.

We ate lasagna, visited as much as possible, and left to come home just after four.

H and K, we watched Finding Dory (after biscuits and bacon for dinner) and tucked you both in on the air mattress in the living room.

T, you are asleep in your bassinet on mom’s side of the bed.

Goodnight loves.

I love you.

-Dad

Today was a good day.

I went into work late, and H, you came with me.

I knew it would be a quiet day at the office, and I knew you needed an excuse to get out of the house as much as I did.

So when I invited you, you jumped at the chance.

We took your earphones and Kindle for entertainment – only to find out your Kindle’s battery was dead as soon as we got there… Thankfully, it was a non-issue.

While I worked, you happily drew pictures using my jar of pens and copy paper.

You were delighted when we got a fountain Coke from the downstairs break-room.

Later you watched a movie on my phone.

As I worked on my computer, you glanced up once with a dull look on your face, to which I asked: “It’s kinda boring, huh?”

You smiled at me and said: “It’s not boring being here with you.”

My goose. You have such a sweet heart.

After lunch, K, I took you to Dr. Paulger’s for a checkup. All this coronavirus mess, they even made us wear facemasks in the office.

In fact, when we got there we tried to walk in the door like normal and it was locked.

We had to call to tell them we were there, get called back when the doctor was ready, and then we were escorted straight into the building, past an empty waiting room, and directly into an exam room.

K, you were adorable.

You had the best little messy-bun going, you refused to wear your face mask, you said hello and smiled at every single person we passed, you asked the nurse for a toy from the toybox a dozen times, and you insisted on giving Dr. Paulger a hug at the end of the appointment.

I took a video of me spinning you on the doctor’s stool.

I love you.

-Dad