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June 19, 2005

Daddy

My sons presented me with a notebook this morning: whay we love dad [spelling goes uncorrected for today]. Each had drawn a picture, and written down why they love me.

Connor, age 9, drew a picture of me, hairless and fiendishly grinning as I choke a small child, with two other children running away, smiling for some reason. I am informed that in fact I was tickling the child, and chasing the others. My fourth is nowhere to be seen, a fact that apparently disturbed Griffin to no end. The text says:

he Plays lots of Games with us he lovse us and works hard to Get the mony to feed us and Get toys for us and buys books for us and Givs us mony to do what ever we want with and takes us to fun Places.

Clearly, I need to explain the concept of allowance again.

Aidan, age 7, drew a frame within which it says "i love you dad". His text was:

He plays lots of games with us. He chases us. He loves us.

Griffin, or as he would say it, Frippen, age 4, refused to draw a picture. Instead, my wife wrote for him why he loves me: "He kills dinosaurs." Apparently, some time later, he added "with his fork", but the text does not reflect this, so it must remain apocryphal.

Lachlan, age 3, was the most colorful with his picture, a cross between Seurat and Pollack, and told my wife, "He's big. He's this tall. I love him 'cause I do."

Of all the titles I've been graced with at one time or another, the best ever has to be "Daddy". And I love my boys, too, just 'cause I do.

Posted by jeff at June 19, 2005 5:13 PM

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I really want to see you kill a dinosaur with your fork sometime.

BTW, that's wonderful stuff.

Posted by: TheOtherBlogger [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 19, 2005 7:55 PM

Yes, Griffin does seem to be on to you, doesn't he?

Posted by: Brian at June 19, 2005 11:10 PM