We arrived home on Father's Day after the marathon weekend in Duluth to an empty house -- Travis and Elizabeth had taken our girls with them to Elizabeth's family's Father's Day celebration, where it sounds like they gorged on food and played games.
We unloaded and unpacked, and saw that the house was in its usual disarray. Once everyone arrived home, we found that the "disarray" had a purpose: it was a planned and prepared Father's Day party!
Lindsey had created a banner which someone had hung for her in the living room. Then, she had created different activity stations: a drawing station, where you could draw a Father's Day card, a card station where you set the finished cards, a present station, a tea party station, and best of all, a hugs and kisses station, which Lindsey correctly predicted would be Wayne's favorite station of all.
We began the party with a tea party, with tasty little treats provided by me. Lindsey played server and would take people's orders for cinnamon swirls or marshmallow cakes. Lndsey and Marissa both poured water for each other -- the Sunday flyer was the placemat of choice.
Then we emptied the present station and brought Wayne his presents, both handmade pieces by the girls. Here's Wayne opening up Marissa's gift -- I love how she jumps up and down when she gets excited.
The hugs and kisses part happened in various stations, we didn't need to be near the fireplace for that.
It was a fantastic Father's Day and such a wonderful way to finish the weekend.
Fantastic Story!! You put up with fights, whining, temper tantrums but you get such a big reward for the difficult times.
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