Alder's Tone

Happy Father's Day...It's been the most covered topic of conversation in our house this last week or so, more than Mother's Day was in March. The first half of the year covers most things for us, with my birthday first, MOTS' birthday close behind, then Mother's Day and finally Father's Day.

With my days are at either end of the spectrum it means there's competition to be had. MOTS makes the opening bid with my birthday, to which I get a quick return. Then I can choose to raise when it comes to Mother's Day. But then the final trump can come in June for Father's Day.

As long as I get a card and some quality playtime with my boy then that's all it'll take to make me happy. Anyhting else is just material.

I got an early card on Wednesday. I was putting his nursery report book back in his back when it jammed on something, on inspection it was a hand-made card from nursery in his bag wishing me a Happy Father's Day. It was made by the older kids, written by the staff, and there was a scrawl of pen at the bottom. That's the first thing he's ever written, even we haven't tried him with a pen in his hand for any card signing yet. Totally made my day on Wednesday did that, I was grinning like a Cheshire cat all day.