They sleep in late and heat up leftover spaghetti and meatballs for breakfast, her favorite. In their pajamas, they head out to buy stuff like fertilizer, windshield wiper fluid, and choo choo trains. After doing yard work and car maintenance, they spend the rest of the afternoon shirtless in front of the television, watching basketball games and The Little Mermaid. At bedtime, they cuddle and laugh together at the conversations between her princess doll, Mr. Dino, and Saurus. When she crawls into our bed at 3 am, he takes her little hand and lulls her back to sleep with his snores.
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This was written for Lance's 100 Word Song challenge. This week's song was Ok Go's "This Too Will Pass." I was inspired by the car and dominos at the start of the video; those are two of my two-year-old's favorite toys right now. And the title of the song seems to refer to the fact that our daughter is going to grow up and she and my husband eventually won't have these kinds of moments together anymore :(
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My wish is for all little girls to have such loving, comfortable relationships with their dad.
ReplyDeleteMy husband has a really great relationship with our girls. I hope it stays that way for years to come :)
ReplyDeleteSounds cozy.
ReplyDeleteI love the feel of this. Such touching little moments of normalcy. Your daughter, and your husband, are lucky!
ReplyDeletelove!
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies!
ReplyDeleteHow very sweet. To me, it was about how everything, the good, the bad, passes, and how once a chain of events is set in motion, little things lead to big ones, small wonders into vast disasters and back again. (Though in general, the size of things rises, especially towards the end.)
ReplyDeleteSo sweet, so nice for dads and daughters to have this kind of relationship. Love!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely. Reminds me of the days my dad let me play hooky from kindergarten so we'd rake leaves, play checkers and eat forbidden (by my mother) junk food.
ReplyDeleteaw... basketball and the little mermaid!
ReplyDeleteYou paint such an intimate portrait in 100 words. Love.
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