Best Father's Day Gift Ever!

This Father's Day I received the best gift ever! Cassidy was so excited about her gift for me that she had to give me some hints several days before Father's Day. To give you a little background, I am a pure technogeek, and I love new things with electronics and high price tags. I think it is genetic, but I'm not sure I want to find a cure. So, I have been lusting over the iPad from Apple, but I'm not terribly excited about spending my money on one. So I don't have one ... but I want one. In my church group, the iPad seems to be multiplying like rabbits with a new one appearing every Sunday.

Cassidy says to me on Thursday, "Dad, you are going to love your gift. It has a battery, and you can take it to church." I thought, "hmmm, did Karen really buy me an iPad? Did she know that I really don't want the 3G version? What size did she buy? the 16 GB or the 32 GB? No, she wouldn't spend that much on Father's Day. But I have been a pretty good Dad this year."

Then Sunday morning, Cassidy came downstairs and said, "Let's get Dad his gift!" I started to get excited. Cassidy then brought out a paper gift bag with "tissue paper" which was really shredded toilet paper. The bag looked a bit small for an iPad ... but I continued. At the bottom I found my personalized iPad (small spiral paper notebook and a D battery). The best part was when she exclaimed, "Dad, it even has a battery so you can take it to church with you!"

I have a very funny daughter. She's creative and I love her!

Talk about Losing Your Mind

Slappy, the dummy, belongs to Ryan. Ryan bought Slappy with his birthday money. Slappy comes from the "Goosebumps" book series. His eyes glow in the dark and he kinda freaks me out. Which makes this story even better. This morning I was talking to Ryan and he picked up Slappy. Apparently Slappy had been to the guillotine because when Ryan pick him up his head fell off. This made me giggle and made Ryan cry. The best part was the first thing he said was, "He cost a lot of money!" (Ahh...finally he is learning the value of a dollar) Anyway, I used my motherly skills and fixed Slappy's head but I thought it was a perfect start to my week of single parenting while Nathan's at scout camp. Talk about losing your mind!!!