Happy Father’s Day to all the dads! We all loved celebrating Jason today. But first…

On Monday, while Steven and I were flying back from NY, Sammy and Amaya went to a local splash pad. How cute are they?

I took the whole day off so, in the afternoon, Ashley and I took the kids for frozen yogurt.

Steven doesn’t like ice cream so he stuck with fruit. This kid, lol. Back in April when we went out for ice cream he just wanted to eat pears instead. I definitely won’t discourage him! (Side note: At bedtime I sing songs to the kids. Amaya usually asks me to sing a song about ice cream. She’ll tell me who’s eating ice cream, what kind we’re having and if there are sprinkles. Lately, it’s been Amaya, Mommy and Else eating ice cream in the song. On Friday night, Elsa didn’t want ice cream. She just wanted fruit.)

Often, before I leave for work, the kids want me to stay and play for a bit. It’s hard to say no so I rarely do. <3

So creative.

Wednesday was a “sweets” theme. Amaya had popsicles, Steven had an ice cream cone and Sammy had a lollipop. The socks are my favorite part. I’m almost disappointed when their socks match.

Wednesday night, Sammy and I drove to Grandma Sunshine’s house for a two night sleepover! I had a meeting in Lansing so it was easy enough for me to just take Sammy with me and leave him with Grandma until she came to our house on Friday. Happy, happy Bubba.

PT for Steven on Thursday. Amaya didn’t want her picture taken, lol.

Fun for Sammy with Grandma!

Dinner out with Grandma and Aunt Annette. He had his heart set on going to a restaurant and I was confident Grandma wasn’t going to disappoint!

On Friday morning, Baby Taco came to work with Megan. Steven was very excited to show her all of his farm animals. Amaya told us she’s Baby Taco’s mommy.

Megan had family in town so she packed up Steven, Amaya and Taco and met up with her family at Kensington Park.

The kids love Megan’s mom. Though they might still call her “Steffie’s mommy”. 🙂

Sammy returned home to us in the afternoon, just in time to take Grandma, Steven and Amaya for an airplane ride.

Captain Sammy!

Friday afternoon, Ashley guided Steven, Sammy and Amaya on a special Father’s Day gift for Jason. They had a blast. (Later that night, Amaya told Daddy, “We made a shirt for you with paint. It’s a kuprise.”)

Friday evening, the weekend really got started when Aunt Ouize, Nancy and Abe arrived!! Hooray!!

It took hardly any time at all for Amaya to climb into Abe’s lap. She tried to do it slyly, too, literally slinking over him keeping a side-eye on the rest of us to see if we noticed.

On Saturday morning the Father’s Day prep continued! Amaya was the only taker for our special craft and she was very excited about it. Also super cooperative.

Yoda Best Dad, Jason!!

Once Yoda was done, Steven decided he wanted in on the fun but he wanted blue. Dark blue, not light blue. 🙂

Amaya also insisted I paint both of her hands.

Late morning we had some pool time! Everyone is getting more into the spirit of summer water fun. Even Steven went down the slide which he’s been a little hesitant about until now.

Filling up their buckets with Aunt Ouize.

Watering the bushes with Nancy.

Washing Daddy’s car! The hose was a huge it and I was pretty impressed with how well everyone did taking turns.

After a quick nap, the whole gang headed to Detroit for our first family baseball game!! It was a lot of fun and a LOT of work. Afterward, Jason and I both said we were very glad it wasn’t just the 5 of us there. The extra hands were very much needed and extremely helpful.

Waving to Daddy. <3

Amaya brought the little bucket in her left hand and the ponytail holder in her right hand. I am surprised to say they both made it home with us. This face us such classic Amaya.

Turns out, when you’re three and have trouble drinking from a water bottle, a little plastic play doh bucket makes a great cup.

Counting batters with Daddy.

Steven and I went for a walk on the concourse and he was very clear about the direction he wanted to go.

The whole gang!!

We made it until the top of the 8th before heading out. The kids did as well as I think we could have hoped for 3 three year olds at a baseball game. Definitely an awesome experience.

This morning started off with Fathers’s Day gifts for Jason. Happy Father’s Day, Daddy! I know these kids couldn’t ask for a better dad and I love sharing this life with you. ♥ ♥ ♥

The masterpiece!

Amaya was so into the shirt. She kept telling Jason, “I need to touch the paint”. And “It’s shiny!” Anytime he wants 1:1 time with Amaya I suspect this shirt will do the trick.

One more shirt story. Jason went out right before the kids went to bed and he was still wearing his Father’s Day shirt. Sammy asked him if he was going to show it to everyone. “Will you show everyone the shirt we made for you?” My heart near about burst.

Oddly today, there were wild turkeys in the backyard. Steven is telling everyone to be quiet so we don’t scare them away. (You can kind of see them in the top left corner of the pictures.)

Everyone loved singing with Nancy!

(Don’t mind the crying in this next one. Steven really wanted to play the guitar. Another one should be here tomorrow. 😉 )

It was a quiet afternoon before we said goodbye to everyone at bedtime and the day wrapped up with story time with Daddy.

Jason – I hope you enjoyed your day as much as we all did!

And one last story. Steven’s memory and integration of events is incredible. On Friday, he was flying a pretend airplane with Grandma Sunshine. When the plane landed, Grandma told Sammy he could get off the airplane but Steven said, “Wait! We have to taxi first!” Then tonight I was listening at their door and Steven was telling Sammy that he had to wait until the pilot made the plane ding and then Sammy can get off the plane. My little traveler. 🙂

Have a great week!