Things have been a little nuts for us here (more on that in future posts). To help celebrate Joshua's birthday I asked the girls (separately) what they love about him, what they love doing with him, and what makes him special. After that, I turned their responses into a poem. The content is theirs even if the rhymes are mine and Sydney came up with the first line all by herself. Enjoy!
What does Daddy’s birthday
need? Just a silly poem
There are so many fun
things Daddy does with us at home!
We play games like “Dinosaur
Bingo” and “Hide and Seek,”
He also traces our hands
capturing each valley and peak
“Which hand is it in?” and
“I spy” are favorite games of ours
And when we need some down
time we read books about astronauts and stars
In short, our Dad is no
slouch -
And when we get wild and
crazy he warns us not to break the couch
We venture to fun places
like Minnewaska and playgrounds,
On a sunny day the rail trail
is most likely where we’ll be found!
At the supermarket we help
Daddy and sometimes pick things out,
In the backyard we plant a
garden and spread the seeds all about
At special times Daddy
takes us to Maddie and Leah’s in Baltimore
And when we’re sick he
takes us to the doctor so we can be sick no more!
We love Daddy because he
makes funnies, laughs and jokes
He boils eggs for us and
even lets us eat them without the yolks
Daddy likes us and he
loves us with a smile that can’t be beat-
When we make good choices
and use our manners he even gives us special treats!
We love Daddy even though
he only has a face (and not a mustache like Owen’s Daddy)
To sum it up, having Daddy
as our Daddy makes our hearts so very happy!
Love, Sydney (4) and
Evelyn (2)
