So Father's Day 2008 started out with Dane staying in bed late while I got the kids up and ready for church. Dane stayed home from Sunday School and joined us later for the church service. I know that makes him a slacker but I thought he deserved it this once :o)!
As a surprise to him I wore and orange shirt as did Koen. (Orange is Dane's favorite color) Emmaleigh didn't have anything orange so she wore her brand new dress with green and peachy pink in it, however Dane loves her in dresses so he was pleased. I will take a moment here to sound like a complete snob and say that this dress is Osh Kosh B'Gosh and I almost paid $30+ for it at the outlets in Vacaville but decided to be frugal. I GOT IT FOR $6.99 at ROSS!!!!!! Moving on.....He didn't however like that we all wore orange he thought people would think it was his idea and he thought it was cheezy. Then he forgot we wore orange and he wore orange to church. It was cute this once but then it made me cringe and think of future years when we are old, like 50, and think it is cute to do this all the time! MOM IF YOU ARE READING THIS IT STILL ISN'T CUTE WHEN YOU AND DAD DRESS ALIKE! And, Dane just commented "I didn't think it was cheezy I thought it was gay!"
After church we all came home and took a nice peaceful nap. Around 4 we decided to go to the Texas Roadhouse for dinner because that is Dane's favorite restaurant. We knew it would be busy so when we left the house at 4:15 we decided to call ahead and put our name on the list because they have call ahead seating. They told us the wait was 40-50 minutes. Well it takes like 20 minutes to get there so we thought, great we will just have to wait like a half hour. NOOOOOOOOOOOO....they were miscalculating the time apparently and we didn't get seated til 6:15. It was about 90 degrees out, there was no indoor seating, and we had 2 children who are to say the least dramatic. So we wait outside for a little while and Emmaleigh starts complaining that it's too hot. Which then turns into "I'm dying of heat exhaustion". I would like to stop here and ponder where does she hear phrases like this? We don't watch the news so I have no clue who used this phrase with her. Okay so back to the story. She then ups the drama by walking in circles going "water, water, water" ! At that point I was angry and so Dane just wanted to go but then I am stubborn so I refuse to leave. Once we were actually seated each child drank an entire cup of water and then Koen had a cup of milk and Emmaleigh had pop. Dane drank 4 glasses of drink in under 10 minutes. WE WERE SO THIRSTY!
For Dinner, Dane ha
d the Ribs and Ribeye platter, it's his favorite, with house salad and chili. Koen ate an entire basket of rolls. That would equal 5 rolls. The pictures are of Koen eating a roll and then what happens when he thought I was going to eat one of the rolls out of the basket. It proves that this fear of not having enough food runs deep in the Brooks' family. I know hedidn't get it from me. Anyways, Emmaleigh had the Macaroni and Cheese
and I ate a bite of Dane's steak, 2 bites of his salad, 2 bites of chili, and 1 roll. It was a very fun evening (once we were seated). We then went home and put the kids to bed and Dane and I just relaxed for the rest of the evening.I will take a moment here and point out that Dane is the World's Best Daddy! I am so thankful that God put him in my life to be a father to our kids. Emmaleigh just adores her daddy and he really takes the time with her so that she will never feel a lack of love from him. Monday's are their Jamba and Library night. Dane will take her out after dinner to the Library and then they go to Jamba Juice where they each get a Citrus Squeeze Jamba. They spend about 2 hours together and Emmaleigh looks forward to it so much. Koen and Dane don't do too much together yet because Koen is so small still but they love to tumble on the floor together. Koen cries everytime Dane leaves and Emmaleigh sits by the door from 4-4:30ish until daddy gets home. Below is a picture book of him and the kids on Father's Day. WE LOVE YOU DADDY!
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2 comments:
Ok, so as I've been informed that despite the fact the header of this blog specifically says it's my blog ( Blog of Dane and Shandela Brooks) I'm not allowed to alter orginal posts in any way.
So Here is where I'll make my corrections.
1. I did not say I thought everyone wearing orange on fathers day was gay. I did say, that if it had been my idea that would be gay, meaning that would have made me seem gay. However because it was my sweet wonderful wife's idea, it was just sweet and cute. The only concern I had is that people would think it was my idea, thus think I'm kind of gay.
2. I did not want to leave Texas Roadhouse at anytime, I offered to leave several times because I did not want to put everyone else through tourture just so I could stuff my face.
3. I'd like to point out in the 3rd paragraph 5th sentence Shandela used the wrong form of there. " it takes like 20 minutes to get thier" should be there.
4. I've heard Shandela say "it's so hot I think I'm dying of heat exhaustion" thus solving the mystery of where Emmaleigh came up with such a statement. On the other had, it is odd because I belive the last time Shandela said that Emmaleigh was about 2 years old.
You guys crack me up! Glad to see I'm not the only one who makes typos (there were a couple of other ones besides the their/there thing) in my Blog posts. At least you didn't make any in the title though, Shandela :-) Can't wait to see you all in a few days.
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