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• Jul. 26, 2007 - Things Daddy Does

I asked Mike to type out a few things about he's interaction with the children. He was very modest in giving his few examples. I can think of a lot more that he does. Here's his comments Timothy and Luke have been working very regularly on their reading, math, history, spelling/alphabet and science. Luke has shown a very high interest in entomology; he knows nearly all of the common backyard insects... Such as ants, wasps, grasshoppers, bees, moths, butterflies, and worms. He can describe their habits, life span, procreation habits, and habitats. Luke also shows a keen interest and knowledge of gardening, planting, watering and transplanting. Luke’s reading habits include: word recognition, writing his own full name, knowledge of his town, state, street address, phone number, alphabet, and writing letters to others. Luke and I have planted our garden together. Which includes using garden tools like wheel barrow and shovel, hoe etc...tilling the soil, planting seeds according to the instructions, and watering the plants. We have done many projects together, including: putting together their new bikes, home improvement (painting, hammering nails to join wood on our new flooring, washing & vacuuming the van, cleaning windows, sweeping the floors, putting together a table, helping with grocery shopping, helping out with bringing in the groceries, putting the groceries away especially the perishables quickly, putting clothes in the washer and dryer, folding clothes, loading and unloading the dishwasher. Timothy will do the same activities, but prefers the more project oriented activities rather than chores. Both Timothy and Luke have gotten better with their basic skills by using educational software. They are now better with their numbers, letters, fractions, and choice making. They also like logic games, puzzles, and mazes. Daddy takes Tim's Picture ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not only does he forget to mention that he has taught them 100's of other skills. He neglects to mention that he is the glue that keeps the home together well at least in part! We wouldn't want to try to function without him. All of the children miss him terribly when he has to be away more than usual. And they love it when he can be home more than usual because they know he loves them and keeps their relationships as one of his highest priorities. This very last week he not only worked a tremendous amount of hours to support our needs but spent hours reading to them, worked on projects that better our lives, took the time to ask them about their days, shopped for them, fixed them snacks, wiped away tears, gave kisses and hugs, baths, made decisions about extra activities they could participate in, told them he loved them and prayed for them. I am sure I am forgetting many things myself. This past year he has taken them to hundreds of trips to the library, shopping, post office, to get car repairs, buy hardware and home improvement supplies, lumber all while I stayed home doing other projects. He takes them regularly to various parks as well as walks in our neighborhood for exercise. He's instructed them on important social skills, spiritual matters,  as well as academics. He's modeled how to be a godly father. And to care for our fellow man.

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