Dad's Birthday

58 Memories I Have Because You're My Dad

1. cheek-to-cheek
2. talking in the car on the way to softball practice
3. early morning runs around the lake
4. "Use your glove . . . it doesn't hurt as much."
5. top hats on Saturday morning
6. cream of what on Saturday morning
7. scrambled eggs & mashed toast on Saturday morning
8. waffles on Saturday morning
9. Adventures in Odyssey on Saturday morning
10. "Rinse your dishes & put them in the dishwasher."
11. drive the route with the least stop lights
12. playing catch in the front yard
13. riding on your shoulders
14. you coming into my room from the kitchen to tell me to turn my alarm clock off
15. "Sit down, slide down and lay down." (In 1" of water)
16. listening to me practice piano
17. Father/Daughter camping
18. Father/Daughter fishing - where I played with minnows
19. driving lessons at PESH
20. batting lessons at The Practice Tee
21. "Enjoy school/college; you'll have the rest of your life to work."
22. how to clean a bathroom - properly
23. how to mow the grass
24. how to weed eat/edge
25. how to wash a car
26. playing Space Commanders
27. learning to keep score while watching a Rangers game
28. Hogan's Heroes at lunch
29. fixing consolation/congratulatory breakfasts after my recitals
30. telling me I look pretty on my wedding day
31. naming our bunny "Ears"
32. driving around front so we could wave goodbye in the morning
33. eating PB&J, cheetos and milk and watching tennis
34. grilled cheese and cream of mushroom soup
35. stopping at every rest stop between here and Arizona
36. getting distracted by the TV when reading aloud to me
37. how to set up a budget
38. how to hit a ball
39. how to throw a ball
40. how to get your glove on the ground and catch a ball
41. sprinting through the end of a run
42. "Major in something you'd enjoy if you don't go to PA school."
43. teaching me to ride a two-wheeler with no training wheels
44. telling me I wouldn't die after falling on my teeth in the driveway
45. "The pot calling the kettle black."
46. Watching baseball at CCCC
47. slip n' slides in the backyard
48. "You have to have some rest mixed in with your work."
49. working on computers/servers on the weekend
50. how to set up a modem and a router
51. "Don't sweat the small stuff."
52. how to eat crabs and not lick your fingers
53. how to check the oil in my car
54. too many old wives' tales to count
55. ice cream at McDonalds after PCBC softball games
56. setting up and playing with your old race car track
57. finding crumbs and notes from "Santa" on Christmas morning
58. that Skittles taste better on walks home from the grocery store when eaten one at a time at every light pole.

Happy Birthday Dad! I bet the internet will NEVER be able to guess how old you are! ;-)