Donuts with Daddy at Appletree...

Here's my (Tara's) take on this adorable event. Gavin was beaming to have Daddy in his classroom on "Donuts with Daddy" day at school, and not a single daddy missed. Isn't that incredible...and so encouraging? Mrs. Tonelli's take was interesting, in talking with her after the event. Whereas moms come in and socialize and spend time with their kids and other classmates, she said that the dads spend their time in the classroom intentionally focused on their own kids and don't do lots of chummin' around. Makes sense--just considering the basic differences between men and women--and I bet it made the sons and daughters feel so special and noticed.

One of the first things that all the kids in Gavin's class did was line up to sing a song and hold up these flash cards. It has been too long since this day, so I (Brent) can't remember what it said but I think it was something like Happy Father's Day. Gavin was super excited, as you can see by this nice face I caught him making.

One of the highlights of the day was that each child answered a series of questions about their dads and then the parents got to guess which dad was being described. Apparently, mine included quite a few things that had been inherited from Tara. For example, I guess I locked Gage in the car at some point. I had to just laugh and smile and take one for the team. Gavin's highlight was probably watching all the dads, including me, do the tootie tah dance :) It's something that is best left seen in person rather than being described, needless to say, Gavin gets a HUGE kick every time they do the dance. It was awesome to be a part of Gavin's school day and see him in his element. I am so glad that he has been in AppleTree. It has been an amazing experience for him and his teacher is really a huge influence in his life.