A few nights ago I took my oldest to my grandparents’ in order to drop off some muffins. It was later in the evening, so I took my 4.5yo son with me as the rest of the kids were already in bed.

On the way there I told my son that after our short visit we could go to the store to pick up several items that I needed. As it turned out, our visit was unexpectedly but nicely prolonged so that by the time we left my grandparents’ house, it was almost my son’s bedtime. Naturally, he was somewhat disappointed that we couldn’t go to the store since he had already requested to spend some time with Daddy. I told him that we only have time for one thing: either go to the store (which he likes) or spend time with Daddy (which he gets every evening anyway).  Their time together is very simple: they either read books together or do an activity together.  Without any hesitation he said he wanted to spend time with Daddy. It was very heart warming to see his desire to spend time with his father.