Spending time with the kids

Last weekend I had the chance to spend some time with my two boys who are 7 and 3 years old. I work two jobs and have been pretty busy as of late so I rarely get to have any family time. My wife is a trooper holding down the fort when I’m working and taking care of 3 kids ( I have a daughter too). Last Saturday my little guy and I went to the movies and then out to lunch. He told me all about what he does when he’s in pre-school and what kind of toys he would like to get when he turns four later this month. I watched him look at me at times and smile and I just knew that he knew my attention was all towards him and we had a great time. I got to know a little bit more about my little guy and it made me very happy and also sad because as a father I should have known all that along time ago.

My oldest son and I went to a Phoenix Coyotes game that night and had a fun time, he too told me alot about school and what he was looking forward to getting for his birthday this week. He told me what he knew about hockey and what players were his favorite. He liked the fact that we were out with his dad’s co-workers and friends from work(Ankarlo team) and that he could eat all the junk food he wanted and not worry what mom would say. Later that night when I tucked him in bed, he looked at me and said thanks dad, this was one of my favorite days ever. Wow…Talk about trying to keep it together, I smiled at him and being choked up with what he said, I told him Your welcome son, thanks for making my night the best ever.

I know alot of us work and can’t always be there for our kids when we want to but that Saturday taught me to be more aware of how my kids are doing and to try to spend as much time as I can, even if it’s just 10 minutes to talk or let them show you what they did in school that day. I always want my kids to know that their father and mother always made time for them no matter what time of day or how tired we were.