Father’s day can be a difficult day to navigate for many of us. I find it usually has to do with unmet expectations. I know I’ve struggled with this at times, wishing our family picture looked just a little more like the families I saw at church.
But instead of focusing on what’s missing, let’s turn our focus upward and ask God to show us how to honor our men. Make a list of the things your husband does best with your kids and you, then pray and ask God how you can show him respect and appreciation on his special day.
Here are some fun ideas you can do with the kids:
1. Sit down with your kids and make an “I love it when Dad…” list. Either by hand or on a computer, decorate your list and get a frame to show it off. He can hang in his office at home or at work. This is a great way to affirm him as a husband and father.
2. Have the kids help you make him a special breakfast. Fuss over him that morning even if it means staying home from church. This will show him and your children that he’s important to you.
3. Think about one thing your husband really enjoys. A sport, an activity, an event. Surprise him with tickets to a game, plan a day doing his favorite activity, or make his gift something he’s always wanted to do.
4. Give him the day off. For an entire day, make it all about him. Set up his comfy chair with basket with all his favorite treats, a book or video he’s been wanting, and put the remote control in the center. Then join him!
5. Create a coupon book full of acts of service that he can tear out and claim. Your kids will have a blast coming up with ideas for this one. Let them draw each coupon and then staple it together in a booklet.
6. Take him out to his favorite restaurant or on a picnic.
7. Wash his car. The kids will think you’re a hero!
8. Give him a back and shoulder rub. Get the kids to take turns too.
9. If your husband likes to play games, plan a game day full of his favorites and have fun! (You could even let him win sometimes.)
10. Ask him what he’d like to do most that day and then set out to make it happen.
I hope this gives you some ideas. You may even set a new standard that will come around and bless you next Mother’s Day. ?
Praying and believing,
Dineen
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