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fathers day love

6/11/2014

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alright...alright...i know....you feel abandoned because where in the h-e-double hockey sticks have i been?  i know.  i do.  i have missed you all very much.  okay...lets get on with it...or i might just cry. that's how much i've missed blogatroning.  that's how much i missed you. f'realz yo!

so, father's day.  it is pretty awesome when you have someone in your life that completely deserves adorning on such a day.  for all the others, get a tie, cuff links, old spice, or a head in a box (whoa, morbid reference from the movie Seven...holy! dunno where that came from.  dad issues much? kidding! i kid...i kid!) 

i got my husband's first father's day prezzie before we even had a child together.  he wanted to have a little one sooOooooOo bad and i was not on board.  i loved him so much that i wanted that sweet dream to come true for him and whether it was with me or someone else, i just knew that he would be the best dad ever.  so, i got him a blue ribbon that said #1 Dad!  we were at the music festival i used to put on, near Portland, OR, in our airstream rv, and it was father's day.  i played a harry houdini and pinned it on him mid-kiss.  we both shed a couple tears and..well...err...the magic spell was cast.  i was pregnant with our little man shortly after that.  

i love pining over what to do and how to show and reflect our daddy love for him at this time of year because he truly is the best papa i have ever seen or experienced.  this is one of the crafty bits we made for him last father's day. it was strung up right outside our bedroom door.  

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i got my 2 boys, Malakai and Lorijah, and sat down to tear strips of paper and color them all bright and happy.  i asked them what were some of their favorite things about their dad, things they liked to do with him, funny moments, memories.....it took a bit of prodding at first, but as i asked more specific questions, the yum started pouring out.  it was so fun and sooo sweet.  my cup runeth over.

they also helped me safety pin the little love notes to the cool cord i had brought out for this.  we pinned a few this's and that's here and there, like paper cranes, foam flowers, and strips of colorful netting (from a sack of lemons) to "up" the cute factor times a million and then boom. it was done. 

i strung it up in the wee hours.  when Loji woke, we put his present under a bright scarf with magnet letters spelling HAPPY FATHERS DAY on a tapestry on the ground, under the garland.  we made a breakfast picnic on the floor and set it up so when he walked out, after his big cozy sleep in, we were all there hanging out waiting for him. so cute. 

recycled materials people!  the sweetest presents are the ones from the heart; made with love.  you don't need much to let those around you know you adore and appreciate them.


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Lauren Horne
6/11/2014 02:01:13 pm

What's in the box? What's in the boooooox?!

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martha starfish link
6/11/2014 05:38:24 pm

it was a wicked cool mini bbq gazebo thing. haha. really don't know what it is called, but it looks super awesome outside and gives him cover from the sun and rain when he is grill mastering it up. grill on grill action;) yes, he has been known to grill in the rain.

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Alie
6/11/2014 02:44:45 pm

Oh Jody (or should I say Martha), this made me cry! Soooo sweet! I am SO excited for Roz's first Fathers Day and this just totally kicked my creativeness into gear! Thank you! And Happy Fathers Day to papa J! He sure is a special one. Love you guys!! xo

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martha starfish link
6/11/2014 05:40:29 pm

alie!!! too sweet! i can't wait to see what you come up with! i am so excited for roz's first father's day! oh wow. how was your first mother's day darling?

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Big poppa
6/11/2014 03:24:17 pm

Geez. The blest ever.

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martha starfish link
6/11/2014 05:41:49 pm

did you mean to slip that "l" in there? i love that! BLEST EVER!

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kyrian
6/11/2014 04:45:47 pm

So sweet! go martha!

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martha starfish link
6/11/2014 05:42:45 pm

ima keep goin!!

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Jenny
6/23/2014 11:48:39 am

Ok ok whoa...I almost just shed a tear at the thought of him walking out to all the magical words of appreciation along with a picnic right outside the bedroom. So precious!!! He I'm totes gonna do this next year

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    I'm Jody Starfish. My friends call me Martha Starfish because I obsess a wee bit over miss Martha Stewart, Pintrest, and all things clever and beautiful. Love to cook, play, craft, garden and love up my friends and family. Welcome to the rodeo.

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