Monday, May 25, 2009

At least he has one

I've been feeling guilty lately, no change there. But THIS time I happen to feel guilty about wanting to be done with having kids (like there isn't a LOT of other things to feel guilty about), but not for the usual reasons. This time it was because Eric only has one little boy. He is such a man's man. A real adventurer. A lover of the outdoors. Everything you think of when you think "man" and that man deserves to have hords of little boys to teach how to be good men.
Anyways, I was feeling guilty, but then I saw these pictures from the father and sons camp out. Eric is the BEST dad in the world, and Ethan needs that focused love and attention. Ethan just looks SOOOOOO happy, and that made me happy. Eric may have only one boy, but that little boy adores him, and Eric adores him back. How can I feel guilty about that?

Eric is such a good sport. Lots of the boys wanted to fish and Eric was there to load up the poles and help them reel them in.
Ethan with one of his fish.
Ethan, Caleb and a bunch of the younger boys had a Lord of the Flies gang roaming around the camp site. I think this is why we have moms and dads. Moms have organized camp outs with timely meals, bed times, and refereed play. Dads have camp outs with meals that nobody knew would take 3 hours to prepare, bedtime when everyone is finally quiet, and roaming boys having stick fights (although Eric did think to put a light on Ethan's head so at least he could see where he was running with his gigantic stick).
They were just going to sleep in the back of the Pathfinder, but Caleb and Chad the Dad offered to share their tent. Ethan was so happy and insisted on sleeping right next to his best pal.

2 comments:

Tera said...

Ethan will have all of his dad's attention. Eric may not have a lot of boys, but his boy will have a lot of his dad. Eric won't have to divide his attention and so Ethan will get the best of his Dad. What can be better than that!

3stockdalekids said...

i agree, i don't know why guys even pack for a father and son they all just sleep in there clothes and are just crazy dirty when they get back. i should have just put cullen in the car and said see yah later. but they do have fun don't they?