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Last Minute Gift Ideas for Father’s Day

6 / 14 / 186 / 14 / 18

The Texting the Truth team compiled a list of easy ideas to help your hubby feel loved, respected, and noticed. Check them out!

 

  • Take pictures of your kids holding up the letters D-A-D. (You can print these letters off or find some letter blocks in your toy stash or have your kids write the letters.) Then frame the pictures spelling DAD. You could take the photos every year to see how your kids have grown. ❤ (Michelle)
  • Make your husband’s favorite meal and invite your kids to help. (Kristal)

 

  • Need something personal and easy to add to your husband’s or dad’s gift? Check out these great printables (here and here). Your children fill in their favorite things about their Dad and Grandpa. Easy, check. Cute, check! (Michelle)

 

  • Do your kids like to paint? Take them to the park or creek and find medium-sized, smooth rocks. At home, get out the paint and brushes to create beautiful, unique rocks with the message “My Dad Rocks!” on top! (Idea found here.) (Anna)

 

  • Is there something you know he needs but hasn’t taken the time to get? My hubby needs sunglasses so we saved him a trip and happily went to Target and picked him out some.  ?(Michelle)

 

  • Does your hubby love sweets like mine? We are making him a “tackle box” filled with gummy worms and little fish, along with a gift certificate for a rental boat and a day of real fishing. (Tackle Box idea found here.) (Anna)

 

  • We did this little handprint craft a couple years ago (evidenced by the extreme difficulty in handprinting my one-year-old!!) and it was perfect for my hubby since he adores all things from his own childhood.  If you search Pinterest there are an infinite number of handprint crafts to do (from superheroes to zoo animals, even some using the phrase, “Hands Down, you’re the best dad”). We bought an 8×10 canvas so we didn’t need to frame it. We glued on felt for the masks and who doesn’t love to glue on googly eyes? (Laura)

 

  • I read this article called 8 Notes for Dad’s Bathroom Mirror and would love to do something like this. For those hubbies whose love language is words of affirmation, I think encouraging him with words would go a long way! And bonus, you can download the notes so that’s less work for you! (Michelle)

 

  • Give him the day off of one parenting task he doesn’t like. For my hubby, it’s changing diapers, so I’ll take care of that for him on Sunday. {This may be a suggestion that rubs some moms the wrong way because if you stay home, you change most of the diapers or handle most of the caring for kids anyway. But it’s a simple, meaningful way to show love to your husband, without expecting anything in return.} (Kristal)

 

  • My husband is so good about giving me time away either on my own or with my friends. So for Father’s Day I arranged for him to go to the movies with some friends and have a game night with friends another evening. Of course he could do these things on his own initiative, but he rarely does.  I wanted to show him that I appreciate how he gives me those things nearly every time I ask for them and that I recognize he needs them too. Of course, he will also get breakfast in bed and other royal treatment from the kids for the day! (Courtnee)

 

  • Create a photo book with special memories of just your husband and kiddos. Start with photos from when your kids were born and work your way up to the present! You may not have time this year, but you could begin and add to it in the years to come. (Kristal)

 

  • What about giving respect to your hubby this year for Father’s Day? Check out Anna’s post, Giving My Support for Father’s Day, about how we actually don’t have to give a gift this year but instead could just tweak how we respond to our hubbies. From talking with our hubbies, it sounds like this is all they really want!

 

Any ideas you have that we haven’t mentioned! Add them below!

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My Father’s Day Gift: Butting Out

6 / 16 / 174 / 19 / 18

Laura
Laura

How is it that walking down the greeting card aisle of the grocery store stocked with cards saying “Happy Father’s Day!” triggers such deep emotions? Every. Year.

Laura
Michelle
Michelle

Who knew paper was so powerful, huh?! ?

Michelle
Laura
Laura

Right? I mean, maybe it’s a good thing?  Every June I’m going to have a little attitude shift from the Lord.  Last year grief, this year it’s a major reality check about how I treat my own hubby.

Laura
Michelle
Michelle

More deep thoughts from the grocery store? Priceless! What was going through your mind this time?

Michelle
Laura
Laura

Oh, you know, just that I think deep inside I fear that my boys will have as challenged a relationship with their dad as I had with mine.  

Laura
Michelle
Michelle

Hmm…you know what word jumped out at me? FEAR. Because you know I struggle with that. I think the trouble comes when we let our our fears hijack our thoughts.

Michelle
Laura
Laura

Exactly!  I don’t want to let fear run my thinking! So as I’ve been taking that fear to God, I’ve realized something very important!

Laura
Michelle
Michelle

Yay for taking that fear to God instead of keeping it inside.

Michelle
Laura
Laura

That has to be the first step.  But to appease that fear in the meantime, I’ve realized that I have been sticking my nose where it doesn’t belong. I’ve been trying to control the relationship between my hubby and my boys– trying to make it something I think it should be… opposite of the complications I had!  

Laura
Michelle
Michelle

That makes sense…isn’t it interesting how we can try to control without really meaning to?

Michelle
Laura
Laura

That’s so true!  So instead of trying to butt into that relationship, I need to let it play out.  Less stepping on his toes when my hubby is disciplining.  Less trying to force him to take the boys to do something.  Less passive aggressive eye rolls or well-placed sighs.  And definitely less angry disagreeing with something he is doing when the boys are right there with us.  And anyway, he doesn’t do any of these things to me!  

Laura
Michelle
Michelle

Wow! ?  God gave you some good wisdom when you asked! I’m learning, too, that the best thing I can do is ask for God’s help, surrender my expectations, and choose to be supportive. And the worst thing I can do is micromanage all of his attempts. (Not that I know that from experience or anything. ? )

Michelle
Laura
Laura

Of course you don’t! ? I need to remember when I want to control a situation because of fear, I need to surrender the fear to God.  Then instead of trying to control those around me, I want to trust God to work on each of the boys and their daddy.  Finally, I want trust my hubby to do what he thinks is right in his own relationships with our boys even if it wouldn’t be how I would do it.

Laura
Michelle
Michelle

That’s good stuff right there.? I need to write that truth on my mirror so I see it everyday!  ?

Michelle
Laura
Laura

Ha, me too.? The reality is, my hubby is not just like my dad (far from it actually).  My boys are not just like me (thankfully).  And I am so thankful that God is at work in all of us! #thetruthaboutsummer #thetruthaboutfathersday

Laura

Soaking in the Truth

Scripture to encourage you:

  • “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.” (James 1:5,6, ESV)

Music to inspire you:

  • “Lead Me” by Sanctus Real (I often pray this sentiment for my hubby’s heart)

Related Posts on Texting The Truth:

  • Summer Is Coming: New Routines, Renewed Attitudes
  • Personal Foul on Grief – Laura’s Father’s Day conversation last year
  • Whose Side Are You On

Living Out the Truth

Ideas to try:

  • Set aside a time that you pray just for your hubby as a dad. Spoken from personal experience, this has helped us trust God is at work in the relationships in our  families. We keep learning it’s so much better to bring all of these dynamics to God first before we open our mouths. ?
  • Next time a situation comes up that you try to control, pause and ask God if there is a fear there. Invite Him into that fear because we are learning there is freedom on the other side when we honestly deal with it!
  • We are not saying that it’s never appropriate to step in and honestly chat with your husband about ways to connect with your kids. But our point is more on HOW and WHEN we share our thoughts rather than IF we do.

Treasured Products we haven’t read but want to:

  • Love Unending: Rediscovering Your Marriage in the Midst of Motherhood by Becky Thompson 
  • For Better or For Kids: How to Love Your Spouse With Kids in the House by Ruth and Patrick Schwenk 

 

 

{These suggestions are ideas from novice moms. Sometimes our life situations need more.

In that case, seeking out professional help is the right call.}

 

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