He slips off his musty socks, tucking them carefully into his well-worn blue sneakers and stands up as an eager little girl calls out to him. “Papí, come on! Let’s dance.”
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I admire how much patience he has with the kids, and the creativity he has while playing with them!
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I admire that he is patient
https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/756565353375772673
I am the husband, so I will answer what I I admire about my wife. She is loving to our children!
https://twitter.com/willgriesmer/status/756599922431029248
What I most admire about my husband is that he doesn’t hesitate to help out with the kids. Since the day our first child was born, he’s always helped out.
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I admire my husband for spending all his free time with his kids.
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I admire my husband’s ability to take the initiative and spend time with the kids by reading to them, riding bikes with them, helping cook delicious meals for them. My husband is hands on and really loves spending time with the kids!
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I admire his commitment to his belief and his amazing ability to teach values to our daughter.
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I love he spends quality time with our children.
tcarolinep at gmail dot com
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I admire my husbands enthusiasm and patience as a father.
https://twitter.com/RachelGriesmer/status/757028963285958656
The one thing that I admire about my husband as a father is his role to show the children to be brave and strong and know that they are loved and protected.
I admire my husband’s patience, especially when he plays “school” with my daughter.
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I admire his patience, he has more than I have on some days.
jslbrown2009 at aol dot com
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Well, my hubby cooks for all of us since he gets home from work first, and I really admire how he picked up cooking along the way. When we first met he never made anything, except maybe eggs!
I love when daddies take on such an important part of their children’s lives. My husband would cross an ocean of hot coals barefoot to spend just an ounce of extra time with our kiddos. I love it most when he gets involved with the bedtime routine. Thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful memory for them both of their Father Daughter Dancing Mondays! Very sweet!
A girl’s first love is said to be her father. When this foundation is broken, a full grown woman is left with a void in her heart. I love how ur hubby does not take his role for granted. Of course, she definitely feels loved.
Yep I think it’s very important from the start to teach our kids to be healthy by setting the example and encouraging them when they are making healthy decisions.
I’m all about that clean eating life! It’s always a good time to be healthy.
Being on the go can definitely make it easy to lose site of these priorities but yes it so so important to begin healthy habits physically and emotionally in our children. Thank you for sharing!
My husband is patient and supports our healthy endeavors. I don’t know what I would do without him!
In our culture we don’t have daddy daughter dance, it must be an American thing as I haven’t heard of it in Europe. But it sounds nice..
My husband is awesome – I have been sick for a while and he cooks and cleans and shops and reads me the Bible 🙂 He also cooks and cleans when I am not sick, as he is better at it and we don’t believe it’s a woman’s job. He also works full time while I stay at home, so yes he is pretty good
My hubby isn’t a father yet, but he is a teacher and on numerous occasions parents have told me that he has been a father-figure to their child through encouraging them to grow in their education and to feel confident of their abilities.
I’m a big fan of the gummy vitamins — so much better than the chewables we had when my children were little. That’s an adorable little girl. I love the relationships between a girl and her daddy.
I can not wait to see my hubs be a dad 🙂
I admire his sense of humor and always get active with the kids
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I love watching my husband play with my kids, he’s much better at play than i am.
I slip fresh, raw spinach into my daughter’s chocolate protein shake. Believe it or not, you can’t even taste it!
I do this too! My kids really like green smoothies and most of the time don’t argue when I put them in front of them at the table- only when I go overboard with the green to fruit/peanut butter quota. Thanks for stopping by today.
I am not married and raised my kids on my own. I love your post, so sweet.
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my work is very hard and i don’t have enough time to play with my kids, so my husband do it. the role of father in educating children is very important. thanks to all the patient and beloved fathers :))
I tweeted back on the 14th but do not see it posted. here is my tweet link
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That he finds time for the kids. He hasn’t missed an annual doctor’s visit yet even though it means he misses work to attend them.
his sense of humor
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Hi Jelli. I really admire your husband for being so patient and I bet both of you and your kids are happy with him. All the pictures look great. Father’s role is undeniable. Thanks for sharing.
I admire how he can really put himself in the kids shoes and see things from their point of view 🙂
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I admire fathers who really listen and let the kids tell you who they are, rather that dictating who they think they should be.
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He always makes time for the kids.
I admire my husband’s patience with our children. He spends as much of his free time with them as possible.
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/804529185205223425
I think he is so involved and willing to split parental duties. I appreciate that so much.
I’m not married, but instead I can brag on my dad. He’s always made time for us as kids, even if to play a little game or something.
pixelberrypie at yahoo dot com
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I admire his desire to be involved in every aspect and wanting to be as hands on as possible.
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his courage… it rubs off 😉
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Uh… a lot of mom’s don’t have husbands to be fathers to their kids. And a lot of women don’t have kids. I have neither.
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I admire my wife for her passion and understanding as a parent. she has so much patient with our boys.
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/811649076378894336.
he will help his kids with anything they need
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I admire that he is such a hard worker to support his family and has instilled in our boys such a wonderful work ethic.
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We do not have human kids but we do have fur babies (our children of choice) and he is an amazing father to them. I most admire his patience with our girl, Oats. She wants to be his necktie all the time and he lets her, even when he is annoyed. hahahaah!
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/814153840178171904
His ability to play on their level, to have tea parties with his girls and to come up with inventive ways to play with them
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
I admire the love he has of spending time with them.
I admire my husband’s ability to bring a laughter, when I want to cry. Show patience and caring ,as well.
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I think I admire his patients the most. He always has time to explain everything in detail!
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I like how he did the “guy” things, like teaching them to ride bikes and playing catch.
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I love that my husband does not take no for an answer. My kids try to get out things by using those puppy eyes with me but they don’t work on daddy.
https://twitter.com/SeymaShabbir/status/815041351402291200
I can’t answer that question but I admire my dad for his hard work.
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No kids or husband. I volunteer at the botanic gardens and love to teach kids about plants and our world.
Thanks for the contest.
slehan at juno dot com
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I love how my husband is always encouraging my daughter’s creativity by trying new things with her, patiently explaining how things work to her and stopping to help her examine every little thing that she sees. He is an incredible role model and I’m so thankful for him both as a husband and father!
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I need these great L’il Critters vitamins very soon. Maybe next week.
My husband was always so patient with the kids – lots of admiration for that.
thank you
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