Birthday Shirt

The boys told me that they wanted to make something for Daddy for his birthday, so we headed to Michaels. When we got there, I had no idea of what we could make. The boys wanted to get everything they saw in the store, but I kept having to ask them if they thought that Daddy would really like to get things like ribbons or glitter-glue. After a while I thought of making him a shirt, and so we got some fabric paint and some iron-on letters for it. Then we spent the next couple hours rushing around the house trying to get it all finished before Michael got home from work -- running the shirt through the washer and dryer to pre-shrink it, ironing on the words "No. 1 Dad," taking each boy out into the grass one at a time to have them put their handprint on the shirt (it took Grandma and I to try to get Isaac to open up his little baby fist to make a handprint without smearing the paint, and I think that turned out pretty well), washing all their hands, and then using a blow dryer to get the paint on the shirt to dry so we could wrap it up. Luckily Michael got home from work a little later than I had thought he would, so we finished before he got home, and Kolby and Eli were really good and didn't ruin the surprise before he opened it the next day on his birthday. I think it turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself.