Mr. Fix-It

Bryan got two presents from the boys this Father's Day. He actually got (are you ready?) a tie. Believe it or not, that was what he wanted. The boys picked one out for him and Bryan wore it to church yesterday. Peter thought it was pretty cool that he, Cooper, and Bryan were all wearing blue ties.

Technically, Bryan gave himself a few more gifts. See, when I was sleeping off the iron-supplement-hangover on Thursday, Bryan was up motivating the boys to help him clean. When I finally rose, the house was beautiful. We've kept it that way since. A clean house makes Bryan happy, so that helped him to have a good Father's Day.

He also made a delicious Father's Day dinner. That's right, he made it. I got a migraine shortly after coming home from church (okay body, would you please stop freaking out now?) so I wasn't very helpful for most of the afternoon. He prepared a roast in the Crock-Pot, made two loaves of homemade bread, and put together a spinach salad.

I washed grapes.

He seemed to be okay with the lack of Father's Day pampering, although I did feel kind of bad.

I said that he got two presents from the boys, but I only talked about the tie. The other gift came on Saturday. Our kitchen sink was leaking on Thursday (one of the things Bryan noticed while he was cleaning) to the point that Bryan needed to turn off the valve to the sink and call the management company.

They sent someone out on Friday and, while it appeared to have been fixed for a short time, by Friday evening the leak was worse and our faucet had started dripping. Problem solved? Not so much.

Bryan went to his favorite fountain of knowledge: his dad. After receiving some plumbing counsel, Bryan went to work. He took apart the faucet, cleaned it, moved some things that were in the wrongs places, and put it back together.

And it worked.

It didn't leak.

Or drip.

Bryan was so pleased that he called the boys over, took the faucet apart again, showed them how he had fixed it, and reassembled it for a second time. Cooper watched Bryan with a look of admiration and said, "My daddy fixed it."

That may have even been better than a tie.