[Originally written on Father's Day: June 20, 2010.]

Top 10 reasons I know Brandon will make a GREAT dad:

1) He is good at every sport ever invented.
Seriously. Ever. Someone could invent a brand new sport tomorrow and he would be good at it. Which is important because, unfortunately, our son’s mother was only picked for school teams on days that her friend was the captain. Except bowling. I will always kick my whole family’s butt at bowling (see #4).

2) He knows he’s not patient and is working on it.
He practices so much with Suh, I swear he’ll have his Masters Degree in Patience by the time she’s 3. To contrast, I know when I’m being impatient, but I’m too impatient to work on fixing it.

3) He works dang hard.
This is what also makes him a GREAT husband, best friend, student, employee, son, grandson, nephew, dog owner, and American.

4) He’s competitive.
Which means he’ll never let our son win. But I think we are both looking forward to the day our son beats him fair and square. On the other hand, I’m not competitive. I think it probably had something to do with sucking at sports my whole life and just accepting the fact that the captain only picked me because I’m her friend and actually made a huge sacrifice on behalf of the rest of the team because having me at bat when there are 2 outs means everyone is already warming up to hit the field. Losing a lot turns you into one of those weird people that can play just for the sake of playing and having fun. Except bowling. I was in a 5-pin league in my pre-teens and was the worst person on our team, but can still kick your butt.

5) He likes to cook and do laundry.
Need I say more?

6) He’s a good driver.
I think I’m a good driver too, but see #2 and you’ll be able to figure out pretty quickly which one of us will be doing the teenage teaching.

7) He has a great relationship with (and tons of respect for) his parents.
We don’t live close to either side of our families and — as our little family starts to grow — that sorta makes me sad if I think about it for more than 30 seconds. However, his parents do a great job of calling us regularly and staying “involved” in our day-to-day little stuff. I think it’s important for kids to have grandparents and extended family that love them in different ways than their parents do. I think you can tell a lot about the way a man will treat his son by looking at the way his father treats him. There are good genes here.

8) He’s good at video games.
I’m glad he’ll have someone to play with when I’m tired of dying because I can’t keep up with him on Mario.

9) He likes fireworks.
July 4th is his very favourite holiday. Out of the whole year. Weird, I know. But what kid wouldn’t like a dad that lets him play with fire in the backyard?? (except in OKC because fireworks are illegal within city limits)

10) He is generous and kind and has impeccable manners.
Heaven help the girls that cross our son’s path if he inherits even half of his dad’s thoughtfulness and genuine charm. Brandon’s parents did a great job of raising him (see #7) and there are good genes here!

And those are just the things off the top of my head. I really think the only thing he’s going to hate about being a dad is the fact that he doesn’t like being outside. He doesn’t like bugs or grass or camping or fishing or eating outside. But even if he’s not willing to get over those little things and take me out into the wilderness (because I love bugs and grass and camping and fishing and eating outside), he just might make an exception for that future father-son bonding weekend.

Happy Almost Father’s Day, baby

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