Daddy, We’re Nuts About You!

Here in the Crooks household, June is a huge month for celebrations. It isn’t only the month of my husband’s birthday, but it’s also Father’s Day.

This year, Father’s Day will be celebrated with Daddy many, many miles away. We couldn’t let his two special days go by unnoticed, even if we were so far apart.

So, we drug out the large flat-rate boxes and packed him up a few awesome packages.

The first was for his birthday. He’s a simple guy so we went with things that he loves. His number one favorite (besides us, of course) is coffee. He may deny it and say he can live without it, but he sure does drink a lot of it for someone who could. We purchased a Keurig Mini Plus at Kohl’s. I’m sure he was worried it cost too much—he’s the saver. He would be so proud to know we got it on sale, then with an additional 30% off, and $10.00 in Kohl’s Cash toward it. We matched that with a few of his other favorite things and some K-Cups, and he got a wonderful birthday surprise.

Then comes Father’s Day. It’s only a few weeks away, so we had to get our package in the mail very soon. Today we packed it all up to ship out. Thankfully, he doesn’t get to read blogs very often so we can tell you about it in advance in case you want to pack up something similar for your service member for Father’s Day.

We went with an original idea. Everyone knows that deployments can drive you nuts. That’s where the inspiration for this package came from.

My daughter and I were “going nuts” thinking about how long he’d be gone, how many packages we needed to send, and we just started laughing about being “nuts.” Viola! A light bulb moment. “Daddy, we’re nuts about you!” was born.

Here’s what we included in our package:

• Peanut Butter Captain Crunch cereal
• Nutty Bars
• Nut Box Pumpkin Seeds (from my recent stop at Chelsea Market in NYC)
• Nutter Butter cookies
• Peanut M&Ms
• Planters Peanuts
• Peanuts in shell
• Nutella To Go!
• Jif To Go!
• Wonderful Pistachios
• Nature Valley Nut Bars
• David Sunflower Seeds
• Circus Peanuts

We completed it with a clay sculpture of Mr. Peanut, made by the girls (they did such a great job), and a “Daddy, We’re Nuts About You!” sign.

Happy Father’s Day!