Generation to Generation

Many of dads sayings and actions have already been carried on to the next generation.  Examples:

When we were kids and would run around in our underwear or naked, dad would make a squeeling type sound - Yeeeeeeeh!   I know Andrew does this with his kids and I also do on occassion.

We used to stand on dads hands while he would lay on his back, then he would raise his feet and we would grab them with our hands and he would flip us through the air.  I love to do this with my kids and they love it too.

And who could forget the claw?  It was so scary but still so fun.  Dad would chase us around and once he caught us he would pin us down and proceed to tickle us with the claw (his hand).  This one is my personal favorite with my kids.

I have to admitt that this example is not a memory of good times, but it is a memory and it is something I picked up from dad so I'm going to list it.  Oh, and it is rated PG-13 so read with caution.  If we were goofing around like kids do, and it resulted in getting hurt or breaking something, dad would sigh and say under his breath "dicking around".  Katy loves that I picked this saying up (sarcasm).

Another saying that Katy loves (again sarcasm) that I still use comes from a story when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade.  I had gotten hurt on the play ground and tore my pants.  My dad came to school to bring me a new pair.  I remember him walking in with the pants.  I was crying (not sure if it was because I had a bleeding scrape on my knee or if it was because my pants were ruined) and dad handed me a new pair of pants and said in the most caring voice (not sarcasm), "theres nothing to cry about; it's too far from your heart to hurt".  Believe or not but that those words actually worked, and it has stuck with me since then.  It seems a little insensitive but the way he said it didn't come off as mean at all.  It just really made sense. 

I'm sure there are plenty other one liners out there that dad is known for.  He wasn't a man of many words, but the things he did say were direct and made sense.