Page 35 of Daddy's Little Dreamer

“Always, my love. There, let’s go.”

I skipped ahead of daddy and straight outside. There was a strange man working where my playground was to go.

“Little Bee, that’s Chuck, our contractor. He made all this possible for you.” Chuck smiled and waved but kept on task.

“Thanks, Chuck!” I called out as Daddy and I crossed the yard to our project. I was super excited.

“I’ll handle the heavy bags of soil but look at what Chuck did for us.” He pointed at the hosey thingies in the bottom of the boxes. “This is an automatic watering system. We’ll only have to water the pots we bought last night by hand.”

“I can help, Daddy.”

“And that go get ‘em attitude is why I bought you these.” He handed me a cute little garden tool set, a watering thingy and matching garden gloves.

“Thank you, Daddy. These are so cute.” They had all my favorite things on them. Sunflowers and lots of ladybugs.

“Okay, Little Bee, put on your gloves and let’s get to work.”

Daddy opened all the big bags of dirt and filled up our new planter boxes, I followed behind and put our plants inside.

“Diggy, diggy, dig.” I scooped out the dirt with my little scooper and set it aside to pack the plants nice and tightly in.

“So pretty, you’re gonna bring lots of bees and ladybugs. I was so in the zone I had all the fruits done in no time.

“Just as neatly lined up as you keep your toys and organized by what they are. Utterly perfect, my love.” Daddy kissed my head. “I’ll start on the sunflower seeds while you finish our veggies.”

“On it, Daddy.” I glanced over at the playground and noticed Chuck was almost done. “I can’t wait to play.”

“I can’t wait to watch you play, Little Bee.”

That gave me more peppy in my steppy as I got to work planting our veggies. “Don’t forget Daddy, you promised no yucky stuff with these.”

“And Daddy always keeps the promises he makes to his bee.”

With Daddy and me working together on everything we were done pretty quickly. Well, it felt quicker than it was. Chuck finished up at the same time.

“All right, gents.” Chuck’s voice surprised me as I put the last Gerber daisy in its new home. “Why don’t you give it a spin, little man, and see how it fits.”

“Yay!” I glanced at Daddy, making sure it was okay.

“Go on, Little Bee. What are you waiting for?” At Daddy’s words I was off.

I swung on the jungle gym part, climbed the rock wall, slid down the slide, but when it came time to try out the swing set part, Daddy had to help me.

“This is the best. Thank you, Chuck and thank you, Daddy!”

“You are welcome. Jayger, I’ll show myself out. Holler if you need anything else.”

Daddy shook Chuck’s hand. “Will do. I have another project in mind, but we’ll talk later.”

“You got it. Bye Trevor, enjoy your new toys from Daddy.”

“Bye Chuck, thank you a million, bazillion times.” I ran around the playground and tested everything until I was ready to pass out.

“Time’s up, Little Bee. Are you happy with our backyard?”

“Oh my gosh, yes, Daddy. It’s the best!” I flung my arms around him. “I love it, and I love you so much.”

“And I you. Now, let’s hit the shower, eat a quick lunch, and get a nap in before you and Brandon get silly together tonight.”

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