Single mom dresses as dad to attend 'Donuts with Dad' day

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Some single moms say they have to be both mother and father to their kids.

A Texas mom decided to dress for the part when her son's school held a "Donuts with Dad" event.

Yevette Vasquez of Fort Worth dressed liked a dad -- with a baseball cap, plaid shirt, fake mustache and a dash of cologne -- so her son, Elijah, wouldn't miss out on the event.

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"Yeah, it's the first time I've dressed as a man," Vasquez laughingly said. "We're going to remember this forever."

She posted the pictures of her dad getup on Facebook, and it's been a viral hit, shared thousands of times.

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