Two-year-old Riley Turpin thinks his father is just another big kid whose only job is to play.

That’s because most of the time when Riley is awake, his father, Chris Turpin, is at home.

Chris Turpin works as a milk distributor. He begins his day between 3:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. and returns home usually around noon.

“Sometimes it’s hard to wake up so early, but it makes up for it when I’m home with him,” Turpin, 29, said.

During the afternoon, the young father and son do chores around the house.

“We go to the grocery store, play with tools, work on the car …, ” Turpin said.

Riley interrupted him with a lesson he had learned.

“But you don’t scratch cars with tools,” the youngster said.

After the chores are done, Riley and his dad play. Among their favorite activities are coloring, playing with playdough and sidewalk chalk, going to the park and especially playing sports.

“I was always athletic growing up,” Turpin said. “Riley’s first word was ‘ball.'”

Because of his work schedule, Turpin said he gets to witness milestones in Riley’s life that most fathers miss.

“There’s a big advantage to getting to spend the majority of every day doing stuff,” he said.

Turpin’s wife, Melissa, works as a teacher at New York School. She said she enjoys summer afternoons at home with the people she loves.

“The other day Chris made the comment to me that Riley is going to think we don’t work for a living,” she said with a grin. “We get to do lots of family things.”

Turpin said he always wanted to be a father. He is the youngest of seven children and has more than 20 nieces and nephews.

“Before Riley was born, Chris had changed more diapers than I had,” Melissa Turpin said.

The Turpins are trying to potty-train Riley. It helps that they are both home so much.

“Hopefully, we can tag-team him this summer and get the job done,” his mother said.

But Riley is more concerned that the family have fun this summer. As he rode his fire engine wearing the cowboy outfit his father gave him, he said, “I wanna go play golf, Dad.”

Turpin grabbed Riley, rubbed his hair and made a funny sound.

“Dad acts silly, huh Riley?” Melissa Turpin said.

Turpin said he sometimes works an entire week sleeping four or five hours a night. He does it because he loves to spend time with Riley.

“How much does Daddy love you, Riley?” he asked.

The 2-year-old stretched his arms as far as they would go.

“This much,” he said.

Melissa Turpin smiled at her family.

“Chris gets a lot of credit for being a good dad,” she said.