Father’s Day 2013

A very special weekend came to a close today on Father’s Day 2013. Our day began with Mommy serving Daddy a special coffee treat and all of us sharing our morning watching our Sunday morning news shows (and reading our Sunday newspaper which GiPa so thoughtfully brought over and left secretly on the porch, even while GiGi was still recuperating from her surgery).

Mommy and the two of you gave Daddy beautiful (heart wrenchingJ) Father’s Day cards and adorable gifts that the three of you secretly had obtained two days earlier (a miniature Buddha statue, Buddha sitting in front of a Bodhi Tree; and a Buddha desk-pen holder)! After our celebration we ventured out to an antique store to pick up a purchase Mommy made for our back yard, and then on to Harbor Freight Tools to purchase a craft/work bench Daddy has been wanting for our garageJ.

Afterwards, we made a short trip to the Mall to purchase some summer shoes for our Princess and Prince of Indiana, then purchased a subway sandwich to supplement our packed cheesecake and root beer picnic cooler for a celebration visit to Foster ParkJ. We sat at a picnic table and enjoyed our picnic and our companyJ and then of course made our way to the playground to give equal time to energetic toddler-angels (watching the two of you on Father’s Day made Daddy realize his babies are truly now (AmazonJ) toddlers). “We” played happily for over an hour, Daddy mesmerized by the two of you repeatedly climbing the highest slide in the park and valiantly sliding your hearts out (and occasionally almost stopping Daddy’s). We of course had to stroll down below the bridge to check out the status of the “tide” of the Wildcat Creek, the two of you are fascinated by the variable depth and rising waters due to weather of the creek (encouraged in your interest by the imaginative urgings of GrandmooJ).

After picnic and playtime, we made our way home and played outside in the back yard, visiting and caring for our kitties, Sundae and Garfield, while Daddy did some maintenance work around our perennial garden, and being blessed by a visit from Brother Sean Francis who stopped by to wish Daddy a happy Father’s Day and visit his familyJ. While we visited and played in the back yard, we had an opportunity to meet our new neighbors, Steve and Sheila Bower (actually Daddy has known Sheila for some years and Sheila is a close friend of Daddy’s friend and work colleague, Laura Hapner)! We learned that Steve is a musician and plans to convert the out building on the property to a rehearsal room for he and his band members, and he and Sheila enthusiastically welcomed us to join in the jam sessionsJ!

As the day finally settled down, we all made our way inside our beautiful home and settled in for a night of thanks for the love we treasure in each other, for the blessing of our family, and in celebration of a fun-filled Father’s Day weekend that means the world to Daddy ManJ.

Love, love, love!!!

PS Mommy called but was not able to get a hold of Grandpa :(  Mommy wished Grandpa a Happy Father's Day and informed him that I had a card and cheesecake waiting on him :)