Happy Father's Day

I think that I made it a great day for Jason. We had a very good day. I got up with the boys early this morning, and let Jason sleep in. I went to go and make some coffee for us and found an empty tin! So I piled the two boys into the car and off to DD we went. When we got back we woke Daddy up and started to make breakfast. Jakob and I had planned to make pancakes, fresh strawberries, and whipped cream. YUM. So we had some breakfast together and then I sent Jakob and Jason to Bounce U to go and play. They spent an hour and a half bouncing, running, climbing, and having fun together. From what they both told me I think it sounds like they had a great bonding experience. They both came home tired and awfully sweaty – it was a humid, sticky day today. When they came home they both had a snack and then took a nap – Jake in his room and Jason in ours. I was hoping that Aiden would nap at the same time (since he didn’t have much of a morning nap), but no such luck. Aiden was awake for most of the quiet time in the house. Aiden then decided to conk out just as they other boys were waking up. We had plans with friends to go to the Irish Festival but then the rain started and there was no way we were going to schlep the kiddos out in the rain. So the plans changed to making dinner at our friend’s house and let the kids play. I decided that it was my turn to cook. So we stopped at the grocery store before heading over to get some ingredients. I decided to make grilled chicken, lemon pasta, and green beans with almonds. It turned out quite yummy. And was almost all core. And we added some chocolate pudding pie! Not all bad, sugar free – fat free. Low fat milk. Non fat whipped topping. Yum, yum, yum. The kids played well together. They had a good time. I like spending time together as families. It’s really nice. Jakob had a great time and was very sad to leave. As we drove away he was whispering “I lost my Natalie”. He hates to leave her. But I don’t think he was missing Nathan, as they had a couple of run ins tonight. But all in all they had a good night watching Peter Pan and the Muppets. Love the Muppets. Jakob gave a lot of good belly laughs at the Muppets. Father’s Day. It’s almost over. I am glad that Jason had a good night. And I don’t want to put a cloud over this message, or over the great day that we had, but I am sad that I don’t have anyone to call to thank for being my Dad. I was happy to have a short amount of quiet time today to just think about the happy times I have in my memories of Dad and Herb. They were both so different from on another, that’s for sure, but loved me. Arg! I don’t have the energy to get into it right now. Just leave it at this, I miss them and I wish they were still with me so that I could say “Thank you for being a great Dad”.Happy Father’s Day, Everyone!