Today started with pancakes and ended with icecream plus lots of relaxing and fun in between. Some of the most memorable moments were when Austin ran into the bedroom full of glee and jumped onto Scott shouting "Happy Father's Day, Daddy" like I'd coached him at the diaper table. Or later when the boys started singing, "Happy Father's Day to You" in the happy birthday tune. Their gift to Scott included his first "dad mug" with the inscription of this post's title, a box of chocolates and a recordable book with the boys' talking and answering questions (so cute). They were thrilled to have a day all about their special dad and no one deserved it more than Scott, since he'd just spent 3 days in bed with a brutal bout of bronchitis. I'd never seen him so sick, but thankfully he's been his energizer self again today.
Rather than going anywhere, we just decided to take advantage of the pond in our front yard -- something we don't do often enough. We hiked around the pond and had a picnic and tried another short round of fishing. We didn't have high hopes with just one barely baited rod, but little Austin stole the show by catching our first fish ever here with just a weight and a fishing line -- no hook! Scott reached to help Austin get a better grip on the rod and couldn't believe it when he felt the tug of the fish -- they reeled it in together and the boys were thrilled to actually see "a real fish" before throwing it back.
The boys completely adore their dad and he couldn't be more devoted to them. I'm so thankful he was better in time to enjoy this day. After naptime and a yummy dinner on the deck, he even suggested we drive to town to get icecream, which the boys were happy to do, of course. Happy Father's Day to this incredible man...
