Sunday, I would say, was Wes' first official Father's Day. We did celebrate last year but James was like two weeks old and we didn't do too much. But this year we did a little more.
Wes was able to take the weekend off from the shop to spend at home which meant that James got to see a lot of him. On Saturday James and I went up to Lafayette for a couple of hours to spend some time with my dad. We had a nice picnic at Happy Hallow.
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| James enjoy eating outside in his camping highchair |
My mom did a great job putting it all together and it was a lot of fun and a great way to be able to spend part of Father's Day weekend with both Wes and my dad.
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| A custom made bag |
On Sunday morning, I tried to pull together a last minute 'Happy Father's Day' sign but the printer and construction paper failed me so that didn't happen but I do feel like I scored a big win in the gift department. For those you don't know, Wes is very very very difficult to buy a gift for. He isn't one of those types of people who say 'oh I wish I had that' or 'that would be nice to have' and the times that he would say something similar to that it would be something that there would be no way I could afford it. So for christmas, father's day and his birthday it's a constant struggle to find something that he would like/use. There may or may not be a corner in the basement that is filled with Wes' yet to be used gifts. I may or may not have said something about reusing them when I accidentally put his birthday twice on the calendar.
But this year, this Father's Day, I did it. I found a gift that he liked, he liked so much that he had it going within 30 minutes of opening it. And what is this gift you might ask, it's called Tiles.
It's a handy item that help you locate your keys, wallet and phone. I had heard about it before but it wasn't until Wes couldn't find his wallet that I decided to get it for him for Father's Day. I got a 4 pack because I was sure that we could use him. The thing that really cool about them is that you can find your phone, even if it's on silent, just by pushing twice on the tile.
So now we don't have to spend 5 minutes searching for his phone, wallet and keys. Unless he misplaces all of them, then we will be in trouble. Not too much because you can look them up online but it would slow us down a little bit.
Along with the tiles, James and I made him a 'I'm hooked on daddy' picture. This was quite the project and actually required my mom's help.
It's difficult to hold, paint a baby's hand and place it on the piece of paper all by yourself. An extra pair of hands was needed. I also included a recent picture of Wes and James at the Indians game. Last year we had received a 'Daddy and Me' picture frame and that was part of Wes' gift last year but I thought it might need an update version.
Along with a card, I included some jolly ranchers, Wes' favorite candy.
After Church, James took a nap for almost 3 hours and Wes and I worked on some stuff that's a whole lot easier to do sans James.
A couple of hours after James woke up and had lunch, we went to the park for a quick trip. James loves to swing, he could probably swing for 20 minutes straight if I let him. And anyone with a baby/toddler knows thats a long time. It was getting kind of hot so we cut the park trip a little short and headed up.
After the big trip to the park, James made sure he gave Wes a lot of Father's Day cuddles.
For dinner, we had steak and corn. I found this great recipe for a corn flavor topper in my recent Health magazine and it tasted just like the corn you get in your big shrimp and seafood bucket at Joe's Crab Shake.
I made some apple crisp and we enjoyed it as a family and then it was PJ's and bedtime for James.
I think all in all it was a great Father's Day and can't wait for the one years to come that James can be even more active in.
How do you like to celebrate Father's Day?
Do you stay at home or go out?
Is the Father in your life easy or hard to buy gifts for?
-Megan
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