So I told you we were going to have a great time father’s day and we did.

My girls made me breakfast (homemade scones)

– yes I had to ask for it, yes I threw in a little guilt over the un- spectacular attention I received on Mother’s day

and served it in our pretty new backyard

then we took pizza, ice cream and cones and raspberry smoothies to my dad and ate lunch outside with him. I told him why I thought he was a great dad. I am not sure he caught any of it but I said it all out loud.

Then we went home and all had naps (this never happens). I took a 15 minute one on the couch with back door wide open and front door too (love this), listening to the buzz of lawnmowers and cars and birds, until a friend dropped by for lemonade. Oh lovely old fashioned Sunday afternoon. I had all the creases from the couch on my face while we drank it. She left. I went back to couch, impersonating dads everywhere again. BFF called. Two more friends dropped in  to wish me a happy father’s day  and I had to explain sleep creases on face and bed head.

Later we went out for an early dinner. We went to  a family club and sat outside. There were a few single dads there with their children but mainly it was a sea of families. This would have been hard for all of us several years ago.

But today we had a perfect time.

Girls were joking that maybe everyone thought we were mean because we had the empty seat and left dad at home. I said, smiling, that  we could say ” he just stepped away for a bit”. Daughter said –  ‘Well I would just say ‘give my mom a few years and the seat will be taken’.

I love being their dad.

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