Yesterday was my first Father’s Day as father to the twins. Overall, it was quite a nice and relaxing day even after all the craziness on Friday night and Saturday morning. I am really sorry that my mom couldn’t make it down to spend it with us – that is my one regret for the day. Robyn and the kids and I went to a local park and took a nice walk around the small lake there. It was a very warm, but not humid day, so we got some exercise and got out of the house. As the kids get older, I find that it’s nice doing things like this as a family. The rest of the day was taken up with playing and the usual business that is our lives now.

Robyn got me a hammock and a cool spray nozzle to be used for car washing. A hammock is the perfect Father’s Day gift. I picture myself hanging out in it during the warm summer afternoons, maybe reading a magazine, maybe just napping – somtimes with a slightly older Chloe or Gabriel napping at my side. Of course, none of this will ever happen if I don’t put the darned thing together first! The whole thing came in five separate boxes, so it looks quite daunting to assemble.

On Saturday, we had Robyn’s mother and her brother’s family over for a late lunch. There are now four children between the two couples and it was really fun to watch them all interact. Although it was not as crazy and tumultuous as I remember our own family gatherings to be, it did sort of remind me of the parties that we used to have when I was a kid.