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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading