I’d say my husband had a great Father’s Day. For years now, I’ve been trying to make up for a disastrous birthday in which I gave him a humiliatingly lame gift, found in a last-minute shopping frenzy. Because he is impossible to buy things for, if you ever want to give him something other than what is on his wish list. But this Father’s Day, I do believe that I have finally earned the right to not have that mega-lame present thrown in my face. Ever again. Ever.
We picked him up at the airport, after a business trip to NYC. The girls were wearing matching “Daddy” tee-shirts that we found online. These were a huge hit, my husband is a sucker for his little girls wearing anything that proclaims that they are his. I think he’d have been very happy if we had stopped there. But we didn’t. Because we spent a month (one whole month!) preparing for his Father’s Day.
Since he also loves photography and has been known to travel with the world’s largest tripod, we bought him this tripod that you can use anywhere and weighs practically nothing. He loved it. Said he’d seen it before, knew exactly what it was and was pretty jazzed about being the new owner of one.
We also bought him a copy of this really cool book that I knew he’d love because he loves to know stuff. It has some fascinating projects in it, too, that I thought he’d enjoy doing with our oldest daughter, a real tomboy at heart.
And then there was the DVD of “Planet Earth” that I knew he’d love because he’s a huge fan of Nova and The Discovery Channel. That was a big hit, even if I bought the HD version because I thought, “well, we have HD TVs in this house, so naturally I need the HD version.” Wrong. He patiently explained to me that HD DVD players are going to be extinct, along the lines of the Beta Max (remember those?), so I have to exchange it for the SD version, but that’s not a big deal. He was totally into it.
Lastly, I bought him a new watch for work because he goes through them. I realize I buy him watches a lot, but he seems to like to have a selection to choose from – his “dress” watches (a Raymond Weil I bought for him our first Christmas together), and then he has his “casual” watches: a Suunto for when we are skiing and hiking, and a Tag for work. But I found this really cool one and I’m so glad that I did because he hasn’t taken it off yet. Good choice!
And then we had his favorite meal, Beef Bourguignon, and he took a nap. Just a perfect Father’s Day for my girls’ perfect father.
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I was on Google last night and came across your blog on the sideline. I got so caught up in reading it that I stayed up way past the time I had told my sweetheart “I’ll be there in a minute.” I think he had been asleep an hour when I finally went to bed. But I wasn’t finished reading. So this morning, after my coffee was made by him (because he is so sweet sometimes) I came in my office and started reading again. It is 4:00pm in Georgia and I finally finished. I’ve been leaving and then coming back most of the day.
You are a wonderful and fascinating writer. And Pea looks exactly like my friend’s daughter, Jordan. Adam and I only have “furry” children but our group of friends (from Adam fraternity at Ga. Tech that happen to be friends of mine also) have children that are six years old and under. I am going to send your blog to all the Mothers in our group because you sound so much like them. I truly enjoyed reading about your family and pictures of your girls. They are both lovely.
Linda in the North Georgia Mountains (and I know what you mean, I don’t fit in here either. I’m an Atlanta girl. We can’t even get sushi without driving 25 miles)