It's a Father's Day kind of day

Today we celebrated? acknowledged? honored? this guy.

What do you call doing a whole lot of nothing?  Really, we just gave the guy what he wanted.

Dave wanted the following:
1. sleep in?  Check.  Robin came into our room before 5 am. I dragged myself out of bed.
2. large iced chai and a Trader Joe's breakfast blend granola package?  Check.
3. Go for a run?  Check.
4. Work in his shop? Check.
5.  Time to just veg and relax?  Check.
6.  Pizza and beer?  Check.

I kept the kids away from Dave this morning until well past 8 am (this is a feat) before bringing him presents and his requested breakfast.  Linus made him a card decorated like one of the shirts Dave likes to wear.  Eileen had selected a set of Pokemon bowls for Dave.  I got him a smartphone projector (he was pleasantly surprised).  Dave is incredibly hard to shop for so I feel like this was a major win.

I took the kids to the Farmer's Market and window shopping at Third Place Books while Dave went for a run.   The weather was not awesome--muggy and cloudy.  This, combined with the fact that Robin started wearing underwear this week, made me feel less than adventurous.  The kids and I played, cleaned house, and read books.  After the mandatory rest period, I admit I let the kids have copious amounts of screen time.  The silence was glorious.  I read a book.  For dinner we went to MOD pizza. Apparently, they celebrate dads with a buy 1, get 1 free.  That was a fun surprise.  Linus was annoyed that I bought Dave a beer while all he got was water.

After dinner I let Dave just relax on the couch while I took kids to the park.  We played on the playground and rode bikes.  Then it was baths and beds.  All 3 were in bed by 8 pm.

Other than the pre-dawn wake up, this is the kind of Father's Day I could get behind.  Dave's an awesome dad and husband.  I don't have much to complain about.  The kids would agree -- best dad ever.  Linus even picked out a card that said so, so it must be true.