Father’s Day celebrations have been the order of the day. We started out the day by getting up early to go to The Southern Skillet to get a big country breakfast. Unfortunately it apparently closed for business sometime during the last week. Matt was disappointed, but luckily for him the back-up plan of Dunkin’ Donuts was easy to execute since the two are in the same shopping center. After breakfast it was present time. Baby Girl gave Daddy some See’s chocolates. Liam gave Daddy some photo albums and a footprint stepping stone. I’m afraid that this tradition won’t last past Liam’s 5th birthday at this rate, because there won’t be room for his feet!
After present time was over, Liam and Matt re-inflated the big soccer ball and kicked it around with each other for a while in the backyard.
Soccer!
After playing for a while with the only full-sized ball we have in the house (that has an audible air leak and has for quite some time) we headed to the sporting goods store to pick up a new ball. Liam was a maniac and spent the whole time sprinting through the store picking up balls of various ilks, playing with them for a few seconds, and then moving on to the next type.
After lunch, Liam and I took naps while Matt headed to Decatur to see Pop and watch soccer. Gran and Granddaddy came to pick us up and take us to Smyrna where we picked blueberries and ate dinner.
Here’s Liam after we told him we were going to pick blueberries (which for him is something akin to finding out that money really does grow on trees):
Let the picking begin!
He got the hang of it pretty quickly and now we have about a pint of blueberries to show for it!
Showing off his spoils:
Father’s Day hug for Greatdaddy:
Waiting (semi) patiently for dinner:
Preparing himself for Mama’s first (homemade) carrot cake:
And now it’s time for everyone to get some sleep.