Fathers' Day

I had thought Thumper might arrive today for Fathers' Day. But no (or at least, not so far), DeepSpice got to have a somewhat more relaxed Fathers' Day than we might otherwise have had... though no sleep-in: BallFiend was up and about by 7.00 am and because I wasn't, DeepSpice had to get up and do all the parenting solo. Pretty much just like every other day for the past month or so, as the late stage of pregnancy takes its toll on my energy levels.

Poor DeepSpice even had to locate his own Fathers' Day present from BallFiend (which I hadn't gotten around to unpacking from BallFiend's bag after crèche on Friday): a drawing by BallFiend together with a photo of BallFiend, laminated with a fridge magnet stuck on the back. (The carers at crèche are always really good at getting the kids to make presents for us mums and dads for special occasions - Mothers' Day, Fathers' Day, Xmas, etc.) I had also got a present for DeepSpice from BallFiend and me, but hadn't gotten around to wrapping it up. So DeepSpice didn't even get to unwrap that one! Then DeepSpice got his third 'present' of the morning... a pooey nappy courtesy of BallFiend. Followed about half an hour lated by a second pooey nappy! Argh!

After getting BallFiend his (four!) weetbix for breakfast, DeepSpice then had to make his own special Fathers' Day breakfast - he decided to fix himself up with a traditional fry-up: eggs, bacon, toast, fried tomatoes, mushrooms and toast. He also brought me a cup of tea in bed!

The rest of the day was more of the same... I lay around in bed or on the couch with no energy and DeepSpice played with BallFiend, organised lunch for us all and brought in the washing. At about 12.30 pm, I dragged myself to the shower and then we all went out to the local library. Both BallFiend and I needed some new stories to read and we needed to get BallFiend out of the house for a while as well.

Once home again, BallFiend was finally convinced to have 'a rest' in his cot, which turned out to be a 2.5 hour sleep. We woke him at 5.30 pm for dinner (this is not at all unusual for BallFiend - once he is asleep for his nap, he really knows how to nap!). DeepSpice made dinner while I pottered around and took a phone call from VolubleK. Then BallFiend set the table with placemats, knives and forks (with only a tiny bit of help from me... I am always impressed at how well he does this job).

Dinner over, DeepSpice played with BallFiend some more (playing catch and doing 'headers' with the beach ball in our long, long hallway), then got BallFiend ready for bed. We all read some new library books together and then DeepSpice carried BallFiend off to bed (as he does almost every night).

Phew! Hopefully in future years, DeepSpice will get a more traditional Fathers' Day, where he is the one treated to a morning of breakfast in bed, a nice lunch out at a restaurant or something, and no pooey nappies to change!
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