Father's Day 2020

We had bought some steak in our recent grocery pick-up order, so I decided to make Michael steak and eggs for his Father's Day breakfast. 

I balanced out the menu with a fruit salad and croissants,

and raspberry cookies that were more like little pies. 

We ate in the dining room.  For some reason the kids HATE eating in the dining room. I love it.  We eat in there as a combination- I love it, and it annoys them. 

Elliott didn't want steak.  Or eggs.  He ate carbs. 

Then it was time for presents.  Spencer was joyful. 

These are Harry Potter coasters.

This is a phone stand.  There are spots for the phone, charger, wallet, watch, ring, change, etc.

The official picture.

And the 2008-2020 collage.

We tried to take a family picture with the timer.  The first attempt was, well, not our best work. 

We went to pick up dinner that evening and on the way home there was a car with a vanity plate in front of us.  Michael said something like, "I wonder if she has six kids."  I was totally confused and asked what the hell he was talking about.  He said, "because that license plate says Six vs Mom.  You know, with a roman numeral six"  I paused and said, "You mean, that license plate that says Viv's Mom?"  And then we laughed.  But then I wrote it out and we surveyed people and both Elliott and Raquel said Six vs Mom.  But Spencer, my mom, my dad, and my uncle said Viv's Mom.  So, what is it?

The DAD pictures- 2020

At the end of May I told the kids we needed to take their pictures with the DAD letters so that we could get the prints ordered early. So..................the day before Father's Day at about 2:00 pm, I set up the black shower curtain and the black towels and we got it done.  Nothing like waiting until the last minute. 

I intentionally left the top of this picture like this so you can see that it's really just a black shower curtain that I hang behind them.  And they sit on the black towels. 

2020

2012-2020

We also took the annual "I love you more than" pictures.

Spencer picked the X-Box.

Elliott did Harry Potter.

I did a side by side collage this year.  

2020

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

From flags to fathers

Last week started with flag day on Sunday, June 14th.  I put out all of the patriotic decorations that day, including these 8 small flags to line the walkway. 

Of course I'll do an entire post on the 2020 patriotic house, but I already took a few pictures of the front, just because of the newly painted front door and step. 

We had our Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie party that day.  It was a struggle to decide between flag clothes and Harry Potter clothes.

We premiered the new glasses.  

I made Felix Felicis using edible gold shimmer powder I ordered from Amazon.  Felix Felicis, for the non-Harry Potter readers, is a magical potion that makes the drinker lucky for a period of time, during which everything they attempt will be successful. It turns an ordinary day into an extraordinary one.

I made a proper British Sunday supper, including a roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.  

There was a delectable gravy.  

And Treacle Tart, Harry's favorite, for dessert.  

Not a single picture was taken on Monday the 15th, and the only picture on Tuesday the 16th was Elliott's 8 year- 6 month pic.  

Apparently Wednesday the 17th was a non-day in our lives as well, because there is nothing to report. 

I went to my dermatologist on Thursday the 18th, and saw my friend John after my appointment.  He's one of my doctor's physician assistants. 

We got this teeny tiny watermelon in our grocery order last week, so I took a picture because it was funny.  Michael thought he got a great price for it, which he did, but he thought he was ordering something bigger.  

I had an appointment with my breast cancer surgeon on Friday the 19th.  She operated on me three times last year, and I don't think I ever gave her a gift, so I brought her a little something.  

I matched my mask to my dress. 

But then felt like a fool when I didn't have another mask to match my robe.  

And finally, a Father's Day themed family happy hour that evening.  You can't really tell, but I was dressed like my dad in a polo shirt and a bolo tie.  My dad doesn't wear those two things together, but those are two of his signature pieces. 

Up next: all the things Father's Day.