Father's Day 2012

Hi y'all!
So this year was Willy's 2nd Father's Day, and this year we went to The Entrance for Fish & Chips and a spot of fishing for Willy. It was a brilliant, sunshiney day, and we had lots of fun!
Here is the onslaught of pics!

We started out with the usual... Open presents in bed before heading down for Breakfast. Jai was very interested in the ribbon.

And he helped Daddy read his card (check out those cute little baby toes! Don't you just want to nibble them? {leaning forward to munch through computer screen}. Yes, me too.

And then Jai helped Daddy open his present... We're not much for spending big $$ on Mother's/Father's Day, so Willy got a 2nd edition of the "Jaimeson photo mug" (one of those photo mugs you can order at BigW) with pics from the last year. I think that will be a yearly thing, cos seeing his last year's mug and this year's mug together in the cupboard is so cute! And Jai loves seeing himself on Daddy's cup and always gets excited {giggles!} We made Willy a hand print little canvas at Playgroup, which is so cute! And Jai drew him a pic. He loved them!
After church it was off to The Entrance for Fish & Chips {licking lips!}

It was really busy down at the inlet-side park, with so many families out for the day! But it didn't feel too crowded out, it was actually a really great carnival atmosphere.

Apparently Will thought we had to feed everyone at the park, cos he bought 2 big packets of fish & chips! You know, he does love to eat! But even this was a bit excessive!

The Lam Fam.
Then after lunch it was time for a spot of fishing, so we headed over the other side of the inlet. Now Willy is not the best fisherman. Our friends call him the "Theoretical Fisherman", cos while he has a passion for fishing, and loves to get up at 5am {shakes head in disbelief} and head off with friends to hit the rivers, lakes or beaches, he rarely catches anything {frowny!} And today was no different!

Willy was trying out his new "sure-fire thing"- using raw chicken breast as bait {ew!}. No joy. Apparently all the lunch-goers on the other side of the inlet had fattened all the fish up with their excess fish and chips thrown into the inlet, so they didn't need Will's chicken! LOL! There was not one fish to be had amongst all the fishermen at the park! The only thing to get a catch was a pelican that swam past! As he scooped up a fish on his way through, all the fishermen near us let out a big sigh "oooohhHH!!" It was funny!

But Will did get to give Jaimeson his first Fishing Lesson! Oh it was so cute {heart melting}! Jai was really interested in the reel and Willy showed him how to pull the rod up and reel in on the way down. Just gorgeous!

So while the fish were scarce, the memories were not {smiles!}
Happy 2nd Father's Day Willy!
:) C

My Boys

Oh wow, I am paddling so fast to keep my head above my "blogging high-tide mark"! I am just managing to post the advent post every day, so hooray for getting another post out there too {high five!}
I have to celebrate my two boys. Christmas is a time to celebrate after all! I {heart} these two. Willy and little Willy. LOL! {giggles} I love how Jaimeson's face lights up whenever he sees Willy and I still look at Will and can't believe he's a father. LOL! Will is the best of Dad's for Jaimeson too, he's the primary bather, he changes nappies, feeds Jai his solids, entertains him and rocks him to sleep if need be. Such a great Daddy! Will has been especially helpful to me while I have been sick, even though he was a bit under the weather too! So thank you baby! {mental note: remind Will to read this post!}
Here are my 2 boys on Father's Day this year, before we headed out for some fishing/picnic by the Hawkesbury River. Such sweeties playing together!
:) C

Our Father's Day Outing

Hi y'all!
Hope you had a great Father's Day with your Husbands/Dads/Grandfathers/Fathers-In-Laws etc! Will finally decided what he wanted to do for Father's Day and that was to go to Bobbin Head for some fishing & a picnic. I'd never been to Bobbin Head and as he said it was near Turramurra I thought it wasn't tooooo far from where we used to live in Brownville. But after we'd been driving for 40 mins I was like "Where IS this place?" and grabbed the UBD only to discover Bobbin Head is north of North Turramurra and is actually part of the Hawkesbury River! Whoa! It was a bit of a drive from our place after all, but it was a beautiful setting for a picnic so I can't complain!
We started the day with Maple Smoked Bacon (Thank You Costco.. YUM!) & Scrambled Eggs (Will's fave) followed by cuddle time & present opening. Jaimeson chose Will a super sweet Mug printed with 3 pics of the 2 of them together, he got Will's watch Battery fixed (so Daddy will always be home on time for playtime!) and got him some clip-on LED book lights (so Daddy doesn't have to give up reading a book at night when Jai's sleeping). What a good present-chooser Jai is! I was bummed cos I also did a photo book for Will especially for Father's Day, ordered it a week and a bit before and it's still not here now! Argh! {slapping forehead!} I should have finished it earlier... oh well. I hope it comes before DP!
How do you like Jai's bodysuit? It's only 000 and I've been holding out from packing it away so he could wear it on Father's day! It was sooooo small but he squished in it for the day. Such a cutie! {hearts rising from head}
So when we arrived at Bobbin Head it was packed with picnic-ers and fishermen. We squeezed our car in an illegal park (hehe) and grabbed a section of grass near the bank for Will to fish at. Jai and I played on the picnic rug and went for a walk while Willy did some fishing. I took Jai for a walk over to the Marina and saw there were heaps of people throwing bread into the water for the fish to eat. And there must have been HUNDREDS of Bream eating the bread! No wonder Will didn't get any bites! LOL! Poor Willy! Well, he says its about the experience, not about actually catching the fish! {patting Will's back cos he's so humble}! LOL!
All that picnic-ing wore my boys out cos when we got home in the afternoon they both went to bed and slept for hours!
And thankfully Willy is easy to please and I made him his fave dinner which was the super easy Spaghetti Bolognese! Yum!
So that was our Father's Day! Hope you had a great one too!
:) C

Happy Father's Day Willy!!

HAPPY 1ST FATHER'S DAY TO WILLY!
Jaimeson loves his Daddy, and I love my Husband! We hope you have a super fantastic day!
I did this page of Willy and Jaimeson at Yvette's, aren't my boys so sweet! Look how tiny Jai's head is compared to Willy's (don't be too worried, Willy does have a massive noggin!) I love the phrase on that paper, so sweet! And it went perfectly with these pics. Awwwee... I want to smoochy those cheeks right now... oh and Jaimeson's too. LOL {giggles}
: ) C