I got up early to get the the kids moving on their morning activities and to make coffee for Mom. Once everyone was ready we went to church for the culmination of vacation Bible School. Charles and Corwin just sang, but Corwin was much less fidgety than previously and Charles was well behaved as well (although he didn’t sing or do the synchronized body motions). After that was the annual church picnic. After that we went home for a while before Mom went off for tennis, dragging poor Corwin along. I stayed home to keep an eye on Alice and Charles.
Mom dropped by the store after tennis to pick up some essentials and bring me home some goodies for Father’s Day post. Charles overheard her give them to me and decided to participate. He got a leaf off one of Mom’s ornamental grasses and showed it to me, explaining that it was a leaf and would grow inwater. He then put it in a zip-loc bag filled with water and gave that to me as a present, singing “Happy Daddy Day”. I asked him if, for this special, day, he could be a Daddy’s Charles Boy. “No” he replied, giggling.
Corwin’s response was to wait all of five minutes before asking me for one of the goodies Mom got me. I explained that it wouldn’t be much of a Father’s Day gift if everyone else had some. Corwin countered that there were three of them so I’d still get one even if Charles wanted one.
After that we went to the swimming pool to stop Corwin from whining. I watched Alice while Mom worked with Charles in the middle sized pool. It was somewhat cool and Charles got chilled from swimming. I wrapped him up tightly in a towel and called him “burrito boy”. I layed him out on one of the deck chairs because the sun was shining brightly and I figured it would warm him up faster.
Dad: You’re roasting up nicely. You’ll make a good Father’s Day treat.
Charles: No!
Dad: Why not?
Charles: I not roasting!
Dad: You’re not?
Charles: No, I a chicken! [singing] I am chicken! I am chicken!
Eventually we made it back home to have dinner, although Alice nearly drove Mom crazy with her need to get in and out of the pool while I was helping Charles warm up.