Happy father’s day
on Jun 17 in General by KerryAmy and I were talking about what to buy Dan for father’s day.
“Playmobil.” she said after thinking for a moment, “But boys’ playmobil, not girls’ ones.” (She was right of course. The only reason Amy has playmobil is because Dan really wanted it for himself.)
So boys’ playmobil it was – a barbarian ruin to be exact. We rounded off the present with some beer, daddy coke, doritos and dips, and some honey roasted nuts.
“Mummy, do you know where nuts come from? Squirrels lay nuts and they give them to the shops.”
Fantastic, I love it.
Dan spent most of this father’s day with Evan, as Amy and I went to a christening. I didn’t make Dan go, so that was a present in itself. Evan’s present to Dan was feeling well enough to not be mr grumpalump all day.
Happy Father’s Day, my turn.
My Dad had an unusual Father’s day. He was marching with other veterans in London to mark 25 years since the end of the Falklands war. I was 7 so I only remember a few things about my Dad going away:
He went to war on the QE2. It was due to go on a cruise but was commandeered for the war, so they got to eat all the 5 star food on their journey. We went to see them off from Southampton and I was excited about having a whole tube of purple fruit pastilles on the coach (I did say I was only 7). There were lots of families on the dockside, so my mum and her friend Terri thought we should have orange dusters so my Dad and Todd could pick us out. We got there and found out we weren’t the only ones to have that idea. I also have half a memory of someone (Todd?) pulling a moonie but I wouldn’t want to be sued for libel if I’m wrong.
I remember going to the airfield when he was coming home and him walking through the arrival gate.
I can’t imagine what it was like for my Mum and Dad but I was young enough for it not to seem that big a deal. He came back safe and sound so I was lucky. My kids are lucky too, as they have a Granddad they adore, and who adores them back.
Happy father’s day to Dan and my Dad, we love you very much x
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Apparently Amy also came up with a long list of presents that she and Evan wanted to receive when it was Girl Day and Boy Day.
Can’t fault the logic I suppose.
I would write more but I have beer to drink and a Playmobil barbarian ruin to play with.
Happy Father’s Day. I had to buy my own beer. What’s up with that?
Picture of Dan playing with the Playmobil while drinking beer would be quite fun. I know you have them.
Kerry, how long was your dad away? Since Allie is 7, I’m trying to imagine what it would be like to not have your dad around, let alone if you knew he was actually away at war.
I think he was away for 8 weeks, but it was near the end of the war. He used to go away a lot on exercise (or playing soldiers as my brother called it) for weeks on end, so it just felt like that to me. I’m sure I must have been scared but perhaps everyone played it down so not to worry us.
Mum/Dad/Neil – feel free to join in?
We did try to keep it low key, and we were lucky in that we had the family and friends in Portsmouth, 32 miles away, so we visited them and they came up to us. Also having Terri, Mikki & Grant to go out with, along with other friends, and Army organised outings, kept the weekends busy and of course you were at school during the week. As you were used to Dad being away on exercise it was just an extension of that. As there were so many families in the area in the same position, everybody drew very close. Army children are very resilient. There were letters of course, and Dad carried one you sent him, which I am sure we still have (in a box somewhere). Sunday was quite an emotional time, brought back lots of memories but the best one was Dad arriving home, which you can remember.