fête des pères

we celebrated
father's day
on
june 17th.



vee took
some time
to make
her papa
a father's day card.



not bad for
an
almost-9-month-old.

i picked out
a nice restaurant
in murten
for a
father's day lunch.




it was
vee's first
restaurant experience
so i was
a little worried...
especially 
when
we thought
we had lost
her pacifier on the train.
fortunately
we had a nice
table outside
in the garden
so we were not
too embarrassed
when
vee was feeling
talkative
and used
her outside voice
(aka her shlichta voice)...



better still
was the
little playground
right near
our table.
so when vee
tired of the
high chair
we took turns
drinking wine
and sitting with
vee in the playhouse.



the food...
well,
it was
was
edible.
not one
of my better
choices.

. . . . . . . .

after vee
went to bed
we spent
the rest of
the evening
drinking beer
and the watching
eurocup games
(more classic
father's day
activities,
i suppose).

. . . . . . . .

i don't think
vee is aware
of how lucky
she is
to have
such an amazing dad.
i know that
i am doomed
to the role
as the mean parent
because
i will never
hold a candle
to her father.
ever patient
and dedicated.
he is quite
the sight
in
neuchâtel-
this tall dark man
with long hair 
walking
by the lake
and
in the grocery store
each day
with a baby
strapped to his front.

even in the u.s.a.
stay-at-home dads
are
uncommon
but 
in switzerland...
well, it kind of
blows their minds.
yet
they
can't help
but smile
when they
see the two of them.
then again
who wouldn't be
charmed
by this
motley crew?



happy father's day 
to 
a bueno papa! 
xo