Saturday I dedicated completely to sewing costumes.  I did not cook a big breakfast; I got to work.  By lunch, I realized I didn't have any of dh's favorites, nor did I want to spend time cooking when I could be sewing.  So I suggested that he could run out and pick up hoagies for us.  (I love hoagies, especially the ones from my mom's hometown in PA.)  He decided to take us all out to lunch at a local deli.  Although I would have preferred staying home to knock out more sewing, I accepted the invite and figured a change of scenery could be refreshing and help me to be more productive.  I never did have time to run the kids to Cracker Barrel to buy gifts for their dad.  But the deli is a block away, so I asked dh to drop us off there while he sat in one of the Cracker Barrel rockers on the front porch.  He is from upstate NY and loves maple syrup.  So dd got some maple candy.  DS couldn't decide and really wanted to be unique.  He kept asking if Dad would like this or that and I kept saying no.  There was a different maple candy but for some reason ds didn't want to get maple candy.  DH also likes spicy things but there is nothing spicy at Cracker Barrel.  I finally told ds he had to get a maple product or nothing, because I had to get back to the sewing.  So he got the maple candy too.  I bought a can of Virginia peanuts from Williamsburg for my dad.  He has everything, I have a low budget, and I think consumables make a good gift for the person who has it all.  He likes peanuts.  He can't have spicy stuff anymore.  The Williamsburg peanuts were the only thing Cracker Barrel had that Dad would like.  So I got that.  Funny, because we plan to go to Williamsburg this summer.  

We got back home and I got my dress finished.  Then I got to work on ds' costume.  After we came back from singing at the nursing home that evening, I went back to work on the costume.  I finally went to bed at 1am, bleary eyed, but basically done with ds' costume.  Just finishing touches are needed.    

I've been asking dh what he'd like to do for dinner on Father's Day.  He's usually torn between his favorite steak at one restaurant and his favorite salad at another restaurant out of town.  So he likes me to cook here, since I figured out how to duplicate it all.  Despite how busy I am, I would be very happy to do the cooking, since his favorite meal is actually quite easy!  But he decided to save me some time (I was dedicating Sunday to him so I had time, lol) by going to Texas Land and Cattle after church.  I wasn't going to argue, and they have incredible food here.  One bite into their steak and it is the best! 

Then we came home and changed and let him open presents.  I had suggested to the kids that we not gift wrap their gifts.  I didn't have time to pull out gift wrap and they were working on school stuff on Sat.  I told them that for dh's second Father's Day, I hid his presents.   I didn't have time to gift wrap then either.  I wrote clues and sent him on a scavenger hunt.  He had wanted a small desk fan for his desk so I wrote, "This will keep you cool...so look in a very cool place."  He found it in the freezer.  DD  laughed herself silly when she heard that.  The dc rose to the challenge and hid their candy.  It is not easy hiding things from this man I married.  We hid a few gifts while he was getting changed, then we got changed.  While he was changing, he had the audacity to go into the cupboard and take some pain medication and he found one the candy dd gave him!  LOL  He left it in there.  But when ds gave his clue, it didn't match with what dh knew.  So at least he was slightly confused!  LOL

He seemed to like all of his gifts.  He is always asking me for audio books on CD so I got some of those....Let's Roll, the one by Ted Dungy, the winning coach of the super bowl, and one by Condoleeza Rice.  I also got 2 movies:  Flywheel (by the maker of Facing the Giants, which he really enjoyed)  and El Cid with Charlton Heston.  DH had specifically asked for manly grilling tools.  The set we had was wimpy.  Well those were awkward to wrap and then he'd know. So I hid those in the game cabinet, then hid them under the grill before the Scavenger Hunt.  The media gifts were gift wrapped, so he thought that was all he was getting.  I hated his thinking  he would not get grill tools, but at least it made for a bigger surprise in the end.  With my clue, he knew it had to do with the grill, and wondered if I had gotten a new grill for him.  He ran outback and lifted up the cover to see if it was a new grill.  Now how in the world would I get one of those from the van and set up without his knowing????  Well ds just giggled and pointed underneath while dh started to cover up the grill. That is how he found the tools!  

After the gifts, we played Blokus.  As usual, the guys were in the lead.  But eventually they got bored and changed their strategy.  That allowed me to use up all my pieces and save my single for last, so I got bonus points and took the lead.  Woo hoo!  I had only done that once before.  That was fun!  

Then we went to my dad's for dinner and my brother's family came over.  My 20 month old nephew is extremely active, noisy, and scared of us.  sigh  I thought ds was active as a toddler but he was tame compared to my nephew.  He'll be getting a new brother or sister around mine and ds's birthdays in October.  I wonder how he'll react to that.  My SIL is a vet and gave me her old dissecting kit for school.  Next year dd starts dissecting.  SIL will come over and do those with her. 

Back to being busy today!