Happy Father’s Day

 

 

This Father’s Day is a poignant one. P will be in Hong Kong by himself as we think of him this Father’s Day and on his birthday (19th Jun)..doing the fatherly thing of doing what he thinks is best for the family, and starting a new job there.

People may think we are being silly for separating the family thus, but it’s not so bad if he comes back every weekend, even though those weekends are only from Saturday mornings – Sundays 3pm thanks to flight timings.

I hope our children know whatever we do is for their best, and hopefully the day when we can all be together permanently won’t be too far away.

I know it’s especially tough on P given that he had spent about a month at home with them, and was constantly hands on, bringing the two out on his own, having fun, being exhausted at caring for them, but ultimately happy to witness their growth every day.

Most of their fun outings took place in June when Christian was on holiday, but P made a concerted effort to entertain the children with balloon sculpting, painting, playdough making, water play at Tampines One, sand play at Sentosa, coaching Christian at skate camp and coaxing Calista on the balance bike..The children love the games he thinks up, and his ability to construct caves / tunnels / tents for them at home just by turning a mattress upside down or this way and that.

He certainly makes a better stay-at-home parent than I, but too bad I am not willing to forge ahead in the workplace so that he may stay home =7

Here are some pictures of the past month..

Us at East Coast Park on the “family vehicle” and pictures of his balloon sculpting efforts..

He brought the 2 kids to Sentosa by himself! (Brave soul, I would hesitate to do so myself.)

They were so tired out by all the morning play he sent me a pic of them conked out in the car which made me laugh out loud.

Pictures of the makeshift imaginary structures he constructed for them, them having fun with the loudhailers and playdoh he bought (both from Daiso..it’s his fav uncle haunt now).

Them having fun at the waterplay area at Tampines1 (P said the mothers looked at him with admiration as he handled both the kids by himself. Ha.)

P sent me a bloomberg article which reported on the annual value of a father. Totalling the average wages of the usual “dad jobs”, insure.com came up with a figure – USD23,344 per year.

I think he’s priceless, and i’m sure the kids will agree.

Happy Father’s Day to all Daddies!