Father's Day

Isn't Father's Day supposed to be a fun time for fathers and their sons? A time to spend bonding and doing manly things? Growing up I remember my uncle and grandfather sitting on the swing, scratching their respective ball with one hand and drinking a beer with the other. The only time they would get up was if they had to pee or one of us kids wasn't around to get them a fresh beer...come to think of it, if we weren't around they probably just peed in the can.
I always remember Father's Day with my dad and a day we let him sleep late, made him breakfast and then watched CBS wide world of sports until dinner was ready. Once in a while he would chase us from the house and we would go swimming just to get out of his "hair". We made him cheesy gifts at school and that was all he got and liked it. My mother didn't fuss over him, after all it was Father's Day...it was our job to do this.
So how did it come to be that the gifts have gotten bigger and the day has become a day to spend away from your kids? I heard of fathers taking this day to play golf with their buddies, go fishing or both. What happened to this being the day, the ONE day, you spend with your dad...bonding and catching up. Are fathers these days not busy? Do they have so much time on their hands that they can take Father's Day to play with their friends and not with their kids?
All this comes about because I spent all day yesterday playing ref between Ryan and Danny. It seems that neither of them realize that they are exactly the same person in different bodies. At one point I told Ryan to take everything about Danny that annoyed him and double it...that is my life. They are both annoying when they want something, bitchy when they are hungry and pig headed stubborn. They are smelly, dirty and sloppy, but also cute, cuddly and very sweet when no one is looking.
Danny and I do everything together, it's just a fact, he and I have and non verbal agreement; we go and do what he wants and he doesn't complain or we leave. To this he also has to make concessions and go and do somethings with me without complaint...it works for us. There is never an argument, a dirty look or a debate...when he goes out with Ryan is usually and argument that has warped into a grunting match because no one can yell over the other anymore. Ryan loves the word no and don't, these are two words that drive Danny into a tailspin of bad behavior.

These are the things that make for a good Father's Day:
Having a Scout Camp Day the day before and coming home late so monster sleeps in
Making BBQ for dinner, little monster and big monster love long cooking meat
A thunderstorm in the middle of the day, makes for good down time to watch baseball
Having dinner early so there is time for LOTS of dessert
Family Movie Night the includes lots of farting jokes...both monsters love that

Happy Monday XXXOOO