Pops on Parade

Last month we did a Mother's Day post, and today, it's time to give props to the pops!

So Happy Father's Day, to all the fathers out there!

Me and the best dad ever (my dad)

Dad and another great dad, my Uncle Jim

John "Pop" Power and his four amazing kids

Pop Power with his first born, Sean, and both of them looking very young

Greg and his newly born Bosco (who'll be three next month! holy crap!)

That kid doesn't have much neck control, does he?

Sean and Angi with their newly born Sadie (a total schmuchenbachen)

She's growing up pretty darn nice!

He might not be an official dad (yet...), but he's a great dad-type person.

Dog dads count, right? We're going to say that they count.

Paula and her big dad, Anthony

Trevor and a great step-dad, Jim...

Jim with Letty & Rae, and Grandma & Grandpa Madel

Jeremy and Julie, taken days before Jeremy officially became a father

Andy next to his lovely pregnant wife, Mary, about to become a father

Three amazing fathers back when they were fresh out of college: Nate (L), Ben (C), and Jim (R), with their lovely wives

Dan, father of the amazing Maya

This is the amazing Maya

To the rest of the wonderful, wise, and wacky dads out there, we applaud you and encourage you to drink a few beers today and forget about the college tuition that's still in your future. 

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!

For Father's Day this year, Trevor and I met Mom and Dad Bork, Greg and Paula (the "new" mom and dad Bork), and Bosco for lunch with the Nichols at the Evanston Country Club. The weather was perfect for al fresco dining and we all enjoyed mooning over Bo for an hour.

Mr. Nichols, Trevor, Bosco, Greg, Dad

And even though we didn't get to see Trevor's dad today--he and Fran just got home from their Ireland vacation--here's a picture of him and T.'s mom with the little guy who first made John a father, Sean (who is, himself, celebrating his own Father's Day today, with Angi and Sadie!):

Mom, Pop, and tiny Sean Power

And our Father's Day presents were the chocolate chip cookies I was moved to make by Craftwhack's recent post. Although they weren't exactly chocolate chip cookies--Nestle sells a bag of milk chocolate chips mixed with peanut butter chips (yu-hum), and this was, of course, the bag that I bought. So these were extra special cookies. And I made some teeny tiny cookie bites with the remaining 1/4 cup of batter so that I can eat them in one gulp and not feel guilty about the two sticks of butter and 1.5 cups of sugar that went into making them.

And in other news, earlier this week I got some information about the volunteering I'll be doing the week after next with Open Books. I'm going to be a "book buddy" and have two buddies from Cameron Elementary School in Humboldt Park who I'll visit twice a week and read with. I'm pretty geeked out about it, and at the info. session I learned that I can bring some of my own books, so this week I'll figure out which ones from our shelf are appropriate for 1st and 2nd grade readers and then get some supplementary material from the library. I'm betting that I have a few that will work (since my bibliophilia extends to children's literature...), but I'd like to pick up some classics, too.

And speaking of classics, and of things Craftwhack inspires me to think about, Jeanette from Craftwhack recently posted her top five kids' books. Among her choices was a book by Richard Scarry, who wrote about Lowly Worm. When I was little, I adored Lowly Worm, and as I got older I always remembered his tiny worm hat, tie, and smile, but I forgot his name. Until Jeantette reminded me, and I'm so happy that she did.

It's Lowly Worm! Wouldn't you like to have him around all the time? I would.

After getting my volunteering information, I kidnapped T. from the gallery for lunch. It was a nice day and we sat outside.

This week we're taking Henry in for a check-up (who is doing much, much better after a scary surgery he had last month) and then we might continue with a Movie Monday viewing of Tree of Life (we saw Super 8 last Monday and [although it's no E.T.] we really enjoyed it). Or, if the weather is nice, we might just ride around on the motorcycle like we did this evening. Whatever we do, we'll have a full report by the end of the week. So until then, Happy Father's Day, and happy mid-June nice weather!