Happy Be-lated Father's Day Steinar

Yesterday was Norwegian Father's Day and I missed it.

Attempting to get the little guy to sleep.

This is my second year in a row to not celebrate Steinar on Father's Day and I am horrified. Last year I had no way of knowing because it isn't exactly advertised because it isn't really celebrated here.  Also, I hadn't been in town that week to even notice if there was any advertising.This year, I am completely without excuse.

Last week, we were in the grocery store and I saw Father's Day greeting cards; I told myself to remember this time! On Saturday, the eve of Father's Day, Annabelle and I went into town to run some errands while Steinar stayed home with Benjamin. What a treat. To my horror, that night, I remembered Father's Day was the next day. It was too late. I bought nothing and made nothing. What a horrible wife!

Although there are many reasons why I forgot, one being that I forget everything these days and have no sense of time anymore; I don't have any excuse, my man deserves to be celebrated. I could have set an alarm on my phone, sent myself an e-mail reminder, wrote it on the calendar, etc.

Therefore, I owe my man a tremendous shout out for his fantastic fathering traits.

I should share with you:
One of the reasons I wanted to be with Steinar was for my future children. I wanted my kids to be raised by a man who was kind, honest, thoughtful, gentle, playful, sincere, godly, full of love, full of grace, generous, consistent, predictable and reliable. I wanted them to have a father who would teach my boy(s) to be the same, and to teach my girl(s) how they deserve to be treated as young women.

Steinar has proven to be this above and beyond my expectations.

You should also know, Steinar made us a lovely breakfast on Father's Day, went to work in the morning, played with us in the afternoon and went to work again in the evening--all without complaining or feeling sorry for himself that his wife didn't make the effort to remember his special day.


Love you Baby Snakes. Thank you for being a wonderful father and the best husband I've ever had :).