The Best Father's Day Gift Ever....Almost

You think I'm going to go on about how our 2 terrific kids are the best gift ever? Well, the thought crossed my mind. But really, here's the best thing: I lost my voice this weekend. How about that? What man doesn't want his wife to be voiceless (and therefore unable to nag, prod, complain, etc) all weekend long? And on Father's Day weekend, no less.
Nearly perfect.
Except for this: I got some virus to go along with it. So, after the plain bliss of no voice on Friday, the rest of the weekend I had some ridiculous headache, runny and stuffy nose, cough, etc. So, Super Dad got a chance to prove himself by doing nearly everything for most of the weekend.
And he came through with flying colors.

Before being virus-laden and nearly useless for a while, I did manage to take the kids out for a "secret mission" earlier in the week. We got some pix taken here for pops. Both kids did a great job, I think. It may have a little something to do with the bribe of ice cream afterward. But hey, is there a mom out there not above a bit of food bribery? I, for one, am not. I stick with what works.
So, here are some of the (somewhat entertaining) fruits of our labor.

Miss K, looking relaxed for her photo shoot:

And maybe she's a bit too relaxed....

Here they are both chillin':

Mr. (G)Q:

After the general kiddo pix, I wanted to try to get a few of Keira in this outfit we bought for her in China. I realized that if we didn't get it on her soon, she'd grow out of it! Jiaojiao hen piaoliang ma? Rough translation: She's lovely, eh?

So Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there (and all the single moms too, who really have to do it all!). We hope you had a great day!