Father's Day

we're almost at the end of the week and i finally got around to blog about the Father's day we had last Sunday. we didn’t get up to much because Jim is a homebody and he enjoys staying in and doing nothing. 

 

after breakfast, we went to the Italian deli to get our lunch. we bought two different types of prosciutto, salami, buffalo mozzarella, marinated swiss brown mushrooms, marinated artichoke hearts, marinated eggplant and kalamata olives.

i arranged them on a wooden board and i also made fresh bread first thing in the morning to accompany our antipasto. Jim opened a bottle of red from his collection which he saved for special occasions like these and he had two glasses. the weather was so beautiful as we lunched in our verandah soaking in the sun. sometimes it's so much more enjoyable when we have lunch at home. we could take our time without having to worry about boo getting agitated in his high chair. he could go play in the garden after he finishes his lunch while we continue to finish ours. 

we were meant to finish the meal with the vanilla panna cotta with Campari jelly but Jim was too full for any desserts so we had to save them for later.

we went out for a walk just before the sun went down. i was hoping to take some photos of daddy and boo but i brought the wrong lens with me. lucky i managed to get a couple of decent photos. 

 

i'm glad Father's Day only comes once a year. by the end of Sunday, i was knackered. Jim on the other hand, felt all relaxed because he had a two hours nap after lunch. 

  

 

 

low maintenance husband

Father's Day is just around the corner so it's about time i start planning. we didn't do much last year even though it was Jim's first Father's Day. we're not big on buying gifts for each other on special days but i did get him a card and let him off all his daddy duties for the day. 

Jim on the other hand, took me out for a Mother's Day lunch, gave me a day off mummy duties for the day and he also bought two pandora charms for me (after i told him not to get anything for me). he got up a couple of times throughout the night to tend to boo and by lunch time, he was exhausted. nevertheless, i had a nice relaxing day. 

i was planning to take him out for a nice lunch at a restaurant of his choice but instead he wants a Ploughman's lunch with Italian cold cuts. i thought that's easy, we can have a picnic in the park. before i had a chance to suggest to him that we could have a picnic in the park, he told me he would be happy to enjoy his Ploughman's lunch at home on the verandah. this husband of mine is so low maintenance. he doesn't shop, doesn't like going out and he's very easily pleased. 

to make it a little special for him on Father's Day, i also let him choose any desserts he likes and i'd make it for him.  i was 90% sure he'd ask for a black forest cake but instead, he wanted Donna Hay's panna cotta. i first made Donna Hay's panna cotta at his request six seven years ago and i haven't made them since because i didn't think they turn out that good. guess i'll have to give the recipe another go or find a new recipe. 

i better pick up a nice bottle of Chianti to go with his Ploughman's lunch from Dan Murphy's and do a test run of the panna cotta. and if boo lets me, i might even bake some fresh breads for our Father's Day picnic lunch.