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Post by lupineaura on May 25, 2017 21:04:31 GMT -6
Hm, thinking about it maybe I'll do custom aprons. DH does the cooking and often involves the kids.
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Post by billyhorrible on May 25, 2017 21:06:40 GMT -6
Hm, thinking about it maybe I'll do custom aprons. DH does the cooking and often involves the kids. A couple years ago DH had my oldest son handprints all over an apron for me. If you want to get crafty.
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Post by indaclub on May 26, 2017 5:43:40 GMT -6
I did the DAD picture last year so just doing a card and bottle of whiskey this year. Easy peasy
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Post by valiente on May 26, 2017 5:49:56 GMT -6
My Dad is getting the bigger present. He's been bugging us/DS for some art for his office so we're booking a splatter paint party at a local studio for the family. He can choose the colours he wants for his office and when he looks at it he'll have the memories of making it together.
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Post by librarychica on May 26, 2017 6:45:21 GMT -6
I am going to let him sleep in, make him a nice brunch with his favorite cocktails and call it a day. The girls will make something at daycare. Thank you, daycare.
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Post by librarychica on May 26, 2017 6:45:55 GMT -6
I need to get something nice for my dad this year but no ideas yet.
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Post by peachsmama on May 26, 2017 7:28:29 GMT -6
Dh always wants to golf but our weekends are always so busy. I think I'll buy a couple rounds of golf and set some tee times so he can go. We're building a house so nothing to expensive this year.
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Post by tapdancer on May 26, 2017 8:10:38 GMT -6
tapdancer, beer is always a solid choice! Do you like your map? He loved it. It's a little fragile but that could have to do with our states shape. I wish I had thought about mounting it on something.
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Post by Risscaboobs on May 26, 2017 8:24:30 GMT -6
Last year, I made him a tshirt with her little handprint on it. I think I will do something similar this year. I always just use pinterest. He likes tshirts he can wear around the house, so he's pretty easy to please.
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Post by ArielMermaid on May 26, 2017 8:32:47 GMT -6
For father's day my husband and his dad usually go golfing and out to lunch. They don't get to golf much so it's a nice day for them and I don't have to do any gift giving. Win/win.
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Post by radiantfate on May 26, 2017 8:43:17 GMT -6
My XH (DD's dad) pretty much just dropped off DD and said "see ya" (he only has her every other weekend) so he's getting jack and shit this year unless DD makes him something.
My DH (DD's stepdad) teamed up with DD and made homemade lavendar and eucalyptus bath bombs, brought me flowers, took the kiddo out so I could relax, and cleaned the entire apartment. I got him some beard oil and a coffee mug so far. I'm gonna figure out something for DD and me to do together with him.
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Post by potatocakes on May 26, 2017 8:50:58 GMT -6
I was going to frame some family pictures for a gallery wall we have happening in our hallway, but now I think I'm buying them those big and little dipper shirts, and some cool star leggings for DD. I'll still frame the pictures, it just won't be a gift.
I might also throw in some new grill tools, and some time to do the things he wants to do (hockey, which he plays on Sundays anyway, lunch from somewhere he likes, and likely, favors of the sexual kind)
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Post by misspeansmama on May 26, 2017 9:06:17 GMT -6
I got DH (and DD) matching Father/Daughter Aprons from Etsy.
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Post by misspeansmama on May 26, 2017 9:09:05 GMT -6
I'm going to make up a frame with DS' handprint and this cheesy poem I found online. I'll share with the class for anyone wanting to steal it. Not sure what else I'll get him but there are a few golf items off this fun site that I'm looking at so probably one of those. I should just not do anything for him like he did on Mother's Day... Cheesy poem: Everyday I am exploring Touching everything I’ve found I leave behind my little marks and handprints all around You clean up those handprints But someday when I’m grown You’ll wish you had just one handprint to keep for your own I made this handprint for you So that one day when I am tall You’ll remember what my hand looked like Long ago when I was small DD's Pre-K teacher had all the kids do this for the mom's for Mother's Day. I love it!
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Post by misspeansmama on May 26, 2017 9:12:15 GMT -6
There's a brewers festival here that takes place Father's Day weekend, so I always buy tickets to that. I'm also thinking about getting him a beer cap map thing, but I can't decide if I want to get a USA map or a WA state map. We have the U.S. Map. It's really large, so unless you have a big wall to hang it on you might want to go with the smaller state map. Although, honestly I am not sure how big the state ones are...I suppose they could be just as big.
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Post by Dramaphile on May 26, 2017 9:31:37 GMT -6
I need to come up with something good, J is always so good for mother's day, this year he got me Bath Bombs and a Groot notebook and a Torrid gift card and chased our one year old around the mall for like an hour while I tried on clothes. Last year I got them matching t-shirts, may need to do something like that again and then some.
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Post by ironcorgi on May 26, 2017 11:16:15 GMT -6
Father's day falls on the anniversary of my dad's death this year. Because this marks the 10th year he has been gone, I am going to get a tattoo that day and we will be spending the day with my mom. SO's dad is going camping and we didn't get an invite, so SO is fine with whatever we do. He is getting a GOT coffee mug and then something a little more sentimental from our three year old.
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Post by ugotstarbucked on May 26, 2017 11:34:12 GMT -6
I'm probably buying him a camp chair. So we can sit at the lake if we want to this summer. (I already have my own). I got a mug and flowers for Mother's Day, so I don't feel the need to spend more than $20-30.
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Post by icedcoffee on May 26, 2017 13:57:19 GMT -6
I'm a terrible gift giver as well (someone said that earlier in the post). He did Mother's Day well even though he had to work. I think the kids and I will just do the breakfast in bed thing, make a few heartfelt gifts from the kids, and let him sleep all day. Maybe throw him some beers every once in awhile. Keep the kids occupied, maybe get a sitter and take him to the movies (he loves movies and I'll even suffer through the ones he loves that I usually hate 😂). This is all of course if he is off of work. My own dad, we aren't a huge gift giving family. He also lives a state away. So a phone call, probably a nice card.
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Post by rvasc on May 31, 2017 5:57:54 GMT -6
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Post by windwithfingers on May 31, 2017 6:50:55 GMT -6
I bought SO some hot sauce from Frontera that he's obsessed with, and I'm also going to get this (or something like it): www.etsy.com/listing/204965020/bird-family-personalised-poster-print. We (DS and I) are spending 10 days there in June, and I'll be watching SO's DD, so we will make some kind of craft for him also. I've been scouring Pinterest. MH died on 6/16/14, so Father's Day falls around a time when I'm in a weird head space, and this year my parents are getting divorced. So lots of changes. I'm going to leave SO's early (it's a 5 hour drive) and have lunch with my brothers, dad, and grandpa that day.
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Post by brux on May 31, 2017 8:12:52 GMT -6
I'm skimming for ideas.
I just booked a portrait session at JC Penney to get a picture of DS wearing a sweater that was H's favorite as a kid. I have a picture of H wearing it and I'm going to try to have the photo studio take a similar one.
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Post by lea on May 31, 2017 8:35:17 GMT -6
I got him a t-shirt he wanted and he's getting a Regal cinema gift card from the boys so he can take them to the movies while he's home after DD is born. It's a totally selfless gift.
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Post by sullivan on May 31, 2017 8:40:52 GMT -6
MH is getting a charging stand for his phone & Apple Watch, a Nike golf hat that matches one DS has, a GC for a golf lesson, and a phone holder for his bike.
My dad will likely get a 6 pack of good beer, a lotto ticket and whatever golf stuff he needs.
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Post by valiente on May 31, 2017 8:42:57 GMT -6
I just realized we'll be in Europe, so scratch the usual plans. I'll hide MH's Spider-Man shirt and dress the kids in theirs and FaceTime to say happy Father's Day and let them tell him where to find his present. And order him a delivery pizza for dinner.
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Post by bridge on May 31, 2017 8:45:42 GMT -6
I think I might surprise H and get his front windows tinted on his truck.
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Post by ripper on May 31, 2017 8:50:45 GMT -6
We don't do gifts, but this year I got him a wallet (b/c he got me a much needed new phone skin for MD). I don't even have to cook on Father's Day b/c he likes to make his cook-all-day-smoked-ribs.
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Post by spooko on May 31, 2017 8:51:27 GMT -6
I'm throwing around the idea of getting DH a pair of new sneakers. It all kind of depends on whether or not I can find just the right ones, though. Otherwise I'll stick to cooking what he wants and doing a card.
I'm torn on whether or not to send a card to my dad. We're kind of on the outs so IDK.
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Post by ripper on May 31, 2017 8:51:29 GMT -6
Sex? Please, people. It's Father's Day not his birthday.
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Post by SweetPotato on May 31, 2017 8:55:58 GMT -6
I'm skimming for ideas. I just booked a portrait session at JC Penney to get a picture of DS wearing a sweater that was H's favorite as a kid. I have a picture of H wearing it and I'm going to try to have the photo studio take a similar one. That's adorable!
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