Father's Day

Today is Father's Day and Bob wanted to celebrate by visiting the Detroit Institute of Art and then checking out a highly recommended Thai restaurant. Since it was 'his' day, we happily complied, although it was not hard to agree to his fun plans.

After church, Bob got a short nap, and we then did an hour of yard work and car cleaning in preparation for our trip to North Carolina this week.

In the late afternoon, we headed downtown to DIA for a quick view of some of the art. The DIA has a wide variety of art.  Noah, who had to complete a requirement for a merit badge, chose for us to do the Grand Tour of Italy - wealthy young European men who traveled around in Italy gathering art and other souvenirs to ship back to their palaces and castles. We perused the Venice room, the Naples room, the Florence room and the Rome room.  After completing our whirlwind tour of Italy, we walked through the American art collection and Noah pulled out his sketch pad and began to draw.

The restaurant was not far from the DIA and the recommendations were right on, terrific food and a fun celebration. Noah announced that he could eat Thai food every day - his is after all his father's son.

Back home we showered Bob with a few utilitarian gifts and the boys' home made cards along with a large box from Barb. Quite the fitting end to a day dedicated to the very best Da.  Lukas and Noah are blessed to be raised by Bob.