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Have you met this Man? This is Jim, King Jimehameha, Our Old Man.
Here is Jim at his 60th Birthday Party.
Here is Jim at his 60th Birthday Party.Jim is the master of all things fun. When asked why he has so many kids (8), his response is, "To have playmates."
As soon as you could walk, you were in ski lessons.
As soon as you could fly (as young as 3 weeks) you were off to Hawaii.
(Below, Dx and Mimi at the Honolulu airport. Mimi 3 weeks)As soon as you could drive, you were meeting him for sushi.
If you are going somewhere, Jim wants to come. It doesn't matter if it's to the dump or to the Olympics in China, Jim is game.
Jim is the reason we all go so many fun places and do so many fun things. From the time we were all tiny, weekends were spent with dad skiing in Tahoe, riding bikes on Angel Island, eating at Ghirardelli Square, going to baseball games, taking trips anywhere you could imagine. I think that because of Jim, every one of us wakes up on Saturday morning and thinks, what fun and unusual thing am I going to do today? Every summer and holiday season was punctuated by vacations, large or small. Now, as adults, this is ingrained in our psyches. We cannot imagine a weekend without an activity, nor a summer without a change of scenery.
For Father's Day this year, Ellie orchestrated a program called "Saturday, Daddurday." Every kid was responsible for overseeing Jim's fun on their designated Saturday. This could mean a bike ride, going to see a play in SF, dining al fresco, or whatever else. The requirements were that Jim had to be entertained ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT, which meant two or three activities at least.
One of Jim's features is that when he's on the activity with you, he must make phone calls to other people telling them about how much fun he is having and probably planning his next fun activity.I highly recommend adopting the lifestyle of fun. Get a fun idea, plan ahead, and force the fun on everybody. Remember, you never remember how much you spent, you only remember how much fun you had.
16 comments:
Wow, your husband looks so good for just having had a baby three weeks earlier.
Your dad sounds like a lot of fun and makes me wish my dad didn't live across the country.
The Turkey dance made me choke on my popcorn.
You forgot to mention that you don't always think the activity is going to be fun ie laying on the skis in the back of the van while dad listens to the same radio loop for hours on the way to Tahoe. I have been to the dump with him and it WAS fun. We got a surfboard. I am instigating daddurday as a year long program when I move back. You also forgot to mention Paige's "you play, you pay" program.
Very special tribute to your dad! Does he also read blogs? I hope he reads this one!
That was a fabulous tribute. I know you don't even know me, but I still want to be adopted...especially after reading this!
Jim, Jim, he's so fun, if you're related you better run!
You also forgot to mention that if the phone rings before it's time to wake up on Saturday, it's so him asking if you want to go to the zoo/movie/museum/SF.
You Play, You Pay is Fantastic. I'm enjoying it now in Tahoe.
He sounds like so much fun. That was a great post, I hope he reads your blog. And the next time you go on a "outing" to the dump, take pictures and BLOG!
I thought I was the only one who went to the dump as a child and sat on budget gourmet boxes. I used to blow my nose and it would be black. TMI?
I knew there was a reason why all of you were so much fun.
FUN DAD, FUN POST!
I want a Jim!! He looks way fun! LOL of the picture of him on the phone letting people know how much fun he's having!
Dad's are the best especially fun ones. I wish my dad new how to have fun.
This is a true and good post. I'm going to make Dad read it when he gets home from dinner with mom. That is, if he can see it on his tiny laptop.
I LOVE that post. I didn't know that about your dad, but since you guys just OOZE fun, it must come from both parentals.
(but, Nor, where's the sarcasm...I'm slightly off-center now.)
I had a great day skiing today with my grandchildren. It was F-U-N, fun. Then I took my gorgeous wife out to dinner in her mink coat.
It is only eight o'clock and I have four more hours of fun ahead of me. I love having so many people to play with.
I love love love your family Nor. Because my FOO (family of origin) and childhood is/was definatley not as fun as yours, I have decided to start it over which means Patrick and I have to be like Pam and Jim. I am working on it. Sometimes I don't know how though. OK, alot of the time. Hmmmm. Is there a book idea here? THE GREENBAUMS GUIDE TO LIVING FUN!!! Ow! Ow! Write it! Write it!
Also, Nori I want you to know that the most fun times I have had in my life are because of YOU. Thank you. You are wonderful!
"You'll never remember how much you spent, just how much fun you had..." Words to live by. Maybe words to tatoo on my forehead!
I hope your dad really read it. A dad like that is a true treasure.
That picture of mimi is heaven. My favorite image of your dad is with his purple(?) mohawk at paige's birthday party a few years ago. Loved it.
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