Friends & Kitties!
Sheebie here.
Today is Father's Day here in the US, so I thought I'd share a little something about my Dad with you.
I'm just three years old in this picture, and I'm pretty sure that's birthday cake I'm feeding to my Dad.
I love sweets. My Dad loves sweets. We both have tremendous sweet tooths (sweet teeth?). My Mom, not so much, so I know I got it from him. Dad and I could cheerfully kill for an excellent piece of dark chocolate, and then we'd have to duel each other to see who would actually get to consume it. It would be a hell of a battle, because we're both old hands at sugary subterfuge.
All my life dessert has been a big deal. Dinner could be "meh" (not that my Mom was a bad cook--rather the opposite) but if the dessert was tasty, well, Life was Good. I'm not sure how it started but Dad and I would have contests on who could eat their dessert the slowest; whoever had some left won the honor of getting the last bite and lording it over the other. I had a natural advantage of being a pokey eater but Dad was (is) a crafty opponent and he'd slip some in his napkin to reproduce after I'd had my last, gloating bite. How my Mom put up with us with a straight face I can't imagine.
Forty-six years later we're still playing the Dessert Game. No sense in changing a good thing, right?
Thanks Dad, for this wonderful memory, and thousands more.
I love you.
Happy Father's Day!
XX Trish XX
What a sweet post! Wishing all the dads out there a Happy Fathers Day!
ReplyDeletexo Catherine
Ah wonderful Father's Day tribute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to celebrate. Is a cat sitting on the last piece of your dessert?
ReplyDeleteGreat Father's Day post! Here's to the Daddies out there! (we're raising our meowgarita glasses)
ReplyDeleteNice story - sounds like you and your Dad have a wonderful relationship. Hope you both enjoy Father's Day!
ReplyDeleteAw, that's so sweet!
ReplyDeleteI have a sweet tooth myself. Whenever I hear someone say "Oh that's too sweet" I can't figure out what the heck they're talking about! There's no such thing in my book!
Happy Father's day to your dad and I hope he gets a good dessert!
It's even better now. Mom still makes killer desserts and I get them all! Ha Ha Ha Ha.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Dad xo
Happy Father's day all Dads!
ReplyDeleteThat was a very sweet post, and your Dad got you again on his Post :)
Great memories - thanks for sharing! T.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a wonderful game to play. Have a fantastic Fathers Day :)xx
ReplyDeleteWonderful post, Trish. Love the photo.
ReplyDeleteOddly, my dad and I have a sweet tooth too, my mom does not. She likes salty foods. I easily can eat cake and cookies and chocolate for breakfast, and have, on occasion, when I was younger.
I don't keep sweets in the house (not often) because I eat them all up right away, but when Dad visits, sure enough, he buys chocolate, candy, etc. LOL.
Happy Father's Day to all
ReplyDeletepawhugs, Max
What a fun post. Love seeing you and your Dad in the picture. How is it that time flies so fast? Happy Father's Day to all.
ReplyDeleteHah, I like your dad already!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry I haven't been in touch lately. I always read, but thanks to work, I don't always have the time to comment. I'm planning on sending you an email with snorglable pictures of this new little cutey as soon as I can 1, get someone to take them, and 2, get her to stay still long enough to have them taken! She's a little fire cracker!
Love to you all.
Happy Father’s day to Sheebie’s dad :) Looks like you both have got your just desserts ;)
ReplyDeleteTerrific memories fur sure! Happy Father's Day to Dads everywhere!!!
ReplyDeleteGrandma was making a birthday cake for someone (we don't remember who) but she went to answer the phone and Grandpa and Mommy ate the whole entire cake. Grandma was not amused.
ReplyDeleteEspecially since Grandma is overweight and Grandpa and Mommy are not.
Sounds like you might have inherited some of your sense of humor from dad too...
ReplyDelete"Yes" to what D Ma said above, Sheebie!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great father!
Your Dad must be beaming today!!
ReplyDeleteLovely tribute...
You were and are adorable
Hugs
Madi and Mom
I really enjoyed this post. It's perfect for Father's Day.
ReplyDeleteI grew up where desserts were a big deal too.
My sister and I used to fight over who would get to lick the raw cake batter from the bowl or the wooden spoon. We always fought for the bowl as that seemed to have a little more batter than the spoon.
Hugs
Iris
Oh what a sweet post!! I love your story of dessert game with your dad. And the photo of your feeding cake is so cute :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy father's day!!
I think you and your Dad were sweet on each other, as much as you both loved to eat them!
ReplyDeleteThe game of dessert is a testament to the love between you.
My Dad loved lemon meringue pie the most of all, so I always made sure to make it for him on Father's Day. Sadly he hasn't been with us these last 25 years.
That is a lovely post--your dad sounds like a fun guy.
ReplyDeleteLove the tribute to your Dad and his comment made the rest of my day.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you picked a winner, and vice versa!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post for Father's Day!
ReplyDeletePurrfect for Dad's Day...purrrs to the Dad of the Lounge
ReplyDeleteahhh--yep you guys still have the 'sweet teeth' thing goin' on! I love it--and the kitten picture is precious!
ReplyDeleteNoir
Great Father's day post. Sounds like you and your Dad were quite the pair. I love dark chocolate too so I would have to do battle too. Have a great evening.
ReplyDeleteA lovely post!
ReplyDeleteHappy Father's Day to your dad and all the dads everywhere.
Mum and her Dad has sweet teeths too. But they didn't do the who took the last bite game.
ReplyDeleteHappy Father's Day to the human dads out there. We don't have one of those, so we live vicariously through others.
ReplyDeleteTruffle and Brulee
What a great thing to share with your dad! I bet you got your sense of humor from him too!
ReplyDeleteSue aka Island Cats' mom
what a fun post to read..(but then I love reading all of your posts)..your dad looks like Mr. Rogers in that photo..and you were a little cutie patootie yourself..you are like me..I would pass up a steak dinner for dessert...oh I love dessert...have a great week ahead..and give all them kittehs a love for me.;)
ReplyDeletePee Ess:
ReplyDeleteNope.
The fridgermater is only about 7 years old. Same as me!-Scout
If we ever do meet, it will have to be rum cocktails and chocolate eclairs then. If you want my foolproof recipe for them, email me, ok?
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet memory! I'm sure you both were crafty little devils when necessary. :)
ReplyDeletethat was a precious memory.
ReplyDeleteI can tell by the expression on your face in that photo that you were a character even back then lol.
You are blessed to still have your father with you. I adored mine but lost him in 2001.
Happy Fathers Day to yer Dad, Trish!
ReplyDeleteThis is a sweet post (no pun intended)!
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