A University City Father Asks Himself, Am I Lucky or Lazy?

Am I incredibly lucky, or just plain lazy?

A question I often ask myself because I have focused my life around being a dad.
I have two beautiful daughters who I absolutely adore, (Of course what  dad would ever say any different?) and I have made sure that doing little things with them takes priority over most everything else.

My work schedule is flexible, while my wife's is not. Therefore, I get to handle many of the home routines.  In the morning I take on making breakfast, packing lunches, brushing hair, making sure the girls look descent when they walk out the door.  (The whole fad of wearing miss-matched socks has shaved five minutes off my girls getting dressed.)  Plus, I like to walk my girls to school.  One of life's simplest joys is to walk down the street holding your child's hand. It's magical for me. Not only do I  take my girls to school, but I pick them up as well. This really condenses the time I have to be at a job to a stereotypical nine-to-five work day. My wife can pick them up on days when necessary, but again her work is such that she cannot always drop everything and just walk out the door. Plus she has a 20 minute commute and I work a mere mile from home.
In addition I get to go on field trips.  I take off work for a morning to pick pumpkins, learn about butterflies, or most recently become a detective at the Magic House. 

One of the things I love about where we live in U. City is that we can still walk most anywhere we might want to go. We are only a quarter mile from the school. A number of parks are just a few minutes away. We can make it to the Loop in about 15 minutes. This helps because Saturdays are also daddy/daughter days while mom works. We can spend an entire Saturday morning walking to Bread Co. and then stopping at a playground on the trip back.

This is where the question pops up. I spend a ton of time with my children. Time that could be used to build a great career and a more comfortable life for my family. Some would say that I am well educated and probably could have followed a path where I was making considerably more money and working harder. Before kids, I would get to work early, stay late, fill in on weekends, whatever, I enjoy being productive. Since I have become a dad, at times I feel I have become lazy. I choose to hang out instead of working.  
So the question continues to plague me, Am I lucky to have found a life where I can spend as much time with my daughters as I do, or have I become lazy and found a great excuse to not work hard?
For those of you wondering, my wife is a sales manager at Nordstrom.  Retail hours, ugh!