A buddy of mine received a DJI Phantom 2 as a Father's Day gift and it is pretty cool. Simply flying it around the neighborhood provides some cool footage, but he used it to shoot people boating and jet skiing at Lake Anna along with a rowing regatta in Tennessee earlier this month where his wife and daughter were competing.
http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision
A pricey gift at a little over $1000, but the perfect "dad" toy.