Father's Day

On Father's Day we have a tradition of going to the cemetery where Brian's dad is buried.  The first year we went Andrew was checking out this sprinkler.  I've decided to take a picture each year by the same sprinkler to show how they've grown.  

  

It was a really nice day -- hope all you great dad's out there had a nice day too.  I'm lucky to have a great dad and husband, and great brothers and friends who are good dads too.  Way to go!

May Highlights

Another month has rolled by and I haven't posted anything.  So, here you have it -- more highlights!  

Joy School "Graduation" -- not sure why it's graduation when he still has another year of Joy School.  But whatever, the program was cute.  When I saw this picture I immediately thought of some pictures I've seen of Brian when he was a kid.  Everyone always comments on how much they look alike, and in this picture even I can see it!

Trying to come up with some creative things to do this summer.  Here are the 3 R's we've been working on:  Race Cars, Rockets, and "Rock Stars" (Yes, that's Andrew's very own rock star interpretation....what do you mean, you don't get it?  Let me explain -- Sun glasses, obviously.  Mom's necklace, you must be a rock star if you're a boy and you're wearing a necklace, hawaiian shirt -- Andrew just insisted on wearing a "people shirt" and this is the one I gave him, and some Converse Allstars - people size, of course.)

And Eric had tubes put in his ears for the second time and also had his adenoids removed.  The surgery went well and he seems to be hearing and talking more.  He was a trooper -- although very upset when he woke up from surgery, after we left the hospital he took a long nap and woke up as if nothing had ever happened.  Not even Tylenol was necessary.  Yeah!

I've also managed to paint the basement.  It took me forever to decide what color -- after spending $25 on samples I ended up deciding on a color that I already had in the basement.  It's really light yellow and it's doing just what I wanted -- warming up the basement without making it too dark.  I love it!