Spring acts like it wants to come, then leaves again....my mom gets married...and the boys are both getting sick. (pictures are Mother's Day kite flying with Mommy, Tyson with Papa B, and Lucas' first haircut from neighbor Melody)

These are the things that have been happening in our neighborhood lately. On May 3rd, my mom, Carol, was married to Bill. It was a really cool/laid back wedding with 99% family there. My best friend Bea and her husband Todd were among the only non-family members present. It was great...Bea sang and I played. Both of my sons got to see "mama B" get married and then they were off to honeymoon in Myrtle Beach. My brother Keith was able to get back for the wedding and it's always great to see him.

Our crazy weather just won't warm up. The "hellicopter seeds" are just now starting to fall...they usually are already down now and we are opening the pool. Looks like we are 10 days or so from doing that. But I don't think this weather is helping the boys stay healthy. They get a warm day or two and get to play outside, then it's cold for three or four and they feel couped up inside. If they do go out and play, they end up getting all wet and it's still cold, so I think it's catching up to them and making them sick. Lucas is just a magnet for water, mud, anything he should not be in or on, he loves. He gets around really well though. My brother commented while he was up here for the wedding that he is really agile for as old as he is. (19 months) His son, Brett, who is 3 weeks older than Lucas apparently is not as mobile as Lucas. I pointed out that Brett also has 6 or 7 pounds on him and that might be the reason!! LOL.

Mother's Day was this past Sunday, May11th. I have been kind of sick for four or five weeks and it just so happens that this day was the day I felt the worst out of all that time. Bad luck, but I spent 99% of the day laying down and napping. Sabrina got the boys up for church and then her family had a cookout. I felt like a pile of crap for not making it, but I just couldn't. Really sore throat, no voice and zero energy. Bad combination. Bre was very forgiving and we ended up flying a kite late afternoon with the boys. She said that was the highlight of her day. Made me feel bad, but I was glad she had some fun on her special day. The boys enjoyed the kite a lot. Ty was his usual neurotic because he was sure it was going to fly away like Daddies balloons did leaving Sam's Club on his b-day. (He has that image completely burned in his brain vividly to this day and it happened mid February) So Ty was reluctant to hold the kite string. He eventually did and liked it. Only liked it though, Lucas LOVED it!! He's just a little more adventerous than Tyson is right now. Lucas is just as guarded as Ty around strangers, but when he's comfortable, he'll do or eat just about anything. Lucas now can put on his "Crocs" by himself most of the time. He tries to say "shoe"...it comes out "sssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh", but it's cute and it's close. Tyson still learned more sign language than Lucas, but Lucas knows his fair share.

Mommy took the boys to her school this week. They loved it!!!!! They played really hard and the sat down for snack and didn't act up. Tyson poured his own drink at snack...that was a first!! We are going to enroll Ty at Purdue lab school in January, and Lucas a year later. Ty will be 3, and he really likes to play with older kids. Even in the neighborhood it's the older ones he likes to hang with. So a little more time with Taha, and then it's off to pre-school. Time is just flying by.

Oh...almost forgot, Sabrina's brother, Jeremey and his girlfriend, Steph, had a baby boy, Zeke a couple weeks ago. Sorry, I don't know the exact date, but he's got a story!!! At 4:30 AM, Steph thinks it might be time...so Jeremey grabs the suitcase, says he's going to start the truck and takes off. Steph says she's going to go pee before they leave so she goes to the bathroom only to have little Zeke's head come out and she catches it before it hits the toilet!!!! The the legs follow and in 2 minutes he's here....only one problem...they are still at home and no one knows what to do!!!!!! Jeremey comes back in after a few moments wondering what happened to her only to find her there kind of with her hands full. A quick 911 call and in 3 minutes 12 emergency personel are taking care of the situation. Baby Zeke is fine, mommy is fine and daddy can breathe now...it's all good that ends good, right? Wow. He's adorable and is eating everytime I see him. Hard to believe the boys were once that size!!

This summer we are going to try and get up to Michigan to our usual spot. It's going to happen, we just haven't figured out when. Sabrina and I are trying to find a quick trip to Vegas, but that's low on the totem pole of importance. And I would like to get out to Myrtle Beach so we can actually use out condo we are paying for. And to let the cousins all play together. That would be Heaven.

Hope this post finds you all well. A little side note, my other best friend Sid's mom, Barb was diagnosed with breast cancer and she's had surgery. A complete mastectomy. They think they got it all, so let's hope so. She has been in my prayers since I found out, so let's keep the good news coming. I have known them for 31 years and they have always been like second parents to me. Have a great weekend and to all the Mothers out there, happy late Mothers Day to you.