It’s been nice to be home again this week. I do love our home! And May, sweet beautiful May. How do I love thee? There are singing birds, flowers, warm weather, cool evenings, some soft rains, lots of gardening and basking in the sun. It’s got to be my favorite month. But don’t tell October.
We’ve kept busy since getting home on Tuesday.
We had our third-to-the-last Music Together class on Wednesday. That’s been such a fun class to take! Sylvia just loves it, and we have such fun singing the songs at home and in the car. It’s been a really nice part of our weeks this spring. Tom came over for lunch, and we all biked down to the yellow slide park. The oak leaves are just coming out, and they look all olive colored and small. While we were gone, the field of dandelions turned from yellow to white. Sylvie was sleepy, so she dozed in the swing while I pushed her (for nearly an hour!). Afterward we biked to Java Cat for some gelato. I can safely say that Sylvie is a fan.
Bryan has started his summer sand volleyball games, so on Tuesday nights, he’s having fun hanging out with his old co-workers from Widen and playing some v-ball.
On Thursday after Sylvie’s doctor’s appointment, Terry came over and spent the afternoon with us. We haven’t seen him since early April since he’s been exploring Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, etc. by car. He filled his blog with beautiful photos from his trip if you’d like to peruse them.
Andrew was delighted to see Terry, and together they watched the movie Mothra and then the kids played in our backyard kiddie pool. Boy, do those kids have fun splashing in the water! Terry brought over Bosco, but I think that’s going to be the subject of a separate post.
I’ve been fighting a head-cold all week, and last night it got the better of me. I fell asleep at 7pm. This morning, I went to the pharmacy and told the pharmacist to help me find something to help my symptoms. I’ve been pregnant or nursing for much of the last five years, so now that I’m not, I want drugs to make my symptoms go away!! The drugs have worked, and I’ve been much less coughy, snorty, and phlemy. Lovely.
We got together with Dad this morning and went to the memorial place to look for stones for Mom’s headstone. I know, I know…it’s rediculously late. But we’re planning something really nice. I picked a few loads of lilacs from Dad’s backyard (he’s got orioles back there!), and Andrew had some fun playing with Dad’s marble run.
After that, I picked up Sylvie from daycare at Donna’s, and the three of us went to the new Daisy Cafe and Cupcakery to have lunch with Karen. It’s a cute place…located where Bunky’s used to be. My omlet was delicious. Andrew and Sylvie liked the pancakes. Karen said that her non-meatloaf was good. The service was sloooow. It was noisy. And kind of crowded. And while Lazy Jane’s can be crowded and I’m fine, this somehow felt a little less-fun-crowded. Then the cupcakes. They were good. But honestly, not amazing. There was a lot of frosting. Normally, I feel like the more frosting the better, but this was a lot. And they were a little more sweet than I would normally go. And I like sweet. But the strawberry frosting was very berry, which was good. Andrew licked all his frosting off, and Sylvia ate most of hers. I think they approved.
In the afternoon, Vicki and Alex stopped by. The boys played in our pool together in their undies and had a wonderful time. They’d curl up in the towels to warm up and then jump back in the pool. Sylvie’s Poodle Nose got soaked, which led to some bedtime unhappiness, but in general a lovely time was had by all.
Now I’m off to the grocery store to get ingredients for the Carpe Diem party tomorrow. If it’s as beautiful tomorrow as it was today, it’ll be a great pary! Yay, it’s the weekend!