Happy mother's day! Our celebration was enriched by having Jill's parents in town for the weekend. Rick and I cooked a chicken/bratwurst/potato spear lunch, and we ate outside on this gorgeous day.
Jill and I also took advantage of the grandparents' visit by taking a date tonight. We were the only guests eating outside at Milo's, so we felt quite special.
Clara and Janny are growing so fast. Janny uses grunts and pointing with fingers to communicate her commands. Just before bedtime, she gets really giggly and we all crack up. Last night she would toddle to grandma and then try to run away except that grandma grabbed her shirt. She laughed, fell down, and repeated. And repeated.
Clara is getting more demanding (I would say unreasonable except that she is 2). Sometimes we can convince her to do what we wish (go to bed (eventually), stop pushing Janny, put toys away) and sometimes not (e.g., eating food that she doesn't like (that she's never tried), using the potty). She is unrelenting at asking bigger kids to play with her at the playground. Almost always, she talks them into it.
Jill spotted this sand box at the Lutheran church's rummage sale this week. The box was $5, and the sand was $12 at Meier. Money well spent already. There was a nicer sandbox available on Montclair St today. I'm thinking of you, Olsons.
I was super excited about our cherry tree last year. One day it was full of cherries and the next, it was nearly barren. I maybe ate 3. It's looking good again this year, so I grabbed some while I could. They aren't fully ripe, so hopefully the birds and bugs will leave a few for us after a couple of days.
Our temporarily homeless friend is no longer homeless as of tomorrow. She is subletting an apartment for the summer. During the last few weeks, she and her son have been staying with a family in town that is part of a temporary shelter group.
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