Cinco de Mayo in the 'hood

One of those moments when I wouldn't trade where we live for anywhere else. About a month ago, a neighbor with a food truck decided to put a Cinco de Mayo party together for the neighborhood. Last Thursday more than 100 people came out for backyard margaritas from a giant water cooler, a Mexican food truck, a wood fired pizza food truck, a Gannons ice cream cart, and lots  of lots of good neighborly times. I love our neighborhood! This was on the next block up from our house.

Reed is one!

Favorite toys are the toys that belong to his brothers.

He's so excited to be up at the train table with Theo, watching him play.

A rare moment of compatible playing with Beckett at the Batcave. What is happening is that Reed is sticking his hand through the hole, and Beckett is operating the switch that shuts it on Reed's hand. So Beckett has the chance to be aggressive and violent toward Reed, but in a way that Reed finds funny, not painful. The best possible play.

Fire truck fun

Last Saturday we happened upon the firefighters testing out their hoses and ladders on a beautiful day. They had their pumper truck hooked up to the fire hydrant, pumping water to the ladder truck, where there were two firefighters high up shooting water over the lake from the bucket and another firefighter shooting water from another hose. This is actually the second time we have seen this practice at our lake, but it is very impressive each time!

Grandma Joanie's birthday

Grandma Joanie's birthday matched up with the boys' last day of school before spring break. Beckett's class celebrated by making "dirt cups" with chocolate pudding, oreo crumbs, and candy. Beckett's thoughtful teachers even let us make one for Theo so they could both enjoy the treats when we got home. Joanie and Stu helped out and then we enjoyed a nice dinner at home to continue the celebrations.

Museum of Play

Grandma Kathy came up Monday to stay through Wednesday to help me out with Jeff being gone for work Tuesday night and also being gone for a campaign event Monday night. So Tuesday we took the kids out of school (it was sanctioned by their grandmother, a teacher!) to go to the Museum of Play, which was blissfully uncrowded.

The butterfly garden was a snooze-fest for the boys, but Kathy and I enjoyed it a lot!

Theo checking out all the cocoons and chrysalises hanging and emerging

The boys enjoying playing Wii

The boys at the new Hot Wheels exhibit. AWE-SOME!