Last weekend when Mama and Daddy and Reed were in San Diego, the Grandparents Leibowitz were here with the big boys. From what I can tell, the highlight of the weekend was the purchase of two bubble fans. The boys regularly do bubbles for 20 or 30 minutes a day and have a blast doing it.

Jamesville Beach park

A couple weeks ago we spent the afternoon at Jamesville Beach County Park, about 20 minutes from home. The playground wasn't very exciting for the boys but there's a large sand beach that was in the process of being replenished, so there were huge hills of sand to climb up and run digger trucks on.

Taughannock with cousins

Saturday of Memorial Day weekend we met up with Jeff's cousin Mia, her husband Scott, and their three kids Luca (will be 6 in November), Greyson (3 in July), and Rowan (just 12 weeks old). We had an absolutely perfect day, warm and sunny, and we had a lovely spread in the shade next to the playground. The water was chilly and the swimming area was closed but there was no one there to prevent us from wading and playing in the water. The big boys had a great time on the playground together, and both my big guys had a great time with Greyson making their own splash pad out of the foot sprayer.

Spray park

Camillus, the next town over, has a brand new spray park. It's not as large as the one at the Seneca Lake State Park, and it doesn't have the beautiful lake view or the awesome playground next door, BUT it is about 20 minutes away and a big forest next to it so it stays cool and shady in the afternoon. Last Tuesday it was very hot, so we went to check it out. Beckett was ornery and tired but Theo enjoyed it til he got too cold. I plopped Reed down in the middle of it and he liked watching the water dance around him and occasionally splash him. Or at least he didn't mind it enough to cry. Then the boys blew my mind by going across the monkey bars almost unassisted. Wow!

Big times in the House of Lovebo

Saturday we hosted a birthday party for Theo, Beckett and Grandpa Stu. When Uncle Jon announced he was coming with his girlfriend Rachel and that they were getting engaged, it became an engagement party too. Then that morning Jeff went to a meeting of the Onondaga County Democrats, who voted to nominate Jeff as a candidate for one of the open County Court Judge seats. We also finally found out that the boys were accepted at the Syracuse Latin School, a public school in our city district that has an especially rigorous curriculum and lots of opportunities for independent, student-driven learning. Lots of great friends and our dear families came and brought food and celebrated with us. It was a really awesome weekend all-around, and we couldn't be more grateful for all the truly wonderful things in our lives!

Classroom birthday parties

Friday we celebrated the boys' birthday in their classrooms with their school friends. I really love their teachers and their little classroom communities, and I have gotten to know the kids there so it's really fun for me to spend time with them all there. Beckett chose to have ice cream and Theo chose to have chocolate chip cookies ("and something else... not just one thing!" but then couldn't think of anything else to have so, reluctantly, just had one thing). Reed roamed around the classrooms while the kids ate and sang to Theo and Beckett. It was a nice time.