May 8

Today I was lucky enough to attend my first Mother's Day Tea. Will woke up right when I got to his class, so he was pretty groggy throughout the festivities. We shared a little snack of juice and muffins and were presented with our gifts. Will colored me a bookmark, and made a flower out of his hand and finger prints. He also grew a small plant in a flowerpot decorated with Thomas stickers. The pot is sitting on the windowsill in our kitchen...it's too cute!

May 7

My fantastic husband bought me a new D90 and an 18-200 lens for Mother's Day, Birthday, Anniversary and Christmas combined. I was able to get out and take a few shots with it tonight and I cant' believe how much better it is than my old one. It sure is a heavy sucker!

May 5

My tulips have seen better days. Will likes to pull the petals off and pretend they are feathers. I can't seem to get him to leave them alone. Today he pulled off a petal of and brought it to me, saying, "Dis is for you, Mommy."

Last week Will and I went to Target for, among other things, some new sippy cups. Once he set his eyes on the Dora cups, there was no turning back. He's quite fond of this pink one - we're pretty sure it's his favorite color.

May 3

Last night the rain poured and the wind blew. Luckily I took pictures of the apple blossoms a few days ago because this morning they were blanketing our yard like snow. I also caught a cute shot of Chewie basking in the morning light.

May 2

We met the Richards half of our family at Las Margaritas for a dinner to celebrate Dad's birthday and Grandpa's final retirement from Boeing. He's going to be 78 this year...it's about time he take it easy! Will had a fun time running around the restaurant and visiting family.

May 1

Tonight Will "helped" Marc install a new cat door. The magnet on our old one broke so we had to tape it down in order for Chewie to get in, which meant that anything that wants to can get in our house. I was coming out of our upstairs bathroom last night and I looked downstairs to see a random cat staring back up at me! Luckily, it won't happen again...at least not until this door breaks!