A Couple of Weeks in May (2010)

Boys after Saturday Market, in the fountain.

This has been a busy month. It started with Mother's Day, on May 9, 2010. We went to Elaine's. We had Chinese food from Mar's Meadows, a place we went a lot when I was a teenager. Caver was out of town, in Arizona, with Lisa...Mom didn't want to cook...everyone knows I don't cook. Mar's was yummy!! Helen Bernhardt's cake and ice cream for dessert. We got about 10 different dishes...dad was home for Mother's Day but went to the hospital shortly after.

Granny with her sons-in-law on Mother's Day

Finn, Granny, Tuck, Cade

About a week later, Saturday May 15, Caver had us over for dinner...she grilled and made yummy food. It was so nice. The boys played and had a great time!! Granny came for a while too.

On Sunday the 16th, there was a Sunday Parkways event that went right through my mom's neighborhood (Concordia) that we were going to attend but we decided not to go. It was raining in the morning and by the time it cleared up, the boys preferred Caver's idea of going to Saturday Market. We met her, Cade, and Tucker there. They had pizza and elephant ears and couldn't have been happier.
All four boys bought cute glass necklaces. It was so much fun. I haven't been there in years. Saw Portland's Elvis even. He was really sweet, giving me a big hug...After we broke off from Caver and her boys, my boys decided they wanted to go in the fountain. I carefully took off their shoes and rolled up their pants, telling them to get their feet wet. They ended up getting their entire bodies wet, which blew me away. Why would I take the time to take off shoes and roll up pants if they were going to do that?!? I just don't get it.

On May 21st, Finn had a great activity at school. For six weeks or so, his class studied insects. Finn told me a few weeks ago that he was a bee. I didn't get it, but that's what he was. Shortly after that, his teacher sent out an email informing us that the students were assigned an insect that they were supposed to study and become experts on. He also had two pupas that he was watching and studying in class...one of his pupas rotted, but the other turned into a beetle. Pretty cool.

Finn on far right

Grasshoppers

Mantids

The insect study culminated in "Insect Interviews", that the kids participated in, with all their parents watching. There were six categories of insect (ants, grasshoppers, mantids, butterflies, ladybugs, and bees). They all made costumes in class in the morning. In the afternoon, the parents came and interviewed them, asking them questions about what they eat; where they live; who their predators are; how honeycomb is made; how far they can jump; etc. The kids had so much information and were so darling, sharing everything they learned. Loved it.

Finn's field day was on May 24th...I volunteered to help. I was assigned to the exciting Marble Pick Up game. It was interesting. It was marbles in a barrel with water. The kids had to take off their shoes and pick up as many marbles as they could with their feet in 45 seconds. It was a somewhat cold day. Totally entertaining to watch them. Finn did most of the activities. He did another water game as well (pic to the left), where he had to fill up a container faster than other kids. It was all fun stuff like that, ending with parachute games and popsicles. The kids had a good time.

Busy May....