May brought some beautiful weather which was great since Monkey’s baseball team starting practicing and we had plans to meet some Avengers at the Zoo!
I surprised the boys with a breakfast at the Zoo to meet the Avengers. They had a blast! We sat down at the table in the meeting area and we got there just in time for Thor to enter. Then Iron Man. And then. THEN! Spider Man! Oh My Gosh!! They were squealing like little piglets. It was so very cute. They didn’t even notice Captain America until he was all the way at the front. Hahahaha! The Zoo people had given us a number that they would call when it was our turn to meet them and get the pictures taken. So they sat squirming around and not eating a bite of breakfast until our number was called and then they bolted to the front. Seriously – so funny. After we had our turn, we toured the Zoo, rode the carousel and the train. I always have Birdie with me; it was nice to just be me and the boys for once
May also brings teacher appreciation week. And, since I was room mom for Monkey’s class, I took up a collection and got the teachers gifts. I made water bottles filled with mints for day 1 – each of the teachers, including the “specials” teachers got one. Specials at our school are music, PE, and library. Day 2 was the “thanks a latte” coffee mugs, again filled with candy and for Monkey’s main teacher, a starbucks gift card. Day 3 was a note pad with pens. And the big class present was Day 4. And can you bleieve I do not have a picture of it! I worked so dang hard on it too. The Main teacher received a canvas with a bouquet of paper flowers on it. I had each of the students make a flower for it. I was very proud of that bouquet! Their teacher’s aid received a water pitcher with a bouquet of tissue paper flowers in it that the students made too. Every time I think about it, I want to kick myself. So wish I had a picture. We skipped day 5 because well I was broke and because Monkey didn’t go that day because we left to go to Colorado to visit my sister!
We went to Colorado because my sweet baby nephew was turning 1! And I could not even think about not being there for his birthday. When I first thought about going out there, I had thought to go by myself but Hubby had never been there and wanted to go, so we decided to take the whole family. So Birdie would get to fly for the first time and we would all get to visit Colorado for the first time. And – bonus – it was Mother’s Day weekend and my Mom would be there too! I haven’t spent mother’s day with my own Mom in years. So nice to get to this year.
I don’t have much to say about Colorado. My sister was sick pretty much the whole time we were there, which meant we didn’t do all that much. We did see the Garden of the Gods – but it was so cold (and I have a broken foot) so we just drove through instead of hiked. We also drove up Pike’s Peak, which was very pretty and made us dizzy. And of course, there was a sweet baby turning 1! He took his first steps while we were there too which made it extra special. And I got to spend some much needed one on one time with my Mom.
In mid-May, Monkey started baseball practice! This was his second year playing and this year they were hitting off the machine instead of just the T. Exciting! No – not really. I do not like baseball. Ugh – it’s so boring. But it is the only sport he wants to play. So I guess I am a baseball mom. Hopefully I can get Froggy or Birdie into soccer. Must work on that.
And that was it. May is done. 🙂
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