More than half-way through May??

I really can't believe it's already May 19. The past few weeks have flown by in a blur, and I have not been blogging at all. I really have no excuse for not blogging. Well, I have had the flu for the past few days, but that only gives me an excuse since maybe the 16th. Not a lot has been going on. I'm counting down the days 'till summer break (16 school days), swamped with work, tired of cold and sickness, and trying to enjoy time with Jeff and Henry whenever possible. I'll try to give a brief re-cap of some of the highlights of the last few weeks.

Nathan and Greg came over for a barbecue a couple of weeks ago while Marianne and Peyton were in Arizona for the weekend. The boys had a lot of fun running, chasing, laughing, and playing in the castle.

Stella's 5th birthday was on May 2. Since I bought cupcakes for Rocco's birthday in March, I couldn't let Stella's pass by without recognition. Whenever we mention that someone's birthday is coming up, Henry says, "I have to eat birthday cake!" I was leaving for the store when Jeff requested that I buy birthday brownies. Since dogs shouldn't eat chocolate, I bought brownies for the humans and special fancy dog food for the pugs. Henry blew out the candles, but I'm sure Stella made a wish.

We got Henry's hair cut pretty short for the summer. I love his long curls, but it gets to be pretty unruly after a while.

I had a really nice Mother's Day. There were flowers and a nice card from Jeff and Henry waiting for me when I woke up. Jeff made us a great breakfast, then sent me off shopping by myself for my own Mother's Day gift. Then Jeff made a great steak barbecue dinner for Marianne and I (Greg was out of town) before he had to go to work. I have a very sweet husband! I forgot to have my picture taken with Henry on Mother's Day, so I took it myself that night. Not the best, but it's me and the little one who made me a mommy.

I took Henry to my school's carnival on Friday evening. The highlights for him were the bouncy houses and definitely the snow cone!

This May weather has been crazy. We've had cold rainy days when we've had to bundle up, and then beautiful sunny days when we've worn shorts.

I bought a blow-up pool on Saturday when it was in the high 80s, and Henry had fun playing in it while Jeff and I sat in the shade watching him.

Right now the pool is outside being rained on.

Henry's potty training is pretty much the same. He wears underwear during all awake time and pees in the potty all the time. But, he still won't poop in the potty. He says, "I need a diaper to poop in" and he will NOT go on the potty. We're not quite sure what to do at this point. For now we're just waiting for him to be ready, but that could take a while.

I just have to get through the next month of work, and then there will be LOTS of fun summertime blog posting! I promise!

Cinco de Mayo

On Sunday we went downtown to go to Portland Saturday Market, but once there, we saw that the Cinco de Mayo carnival was going on. We got lucky because the weather was sunny and dry the whole time we were there.

Last summer Henry did not enjoy riding on carnival rides at all, but on Sunday he loved them. For his first ride of the day, Jeff joined him on the balloon ride.

As soon as that ride was over, Henry HAD to go again... "all by myself!"

Next, he went on the airplane ride.Then he took a ride on the rapids in a canoe.

There were practically no lines at all. We just walked right up and got on most of the rides.Next, Henry went on the fire engine.He was the only one on the fire engine, and even though it went WAY up high, he said it was his favorite ride.Henry drove a dumptruck around and around...

Interesting sign. Maybe it was written by the "Carnies."I joined Henry on the tiger roller coaster, and we had fun whipping around the little track at a pretty quick speed. We were the only ones on the ride, and I think they let us go around quite a few extra times.The next stop was the motorcycle ride. Before we left, Henry and Jeff tried out the Strong Man hammer game and won a blow-up hammer. We were a bit disappointed that Henry wasn't tall enough to ride on the big ferris wheel. We were all going to go on that together, which would have been fun. But, I'm sure he'll be tall enough by next year.

Henry had a great time! I think we'll have to hit all of the carnivals and fairs this summer.