Welcome Summer!

We kicked off the summer season last week with some hot Oklahoma weather and a first run through the sprinkler. Cal opted out, but Max had more than enough fun for us all.

Easter

We had so much fun putting together Easter baskets and hunting eggs with the boys. It didn't take them long to catch on to the idea of the hunt, and once they discovered the goodies inside the eggs, it didn't take them long to clean them out. Alas, it is still much like it was when I was a child: "It's over already? I have to wait another year to do it again?"

They Speak

Cal has been waiting a very long time (and not so patiently, I might add) to speak beyond his current ability. Recently, he has started linking two and three words together and even, on occasion, four, and the torrent has broken. It started with a simple "Yes, please" and "Good Morning" and "Here, Mommy," and then evolved into a first sentence: "Help, please. Buzz (as in Lightyear) stuck." Now we are getting such complexities as, "I do bite strawberry, please." It is amazing to hear him speak quite so much. Wasn't it just yesterday that he was keeping me up at night and riding in the Baby Bjorn? Where is time going???

Max has mastered the basic communication skills and is speaking now with a little more...shall we say...flare? I hear him say things such as "I too busy right now!" or "I talking to you, Mommy!" He tells Cal often (that is, when not yelling, "STOP that!") "I don't like that, Cal." Sass, at three. Really?

And That About Sums It Up...

I was reading a story in today's paper about the devastation caused by the earthquakes in Italy. Despite the tragic circumstances, I had to laugh when I read the following quote by the L'Aquila Mayor, Massimo Cialente: "For now the needs are basic. The people in the camps, they don't have toothbrushes; they don't have toothpaste. You can't find a place to buy cigarettes or get a coffee." Now that, folks, is a desperate situation for an Italian, indeed.

Easter Bunny

We happened upon the Easter Bunny today at the mall. Cal didn't care much for him, but for Max, it was love at first sight.