Four Fabulous Eyes!

(Excuse the zoned expression- he was watching TV.)

Hooray For New York

We took Simon to the Pride Parade.

It was a great day to be there- lots of happiness- if you have not heard-

New York State has legalized gay marriage!

(Other happiness- there will also be no teacher layoffs- a real threat this year that we were protesting against mightily.)

Just Because...

Simon's first cotton candy ever at today's street fair.

And how could we not post this?

From Daddy's "Hurray! You finished your master's!" dinner.

Great Party

We went to a great party this weekend. Simon spent a lot of time catching frogs in the pond- we lost count but estimate that he caught around eight. Or the same terrified frog eight times.

The party was way upstate at a house with a beautiful garden, yard, pond, and bee hives.

It was a luau- hence Mama in the bliue grass skirt above and Simon looking like this below.

There was a face painter as you can tell- but Simon's was pretty much gone by the time we left.

Honesty

Sometimes our blog might look like our lives are pretty perfect.

Not always- Simon doesn't always (often) do what we wish he would.

I was saying, "Simon- Give Me The Camera Now!"

Artwork

Simon's artwork has been changing recently-

This one is from school and was made after they looked at VanGogh's sunflowers.

(It is a bit cut off.)

This one was made at home and when he made it there was s tory to go with this wonderful guy and his flower. none of us can remember the story now- but he's still a great character.

And this one was painted just a few days ago at home.

It is a picture of what Simon and I saw during the tormado last spring.

The orange is the window of the restaurant where we were,

the purple squiggle is the tormado (which we did not actually see)

the blue is a car,

and the brown is a trash can flying and hitting the car.

We did really see that happen.

Graduation Song Let It Be

For those that couldn't be there.

Presenting...

Simon!

The graduate.

He sang his little heart out.

And he stood with pride in front of the group- though later he told us he was,

"nervous, all kind of nervous."

He hammed it up with Grandma and Papa.

And surprise, he ate cake.

Wedding Weekend

We celebrated a lot this weekend because Cousin Julia and Jim got married!

This picture is from the brunch on Sunday.

We hace pictures from the wedding0 the camera wouldn't fit in my bag. But here Will and I are in all our finery.

And this happened the Friday before the wedding. Grandma Sue came to abysit and she was able to hook up with Uncle Peter and Aunt Erica and Iva for some playground fun.

Master

It is official.

Will is a master.

Most of you already know this, but if you didn't- Will has received his Master's degree from Queen's college in Library Science. Simon and I are very proud and very glad it is over! Will is a great guy and deserves congratulations from everyone.

Let Him Tell You All About It

Oh No!

Here is the promised video- Simon did do this ride alone a few times with successful landings- but the time I taped- not so much. The first time you watch you'll focus on Simon- the second time you should look for the loving Daddy who rushes in to the rescue. And I think I remember giggling- but apparently I did not since I can't hear it. But it is a little funny. And right after this, Simon decided to go down again.

Berfore and After

Before...

During...

After...

Even more after.

Look Who We Met

We got very lucky this time and met so many of the great characters from Sesame Street...

Cookie Monster...

Bert and Ernie...

Zoe...

And Grover! Simon is looking up at Mama and Grover with a funny face because they have just shouted, "Super Grover!"

Why is Simon running?

To ride the rides at Sesame Place!

Daddy and Simon were at the front of the roller coaster- I think we went on about 10 times!

Simon also began to ride the water slides alone- it was semi-successful as a later video will show.