Grayson & Liam ~ May Photos

Here are the May photos of the boys.  They have not loved e-learning, but luckily Marina (our au pair/nanny) has worked with them and done better than Mommy and Daddy.  Liam took a cute selfie photo so I had to share.  I had to take pictures of all of their school work to send to their teachers so I included the pictures here.   They both got their report cards from the previous grading period.  The boys had the best weekend (last weekend in May) with Gabe, their BFF.  We went to a local park and they found sticks used as swords, climbed trees, threw the frisbee and ran around having fun.  Grayson was student of the week May 26th.  He had fun presenting his special poster board of his favorite things and read his favorite book, The Wonky Donkey.  He has come so far with his reading mostly due to his tutor, but during the pandemic he took on a whole new liking to new books that I found such as Piggie and Elephant.  We have so much fun listening to him read books to us now.  He is definitely reading above his grade level and he's very proud (so are mommy and daddy!).     

Climbing Trees ~ Grayson & Liam

We went to a park in the area and the boys had the best time kicking the soccer ball, throwing the frisbee and climbing trees.  The boys have no fear and love climbing as high as they can in the trees.  Of course I remember my days climbing the trees, but as a mom, it definitely makes me crazy.  It was fun to watch them explore and they kept saying how it was the best day.  We definitely

have very adventurous boys.  We love watching these boys live their best lives and take advantage of all the fun things while staying at home. 

Mother's Day

Mother's Day was a little different this year with the stay at home order.  We couldn't go to our usual spot for brunch, but we made the best of it.  We were actually driving home from our road trip on Mother's Day.  We were 10 minutes from home when we got in a car accident.  We were coming around a curve on the highway by White Sox park when a car stopped in the middle of the lane with car trouble.  There was no shoulder so the car in front of us slammed on their brakes and so did we, but with the rain we were hydroplaning.  We slammed on our breaks as soon as possible, but with the rain it was impossible to fully stop so we rear-ended the car in front of us.  The tow truck quickly came and moved the car with problems while we got off on 18th street and waited for the cops.  The police officer did not give Craig a ticket luckily (he mentioned he wouldn't do that because it was Mother's Day), but it definitely did a lot of damage.  At least no one was hurt.  Afterwards we ordered food and enjoyed Gibson's Italia for dinner.  The next day our au pair, Marina, helped the boys make cookies for me.  It was so cute!  They made the cookies and decorated them with icing and sprinkles.   They also made really sweet pictures for me along with a message all about me.  I was so happy to get these cute sentimental things from the boys.  I'm so lucky and blessed.