I'm writing this on Memorial Day while it is pouring down rain. There was some really nice weather in the middle of the month, but this holiday weekend was more or less spent indoors.
The metaphorical sun was shining on Kyla early in the month when she began begging us to get her ears pierced. It seemed odd for a five year old to me, but I couldn't think of any logical reason to object and Becky enjoys having a girly girl, so she took her to Claire's in the mall where they did the deed. There was some pain, but Becky came closer to tears than Kyla did. Afterward Kyla was so excited that she spent two hours on the phone spreading the news to her family and friends.
After being inspired by the film No Impact Man, Becky decided to make the family more environmentally friendly. We now save our food scraps and she and the kids regularly bury them in the back yard. She has also been ordering organic food from Amazon Fresh which is convenient and lowers our carbon footprint. I also buy as much local produce as I can from the Issaquah Farmers Market.
For Mother's Day we made Becky a baby book of Blake, which I created on my Mac and was printed by Apple. Becky saw the package after it arrived and she thought I had gotten her an iPad, which would be the equivalent of Homer Simpson buying Marge a bowling ball for her birthday.
We spent Mother's Day shopping for a new bicycle for Kyla. We also ordered Blake a PlasmaCar, who of course insisted on the green model. They both enjoy riding around Julep Park which has a large circular sidewalk.
Summer officially starts next month, we are just hoping that Mother Nature gets the memo.
