May 2013

May was a fun time fora  few reasons.  We had family come to town for Graham's baby blessing on 5/5/13.

A good looking family, eh?

Everyone letting loose.  Just a little loose, cause it's still the Sabbath, of course!

Graham and his ancestry.  Very glad the TN grandparents and ME grandparents could be there.

This odd picture was taken on 5/9/13.  I don't think we've been rehearsing WWF moves during playtime, but boys come up with the darnedest things sometimes, don't they?

This one is for two reasons: Look how long Jen's hair was on 5/11/13!  and can you believe how well Blake was doing with the lettuce knife!?  His first time!

By 5/11/13, Grandmama and Granddaddy were back in town for Mother's Day weekend, so we played some board games!  What fun!

We went down to the old Hartwell Tavern along the Battle Road (Lexington to Concord, if you'll recall), and had our own reenactment with some minutemen.  Well, perhaps five-minute-men, because we took a while to find just the right stick, then practice our traipsing through the fields.  I can tell Granddaddy has some experience in this, and he did a great job of tutoring Ian. 

Of course, we had to retreat to the country for some Kimball's action.  Old Reliable was still there waiting for us as Jen prepared to go out and harvest from the ice cream fields.

Then Grandmama showed Blake this really awesome toy with a gymnast cat!  He really loved watching it flip and balance and have fun on the high bar!

Oh, yeah.  May was the month the boys got eye infections.  Ewww!

I perceive that Blake is no longer our little baby.... though when he's fresh from the bathtub he can almost pass for it!

And lastly, in May, we discovered Woombie.  For all your swaddling needs.

Oh, one more note:  We bought a pig.  So for Memorial Day, we went and did some farm chores.  You know, build a pigpen, convert a coop into a pig hut, and root around for the best grub.  We enjoyed the "running of the pigs" as Petunia, Tootie, and Oreo transitioned from the old chicken yard to the pigpen!