Simon Says...Stop Growing Up!

OK, so I've been pretty remiss in updating this Blog. No excuses. Now more than ever I feel as if I should be capturing SO many of life's little happenings. New words, conversations, discoveries and adventures. It's hard to keep up with it all.

In the last couple of months we've done a lot of celebrating and a lot of maturing. Mother's Day was perfect in every way. Peanut and I spent a good deal of time snuggling in bed together and Daddy served us Challah French Toast. DEEElicios! We read books and ate our breakfast together and Mommy opened the most wonderful gifts.

It had started out as Peanut and Daddy making breakfast for Mommy but when she heard about actually having the chance to eat breakfast IN BED, that was it! Although, we did have a bit of a struggle with whose bed we were eating in. She wanted Mommy to get into HER bed and eat. After the explanation about how Mommy is too big to fit in your bed and how Mommy would break your bed, la, la, la, it all worked out. Sweet, wonderful and a memory that will last a lifetime to say the least.

In other news, Uncle Adam and Aunt Danielle became engaged in April and we are very happy for them. We had gone to visit them the week before and stayed with them in their lovely Las Vegas apartment. They are happy and doing great. We are thrilled for them. No date has been set so stay tuned for more news from the Dr. Milman Camp.

Mira is still enjoying her Saturdays with Gymbo at Gymboree. She is now in Level 6, The Creative Thinker. And oh what a thinker she is. Brilliant of course to us, and to everyone she comes in contact with. Since this is our Blog, I can gloat. If not here, where? She is loving pretend play, her baby dolls, making tea and soup for everyone and notices every single thing in her world. Nothing slips by her. She is kind and sensitive and also loves the Wiggles, Playing Simon Says (when she is Simon), Elmo, strawberries, blueberries, salsa and chips, and miso soup. We eat out a lot on the weekends and Peanut is quite adventurous with her tastes. Loves spicy, sweet, sour and everything in between.

Nona and Auntie Cimber came to visit in May and we all had a great time. Nona appreciated some one on one time with Peanut and they will both be back in July.

Great Aunt Janice and Uncle Paul stayed with us over Memorial Day weekend. They live in Philly and had never been out to CA. They fell in love with the area, got to see Napa and Fisherman's Wharf via BART. Mira was lucky enough to be able to go to Target to choose any gift she desired. What did she pick you ask? Well, twin baby dolls of course! Aunt J and Uncle P loved indulging her and she has not let the babies out of her site since.

This summer Mommy and Daddy have lots of things going on. Mommy has a bunch of travel through August for work so Daddy will be on Super Daddy Duty. We have planned a family weekend in Monterey in July and that should be a blast. Last year we tried Santa Cruz which ended up to be a bust unfortunately. Hoping this year will be better. We have a 2 room suite so Peanut will have her own room and Mommy and Daddy won't have to go to bed at 7:30 with her! We hope to get to the famous Monterey Bay Aquarium to see the Crazy About Otters exhibit. Since Mira loves all kinds of animals, we are really looking forward to it.

Mommy and Daddy are heading to Bodega Bay in Napa for our 5 year anniversary in September. It's a beautiful resort and spa right on the water. We hope to get some R & R while Mira gets to experience her first real sleepover at Bubbie and Pop Pop's house. Yippee!

The garden Mira and Daddy planted in April is really starting to pop! We are all looking forward to being able to pick cayots, brocci, beans, patoes, yettuce and punkins very soon, among other yummy things! A wonderfule experience so far.

The weather here has been lovely and we are looking forward to it becoming warmer by the week. Yes, we are spoiled now. If it's in the 70s, that's chilly to us! Funny how things change!

Hugs to all.