LOL

After a game of concentration with the kids went awry. 

Lisa: I am now officially the worst mother ever. 

Me: Nooooo, not 'officially'. There's been no legal action.

We're back from a 24 hr celebration (belated) of Parker's 1st Communion. Dinner at The Melting Pot, then followed by a great night at the Country Inn & Suites - Dale Cz your hotel ROCKS! They'll be blog posts to follow, and we had a great time! 🙂

Okeedookee

Spotted on the way to church this afternoon: a man dressed in a bear costume on the corner of 27th and Oklahoma. He was using a fishing pole to 'fish' in a city trash can, then 'caught' a neon colored stuffed fish and did a little dance for the cars. This was not an advertising gimmick or art - he was just a nutter.

More of YaYa's art

Smiley and the May Crowning

Last week Wednesday was the annual May Crowning Mass of Mary, and as is the norm the 2nd graders attended in full Communion regale and ran the Mass. Smiley literally opened the service with the following: 

Good morning, and welcome to our First Eucharist at --[school]--. Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life, Whoever Comes to Me will Never Be Hungry, and Whoever Believes in Me will Never be Thirsty."

Later, he was the male student chosen to accompany a girl up to the statue of Mary to place a crown of flowers on her head. 

After the Mass there was a nice reception - one Lisa and I couldn't attend because of a prior doctor appt. 

Great Job Little Man!

The Office Finale

This morning Lisa and I watched the series finale of "The Office". This is how a sitcom should wrap. It was picture perfect, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. 

Well done, well done.

The Spring Festival (First Communion Celebration)

First off here's a pic of my baby:



After the recital we treated Smiley and the girls to some time at our parish Spring Festival, something the kids love but I . . . well, I normally weasel my way out of it :)

Neither Smiley nor I like rides, so he spent his tickets on the giant slide.





Lisa and the girls preferred to spend theirs on the tilt'a'whril.









Meanwhile Smiley tried his hand at skeet ball and won a gold-ish chain with an "Ace" pendant.





To top off the evening my daughters wanted to ride, er - whatever THIS thing is called. Smiley and I wanted noooooo part of it!







Ain't they beauties?





They had a blast on the ride, and Junie made sure to wave each and every time it rotated past us!


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They all had a blast. After this, it was the drive-thru at Taco Bell followed by an impromptu picnic/romp in the park, and the before-posted Railroad Walk!

Not funny YaYa lol

LuLu made some ridiculous comment about how she must have been an 'accident' since she is so 'unloved'. Lisa responded "We wanted you LuLu, we wanted all of you. If I didn't want you I'd have used birth control. Honestly, you don't know much about sex yet but people don't get pregnant every single time they have sex. Trust me, if I had a baby every time I had sex I'd have thousands and thousand of kids." YaYa IMMEDIATELY chimed in: "And Dad would still only have four. BURN!"

Ray Mazarek

RIP Doors founder and organist Ray Manzarek

Another Bathroom Drawing by YaYa