It's important to stick out one's tongue when performing tasks with a golf club and hard hat.
He's getting better at drawing shapes that mean something. This is a "circle" for a face.
Solomon pointing out his drawing (on the side of the house of course) of Uncle Zach. It consists of two pink lines.
The morning ritual
Silly face!
Legos are fun...Before I get too far, the pictures are all in random order b/c I'm having trouble getting them to move around today.
Life has been super duper busy... Let's see I ran a half marathon on April 25th. That was huge for me. I felt like poo poo for two days after it, but I'm so glad I did it. Now, the challenge is to keep up with the running schedule. My friend, Cherie, just ran a full marathon last weekend in SanDiego. Pretty cool!
I went to Orlando for a work conference at the beginning of May and just returned back from Dallas for a meeting with the team I work with/for. Plus, I went up to Lawrence a few weekends ago for my friend, Erin's, b-day and a girls weekend with her and Cherie. We had so many laughs. A few times we actually had those silent laughter moments when you can't even produce sound b/c you're laughing so hard. I love that.
Solomon is of course keeping us super busy. He just started a new daycare. So far, so good. The other one always closed in the summer time, so I just decided it was time to go somewhere, where we would be for a full year and not have to make special arrangements during public school breaks. He's hilarious and of course a bit aggravating at times. He's OBSESSED with elevators currently, so the minute he spots one, no matter where we're at, he must go on it, or it's a total meltdown. The thing is he could go on it all day long and that's not exactly a fun time for the rest of us. Plus, the makers of elevators weren't really thinking when they decided to place the alarm button farther down on the button panel b/c of course, he's always going for that and I'm nervous every time that we're going to be greeted by a fire truck or something, thinking there's an emergency in the elevator...:) He's been saying "that was fun" or "I had fun" a lot lately after school or after we go to the pool or something, so that makes me happy. My dad loves it that he says, "righty tighty" b/c of a Curious George episode where it is explained how to tighten a screw. We've been getting outside a lot and he just loves his chalk and to help me "garden". To use the word "gardening" as a description of what he's doing is a bit of a stretch, but he sure has fun squirting hose all over the place. He gets very mad at me b/c I have to keep explaining that the water musthit the general area where the plant is located or it does no good. I guess I just get too caught up in the details... :)
Hangin' with Coco
Daddy's Shoes
Directing Coco to do something "important"
It's been a rough day...
This was a reenactment of the time Thomas the Train became covered in bubbles during one of his crazy adventures.
My friend, Molly, and her husband, Dan, visited with their kids yesterday. It was fun, but of course Solomon was very territorial about all of his toys. He would take something from Louis and then he and Louis would get into a WWF Smackdown type of brawl. Molly and I were kidding that it was a bit reality TV- esque.
Alex's brother and sister-in-law, Zach and Susan, came Friday with their kids. Solomon just loves Zach and his son Sam, so that made for a good time for him and it ran some energy off which is always a good thing. Even Coco was happy b/c they brought their dog and they ran around endlessly one afternoon.
Alex is doing well. He's as busy as ever with work and has picked up a few new hobbies. He's playing softball with our bar's team over the summer which he really enjoys. The "Bad News Beers" are playing well too.
Above: Me, Vinnie and Cherie (It was so awesome to catch up with them!!)
Other random pics......
Above: He's very into legos which I love. I've always liked Legos. He gets so excited when he builds something. 
Above: We were sharing a cookie. Mmmm...mmmm..
Above: Solomon with his good friend at school, Ella. She's a cutie. Her hair is a bit disheveled due to the Kansas wind.
Above: Solomon and Ella share a hug. I love it. I also love that girl to the right that looks like she's saying "Look what I have to deal with everyday. Get a room you two!"
He's still loving his Thomas the train engines and is really into coloring on his chalkboard and with his crayons. He also, as expected, LOVES the Curious George book that Kandi, Jimmy and Zoe gave him for Christmas. It's funny how they've never updated that book and it still shows the Man in the Yellow Hat smoking a pipe. That would be a big "no no" these days. 
So, could it snow one more time?? Ugh.. I'm sick of it. I'm sure it could snow MANY more times before this Winter is over. However, I'm hoping we're past the worst of it. We/I did make a sweet little snowman after our second to last snowfall. Solomon was only a little impressed, while Coco just kept pulling off its stick arms.
Check out the videos below. They are funny to me at least.
Below: Solomon opening one of his Thomas and Friends engine. This one is Gordon.
Below: Solomon loved his chainsaw. Not surprising. He loves to destroy. :) In this case, he's destroying his Daddy. Ahh.. the Christmas love.
Below: Christmas morning video.
Above: Zach & Solomon reading a book. We heard "Uncle Zach" come out of Solomon's mouth several times that day!