Bissell

At LEGOFest in March, there was an area where the makers of the Bissell LEGO sweeper were showing off their product. Jeff talked to one of the guys about how we have a Bissell at home (but we have the steam cleaner, not the LEGO sweeper), and our son loves to use it. So, they sent us a free Bissell tshirt! And here is Sean using the Bissell on our aging family room carpet. Hopefully with the cleaner we can extend the life of it by a few years!

Rainbow!

Dress

Is this not the cutest dress you have ever seen?

Great Aunt Karen made this for Teresa. She (Aunt Karen) sews dresses for an organization called Little Dresses for Africa - http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/ - check it out! Someday when I have spare time, if I ever have spare time again that is, I plan on trying some myself. I am a horrible seamstress but I enjoy trying to make things. Who knows, maybe with a little practice someday I can sew something as cute as this!

Thank you Aunt Karen!

late April visit to Rochester

We drove to Rochester at the end of last month for a long weekend with the Grandparents Spoon, ending with Jeff giving a talk at RIT (his grad alma mater). His talk went well and he was excited to be in the world of academia for a day, especially at a place where the animation and gaming programs are really growing and thriving.

Grandma and Grandpa had a birthday party for Sean at their house. Grandma made an awesome LEGO cake!

Here is Sean showing how old he is. Wow, five!

While we were there he played outside a lot despite the cool temperatures (see below). Sean got just about everything he could find out of the garage and made some sort of contraption attached to the birdbath which you actually can hardly see in the picture and at one point had a bunch of vinegar potato chips in it. For the birds, you know? They are Sean's favorite chip so of course the birds must like them too!

So. Yeah. In western New York, you have to wear a winter hat when it's almost May. Wow! I am nearly a Southerner so that is pretty wild for me! Teresa had a lot of fun pushing the stroller around. And, she loves flags! She points them out all the time when we see them around town.

Update

Ok, so it has been about a month and I guess we are due for another post. 'Tis gardening season, and I really don't want my garden to be as pathetic as it was last year (we had thirteen apples, a bunch of rotten cabbage, a few green peppers, and about three tiny tomatoes - sad!), so I have been outside as much as possible. Also the children have been a bit more demanding of my attention lately. You'd be surprised how a 1-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy always want to play with the same toy at the same time. Yikes!

Sean was invited to the birthday party for one of his preschool classmates. Aren't they all cute in their SpongeBob hats?

Great Aunt Sherri loaned us this table and I recently got it out to save our nice coffee table from crayon damage. They love it! I will have to give it back soon though since there is another grandbaby Hogan on the way for them. (Yay!)