January: Reece turned five and I cried a little. He'll be six in 13 days, and I may just weep. This month was also the first time we really got to test out our new mudroom, and it proved itself many times over.
February: I don't remember anything of interest happening this month, except that there was snow. And more snow. At least according to the pictures I took this month. We also took Reece to a bunch of specialists to check on his weight gain (or lack thereof). Oh, yes, and I turned 40.
March: I met Greyson's class at the Cleveland Orchestra, and I went to a conference in Bethesda, MD. Greyson had his birthday party a month early because the laser tag facility had a special Star Wars event planned the end of March.
April: Easter in Columbus with Dan's cousins, Dan's brother visited, Greyson turned 10. I realized how much my life has changed in the past ten years. In ten more, Greyson will be in college and Reece will be a sophomore in high school. Unbelievable.
May: Reece and I planted a garden in the backyard. Both boys started baseball practice. My mom visited over Memorial Day (and to watch the kids).
June: Dan and I visited San Francisco for the first time and had a great tour guide in the form of Nick, who was still living there then. We got home just in time for Greyson's 4th grade clap-out and the end of the school year. The boys' baseball games started.
July: Baseball STILL going on. My mom came back to watch the kids so Dan and I could go to Florida for a friend's wedding (Dan) and to help Becka with the new baby (me). Instead, Dan go so sick that he was hospitalized for five days with what turned out to be infectious colitis. He recovered quickly but is laying off the really spicy foods. Nick stopped by on his move from CA to VT, and my cousins from Michigan came down to spend the weekend with all of us. Greyson's baseball team won the championship.
August: The boys and I took our annual trip to northern Michigan and ventured to Mackinac Island for a day of biking with my cousin, Jackie. We also got to spend time with my friend, Lynnette, and her son, Nathan. I spent a weekend at a spa resort in southwestern Pennsylvania with my friend, Bernadette, to celebrate (belatedly) our 40th birthdays. I started my new job on the faculty of Kent State University's new College of Public Health, and both boys started new schools (all in the same week. NEVER again.) The garden just kept growing (and growing, and growing).
September: Dan's brother and friends from high school visited for the annual guys' weekend in Cleveland, which involves Indians and Browns games, Great Lakes Brewing Company, and occasional sleeping. The after school babysitter quit. Via text.
October: Found a new babysitter who lives within walking distance and the kids love. I can breathe again. My mom visited again to make applesauce with the kids and hand out candy for Halloween so the parents could walk the neighborhood while the kids trick or treated. (Tricked or treated?)
November: School conferences, boys are doing fine except that Greyson needs to get more organized - fast. Dan and I helped him clean out his desk, and it took all three of us. Thanksgiving in Michigan, which introduced our boys to Nerf guns in earnest and some new Wii games.
December: Trip to Chicago that included a conference for Dan, shopping on Miracle Mile for the boys and me, a trip to the Museum of Science and Industry and to Three Floyds Brewing Co. for all of us, and time with my relatives. Trip to Florida for Christmas (see most recent posts).
And here we are, a year later but mostly the same. My hope for this year is more travel and many fewer visits to medical professionals. That's not too much to ask, right? RIGHT??
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