May 2008

To kick off May, Ethan had the most fantastic of awesome field trips.  On May 2, he got to school at 6:00 am to board a tour bus with the rest of his 4th grade class.  They drove 3 hours to Austin and had a special tour guide to educate them all about Austin, our State Capitol, the Governor, and other awesome Texas History details.  He took 2 disposable cameras with him, and took most of his pictures of his friends & teachers on the bus.  They arrived home about 8:30 pm that evening, triumphant and exhausted.  Hooray for the best field trip EVER!

Then, Clark and Guinevere had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Paris, France on an International Business scholarship awarded to Clark.  They were gone for a week, and they flew to Dallas to drop Benjamin off for Mom to look after while they were away.  We were so excited to spend time with our little cousin/nephew!  Ben was about 16 months old, and was so adorable!  We went to Mom's house as often as our schedule permitted, playing outside and inside with toys and bubbles and frisbees and basketballs and climbing trees, and of course cooing at Dallin's doves which are staying at Mom & Dad's for the time being.  Ben's little personality is so endearing.  He absolutely LOVED Ethan and Tristan, giving them hugs all the time, playing with them endlessly, and always smiling pleasantly.  We hardly even saw him cry the entire time we spent with him.  When he had to leave, we wished we could spend more time with ALL our cousins and get to know each one of them better!

I've already written about a few other things that happened to us in May, including Tristan turning 5 (yay, 5!), our wedding anniversary (Yay 13!), getting a Wii Fit (which I still love & use all the time - Yay fitness!), and my appearance on Good Morning Texas (Yay TV!)!

We got a call from Ethan's Cub Scout leader at the end of May, inviting Ethan to join Webelos 3 months early.  Apparently they have so many boys in the age group younger than Ethan, they needed some of the older boys to move up early to even out the numbers.  This was the COOLEST for us, because we absolutely love to work on Scouts together, and this would give us all summer long to work on new Webelo achievements!

Also at the end of May, we celebrated the end of Tristan's first and Ethan's 10th soccer season.  Tristan learned a whole lot about being a team player and going after the ball, and Ethan continued to develop his skills as a defender.  They didn't win every game, but they both did their best and we couldn't be prouder of their efforts.