The Month of May

The month of May brought lots of fun, sunshine, Covid updates/changes, and big events.  As I type this, the kids have wrapped up their school year and I barely remember May starting, let along June just being a couple of days away.  Here are some of the highlights...

I'm still working at Calypso Bead Bar part time.  We launched this adorable mobile boutique at the beginning of the month at the Dublin Market.  It was a good turn out and everyone loved the balloons and old horse trailer that is now fashionable and fun.  It was fun to talk to customers and help them with their selections.

Darby graduated from OSU with high honors.  We weren't able to attend graduation because of the pandemic but we were lucky enough to get together with everyone for dinner at Mezzo to celebrate.  It was a nice day so we were also able to walk across the street for ice cream afterwards.  So proud of Darby for all of her hard work and now we anxiously are awaiting the birth of their baby girl.

                     

I got my second vaccine and am fully vaccinated.  My only side effect after the first one was a sore arm.  I was hoping to be one of the "lucky" ones who flew through the second one as well but no such luck.  Several hours after my shot, I started to feel really tired with a headache.  The headache continued to worsen as the night went on so I put myself to bed in hopes that it was the worst of it.  Nope.  I woke up in the middle of the night with chills and the worst body aches.  The whole next day I could barely get off the couch and laid on a heating pad.  Eric was home in the morning so luckily he was able to get the kids on the bus and then Mairin watched TV with me all day.  It was terrible and I hope to never have to do that again.

Since then, DeWine has decided to lift the mask mandate for fully vaccinated people and is giving away one million dollars for five consecutive weeks for vaccinated people who register.  It is such a weird world that we live in right now as you enter stores and some people are masked and others are not.  It creates this unspoken divide that I wish was not there but it is so nice to not have to wear a mask everywhere.  The kids were able to unmask at recess and do not have to wear their masks during summer tutoring.  Hoping they do not need to wear them next school year either but time will tell.

 

Quinn and her sweet book club.  These girls are really enjoying their time together as they discuss books and choose new books to read.  I love that Quinn has such a wonderful group of friends and that she continues to grow her interest for reading.

                         

Nolan went to a paintball party for Max's birthday and came home declaring that he would like to join a paintball league.  The kid is hooked and loved every second of it.  I don't think we will be joining a league anytime soon but we can revisit this activity for his next birthday party if he wants to.

Quinn had her final Girl Scouts meeting for the school year.  It was a HOT day but the girls had fun putt putting and creeking.  They were also able to vote on their top three charities to donate $200 a piece to.  Girl Scouts has been a great way to introduce Quinn to giving back while having fun at the same time.

See that weird, dancing toilet?  Mairin and I were stopped at a light.  I didn't see this at first but I heard from the back, "What the HECK?!"  Mairin noticed it first and was stunned by it.  Her little voice was so funny and I have to agree with her confusion over this one.

Mairin is starting to draw people and I'm really impressed.  Eric is on the left and I'm on the right.  It's pretty cool that she can place all of the facial features already.

Hot, tired baby at a late baseball game.  She loves to run around with the big kids but gets tired and needs to take a break too.

                      

Nolan is playing on a golf league this summer and had his first match at the end of the month.  Eric went with him and followed on a cart while Nolan played.  He was paired up with two girls which he wasn't thrilled about but he still had fun and is looking forward to the rest of the season.