What a weekend!

Last weekend brought many reasons to celebrate... Erin came for a visit while taking a break from her work in Mexico, Aunt Rita and Uncle JR celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and Mother's Day was spent together with both sides of the family.

Mehandis surprised me with wishing me Happy Mother's Day spontaneously during our car ride home... the night of Mother's Day. Very nice gift :)


Here we are at Lilac Park... in Illinois. I think they should rename it as Tulip Park.

Mehandis loved exploring this park with his Aunt Erin. It was right next to Metra train stop and I think at least 10 trains came by in the hour and a half we were there. His aunt allowed him to get close to the water fall and stick his feet in the flowing stream. They had lots of fun together.

Later in the day we met my parents for a get together at Lake Ellyn. We had a nice walk around the lake and Mehandis enjoyed his sliding time. Quite a find was had curb side though, where I spotted a Little Tikes car. Mehandis drove the car home and we then piled it into our trunk for Wisconsin.

More outdoor fun was had the night before at Kathy and Eric's. Mehandis actually "borrowed" their neighbors' Little Tikes car and had a blast with back yard slide and buffet array.

He didn't think the entertainment, his Nanni, Bampa and Aunt D, were too bad either. Cheers to Rita and JR on their 40th anniversary. The party brought many memorable cheers as well

It was great weekend... time with family, sunny walks and fire side chats. Good prep for summer!