Mother's Day '08

Hello, again! So between all the sandbox photos and the Mother's Day photos I just downloaded, I couldn't pick just one or two to put on here, so I decided to make a snapfish show and put them ALL up!!! Hopefully this link will take you there: Oliver - Sandbox, Slides, and Shumai! The first bunch of photos show Andy digging out and creating the new sandpit (notice Oliver swinging in the background, so cute!), and then there's a bunch of him enjoying his new "pit of pleasure!" All the rest of them are from Mother's Day this weekend (except the last few, which I took today).

We had a lot of fun on Mother's Day -- Andy cheerfully agreed to go to Chinatown in NY for dim sum, even though it meant an hour on the road each way, crazy tolls, stupid parking prices, ridiculous crowds, and food that I love but he only sort of likes. The drive was fine, but we had to give up on our first choice of restaurant because there were ZILLIONS of people swarmed outside it, waiting... so we went to Ping's Seafood, also good and only a short wait. Oliver was pretty much due for his nap at this point, so he had a meltdown right away, and we almost gave it up altogether, but Andy saved the day by taking him for a little walk then coming back and using his belt to strap him into the chair (no highchairs at the restaurant). After that we were ok for a bit, and Oliver got to enjoy his favorite shumai. We went to a nearby park after that, and then decided to head back. Oliver fell asleep in the car pretty much instantly. We drove straight to Sparta and had yummy ice cream and a good time in the playground right next to Lake Mohawk.

So it was a really nice day, and I was reminded - as I am in so many ways every day - of how lucky I am to be married to Andy and be the mom of Oliver. They are The Best.