Happy Fadder's Day. What a lucky guy!!!

Cuddling with dad and his Cedar Point prize. William thought dad needed a penguin hat for Father's Day. I framed a poster I created of our day at Woody Hayes Practice Facility.
We also got dad a bigger cooler with some tasty drinks inside.
Nathan chose a chicken hat for his dear old dad. What a lucky guy.

Enjoy Your Day Here At...Cedar Point

This was the 1st time Nathan went to Cedar Point and was able to ride rides. He had a blast. He would have ridden anything.
Grandma Barb took us to Cedar Point on June 14th. It was the perfect day. She also took them on the Sky Ride which William loved.
Nathan found someone to cuddle.

I made Nathan a bed in the wagon and he curled up and went to sleep.

Nathan loved the bumper cars. William finally figured out how to make it go. Keith and I took them on the adult bumper cars.
It was the buddy system most of the day. William had a death grip on the bar because he didn't want Nathan to pull it and make the copter go up. There were death threats.
William wasn't sure about some of the rides, but he sucked it up and had a good time. He said his favorite was the Junior Gemini.
To infinity and beyond!!!!
We ended up staying until 10:45. We watched the laser, fireworks, fire show. We had never done that before.

I went up to Cedar Point on May 22 with my 7th graders. I had so much fun. A group of us teachers rode many dangerous things. I can now say that I have ridden the Dragster. I swore I would never ride that. But I did. It goes so stinking fast that you don't even realize what is going on. We were the coolest teachers at Cedar Point.

Schools Out for Summer

It was really hot the first few days that we were off from school. So, it was swim time. They had a blast. The slide is perfect for this pool.

They made another water slide by putting water down the slide and then they would launch off the bottom. Making the water slide.

Nathan being launched.

I forgot to mention that Nathan calls Keith's mom Barb, Grandma Barb. He was calling my grandma Barb also. I said no her name is Peg. He says ma for grandma and he now calls my grandma "ma pig" so hilarious. When you are cute you can get away with a lot.

A Man of Independent Means

William loves the pool. He is very independent. He is not so much into the hugging and cuddling.
He is a smarty pants. I got my Master's Degree on May 10. Here he is trying on my cap. I'm sure he will wear his share of these some day. He is starting to figure out what we spell to each other.
This is his cubby at preschool. He won't be able to go to Kindergarten because his birthday is 2 days past the cut off.
He loves a robe after a warm bath. Surprised nothing is hanging out as he is also an exhibitionist.
This was Mother's Day. William takes such good pictures. Nathan most always has on his pack pack.

They get along pretty well when William isn't getting in Nathan's face or teasing Nathan. Nathan is not shy and lets the punches fly.

A Man on the Move

Nathan is a little bully and a little brute. But boy is he huggable and loveable. He is an equal opportunity cuddler.


He also plays so hard now that he will sleep just about anywhere. He fell asleep on my lap and I slipped him to the floor and he never flinched. He also really likes to eat. He is always hounding for a bite.
He can swim alone with his life jacket now. He loves swimming. He begs to "wim in the big pool" all the time.

He calls William "waar" or "warr" it is pronounced like water without the t. He is starting to say brother. I don't know why he just doesn't say Will. He can but for some reason he calls William brother.

He says "I do it" about everything, all the time.

Grandma 2's Night Job

We made our first trip to the Columbus Zoo on Sunday, June 1st. What a perfect day. It was so nice to let them both enjoy the zoo and not worry about "baby" issues. What a difference a year makes.
The lady doing the fish feed in the aquarium looked like grandma 2. This picture isn't the best but I think you can make out that she had short gray hair. With all of the other garb on it was hard to tell what she really looked like, from this view she looked like grandma 2. "How'd grandma 2 get in there" "I thought she just liked to eat fish"
All of us on the train. We also rode the boat.

Nathan is the brave one, although I never thought you needed much bravery to ride a carousel. William has no bravery as you see him here on the bench. I had my hand on Nathan's back and he pushed it off.

Posing with the "hangotans" William said that.

William actually didn't scream like a girl when the Lorakeet landed on his arm. We never let them do this because Keith and I don't like a lot of contact with animals, but we sucked it up. Parents of the Year.

When Your Runnin' in to Third...

William is havin at it in baseball. He is doing better at baseball than soccer. Mainly because there is always an adult around to tell him what he should do. It is funny to watch him run with the ginormous batting helmet on. As you can see, Nathan's favorite thing to do at baseball or otherwise is eat. He walks around to all the people and bumbs a bite. Pa is the one sharing the chili dog, with onions and mustard.

To Be Continued

William started baseball a couple of weeks ago. No, we are not trying to make him into some protigy, we just want him to be around other kids and according to his Kindergarten screening* results, he is still way behind in his gross motor, so he needs all the help he can get. He has his last soccer game Thursday. On the first baseball night, I the diligent mom had her camera, in my pocket, Nathan the little turd, who now speaks nonstop by the way, took the camera out of my pocket, took off running into where the kids were throwing balls and spiked it into the ground when I caught up with him. Needless to say it is broken. Which worked out great because I graduated with my Master's yesterday and today was Mother's Day and Keith needed a gift idea. So, I have a new camera but the software needs installed and I need memory. So, hopefully in less than 2 1/2 months, I will have some fresh blog.

*William is not going to kindergarten. His preschool screens everyone. He missed the cut off at Crestview by 2 days. I said, "couldn't you have just been born 2 days earlier."

WE'RE IN THE WOODY HAYES AND YOURE NOT

On April 19 we went to the OSU Spring game. I surprised Keith with 2 tickets for a picnic and practice facility tour with the entire team. My friend Terri had 2 extra tickets (her son is on the team) so that is how we got to go. The game was unpleasant and we didn't really watch it because of the rain, but the "after party" was so worth every second. After the tour we went to the Funny Bone and saw Greg Warren, very funny, to continue our celebration of Keith's birthday.

Cross Country Soccer

William started spring soccer. He enjoys being around the kids and of course getting the snack afterwards. He combines soccer with long distance running. Mainly he tries to avoid the ball at all cost. He runs way out around all the kids, makes a few loop de loops and by the time he catches up it is time to go the other way. It has mostly rained, we have had few nice games.

Bunnies, Baskets and Bacteria

Of course the Easter bunny came. Hooray. Actually bunny doesn't shower the Hummel boys with much candy. They got their swimming clothes etc...bubbles, kites and a little candy. We went to grandma and pa one's on Saturday. It was at that time that the bacteria was really setting in. I had to brace myself to swallow. When I woke up Sunday I couldn't take it anymore. My neck and throat were under attack. I threw the baskets at the kids, took a picture and made way for the ER. They all went to great aunt Sue's for an Easter party with the Hummel's and mom got to rest and enjoy her Easter bacteria.

We forgot the Easter buckets and Nathan found the pumpkin for egg hunting. That's my boy!!!! William hicked it with a Kroger bag. I'm such a good mom, wait I had strep throat.