We're Baaack Writing

Been a bit since I sat down to write. Oh well, knew that I'd never keep up a pace of a few per month.

Had very busy holiday - Kress-Australia family was in town and we tried to get together almost every day. Ethan and Ryan loved meeting their cousins - especially cool to have boys older than you.

We did something new yesterday - ice skating. Went to the local rink and did an hour (or so) of public skate. Neither Kim nor I had skated in 20+ years. The boys did great - Ethan was able to skate a traffic cone around the rink with only a half-dozen falls by the end. He was soaked for spending so much time on the ice; but loved it so much he didn't want to leave. Ryan was doing pretty good too at the end. We'll try to make this something we do once a month.

We got Hail!

Wow - did we have a storm today.

We went to the family reunion at Twin Grove yesterday (will post that if I have time), so today I wanted to go on a bike ride. The weather reported that we'd have a chance for thunderstorms starting at 10a, but I thought we'd be fine til 11am.

So we biked out to the playground at Old Pottstown Pike (with the basketball courts). We got there ok, but heard thunder.......

Played for about 15 mintues when it started to drizzle and the thunder got louder. We decided to hunker down under the pavillion (which has room for 2 picnic tables).

And then.... all hell broke loose.

We got stuck outside during the WORST hail storm I've ever been in. They were golf-ball size (or only slightly smaller) and millions of the them. It looked like they were popping from the ground cause they hit so hard that they bounced 1 ft in the air.

The boys could care less. We waiting almost an hour and then there was a break and we got on the bikes and got home as fast as possible.

At home, we could see that the house had been hit with similar fury. There was no damage to the cars (damage, I'm about to get rid of the Ford Explorer), but there were literally piles of ice on the back deck.

The boys had fun pitching ice into the pool, while Kim and I cleaned up the debris.

Once of the most excited storm experiences in my life.

Ryan bit by Shadow

Ryan got bit by the Teitsworth's dog, Shadow. Shadow went after as if he were a tennis ball, not really an aggresive attack. It was on his right thigh. He didn't get a puncture, but it did break skin.

Ryan Climbed out of his Crib

For the first time, Ryan climbed out of his crib when we put him to bed last nite.

Played a board game with Ethan

Ethan and I played board game today. It was a "shutes and ladders" type game on an Incredibles book. He loved it - and especially when he won. Not very sportsman-like when it was his turn to land on a "go back" shute.

We went camping

Ethan and I went camping on 5/23 and 5/24

Ethan did great and slept the whole night(s) without incident - on the first night it got pretty cold (into the 40s) and Ethan really bundled up under a comforter we had. Both days he said he loved it and was his "favorite" thing to do.