We started celebrating Memorial Day weekend on 5/23 with the Larchmont Parade.  The kids were thrilled to get some American flags to wave.  They enjoyed the various bands — there were several bagpipe bands, a drumming group, and the Hommocks middle school band.  There were various girl scout troops, and the firefighters from Weaver Street and from Larchmont.  There was also a historical firefighters group driving an antique fire truck.

We went to Manor Beach for opening day!

Then on Sunday we took a day trip to the Queens Hall of Science and finally made it to their outdoor science playground.  The kids liked the water features, particularly an Archimedes screw.

After the museum we continued into Brooklyn for lunch at Fette Sau, followed by ice cream at the liquid nitrogen place.

Then we came home for some rest and reading.

One morning the following week I got another double yolk in my morning egg!  At one in one thousand, I guess that means I cook a lot of eggs since I got another one about a year ago.

Sarah and I were enjoying finding snails on these large leaves by the library that we passed on our walk to her school.

And here we are at the first Friday Family Fun Night at the beach.

Sarah was excited to take home her class pets, Hermie and Crawly the hermit crabs, for the weekend of May 17.  We did not have to do much to care for them as they already had food and water in their portable home, but we aimed to keep them entertained, despite the fact that they are nocturnal.  We built mazes and a race track, and a miniature baseball field.  And we introduced them to all of Sarah’s pandas.

On Sunday we took the kids to their first professional baseball game to see the Yankees beat Tampa Bay.

I volunteered to help Blaine’s class during the Art Appreciation spring activity — here they are making clay totem poles in the style of Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest.

An early sign of spring: we had our sprinklers turned on!  We found that a pipe had burst and Blaine was excited to help mark it to be patched.

One of my favorite halibut recipes calls for stinging nettles and morels — morels are hard to find, and I’ve always subbed in spinach for the nettles.  I was so happy to see Fresh Direct was selling both one week and for the first time ever I made the recipe as written.  It was delicious!  This is from the Lark cookbook (a Seattle restaurant).

Not sure what the kids were doing here.

I spent awhile trying to identify this weed which was spreading over our front lawn.  I finally figured out it is a wildflower called Carolina Geranium.  I don’t know why I fixated on this particular weed when we have such a variety all over our lawn.

Here are some pics of Blaine’s T-ball team: Modell’s Sporting Goods.  He is in the front row, center.

Sarah went to a birthday party at Bona Bona Ice Cream in Port Chester.  The party room had a “sprinkle shower” feature at the end where rainbow sprinkles rained down from the ceiling.  We were finding sprinkles in our hair and clothing for the rest of the day.  The ice cream was delicious.

The Chatsworth Carnival was held in May this year rather than June as is typical.  It was a food truck theme which ended up being a disappointment since only 3 of the 5 trucks showed up!  But otherwise we had fun!

Andrew bravely took our volunteer shift manning the Balloon Pop station, and Blaine served as his assistant.

Here’s Blaine cleaning his new (old) desk that I snagged for $10 at the rummage sale at the church across the street from our house.  It felt like fate since Blaine’s OT recommended he use a slanted surface for writing, but we’ve just been using a plastic 3-ring binder all year.

Blaine was excited to plant this flower he brought home from school for me as a Mother’s Day gift.  I think it’s a marigold?

One Friday after school Sarah had another birthday party near the Bona Bona in Port Chester, so I took Blaine there for a treat while Sarah had her party.  I think Sarah went to six birthday parties in May and June, three in one weekend alone!

Sarah’s T-ball pictures.

We enjoyed our first meal outdoors on our patio, on May 11.

Lastly here’s a cute photo Sarah’s teacher took of her with the school security guard, Matt.