We celebrate half birthdays in our house – no presents, though, just the cake of their choice. Jude chose yummy cupcakes from Whole Foods for his half birthday celebration. Unfortunately, I could not be there is person for this event, I had to settle with Skyping in from New York.

Las weekend we went to a fair at our local gym, the Jewish Community Center. The kids had a great time riding the train, playing in the bounce house and doing their inflatable obstacle course. Then, Jude spotted his favorite activity – rock climbing – and he made it the top of their 25-foot climbing wall with ease.

It has been a hot Memorial Day weekend here in Denver so we had lunch outside today and Jude really enjoyed his watermelon.

The big news in our house today was that we have put an offer on a new house. This is the fourth offer we have put in since we began looking for a house seriously late last year. We are very hopeful it works out. We will see.

On Friday Jude’s kindergarten held a Mother’s Day party. There was a cute ceremony where all the kids handed their mothers a present they had all made. Jude had created a beautiful metal trivet with a star on it. Then they had morning tea and danced around the maypole outside.

Yesterday, Jude and Anna did a kid’s fun run with one of Jude’s school friends. After being a bit unsure about it at first, when all the kids started running Jude wanted to join in. He did great and ran all the way around the lake there. They also had lots of kids activities there including a kids climbing wall. Jude always likes to practice his climbing skills.

Today was Mother’s Day and Marcy called the shots all day. We went out for a picnic lunch in the park and then afterwards biked (Anna and me) and scootered (Jude and Marcy) to our favorite local gelato place. It was a beautiful warm day so after that we decided to go to the pool at the gym. Then it was sushi for dinner. A fine way to spend Mother’s Day.