Jack reads to Tor every evening before I read to the both of them. It is so sweet.

We had a great time today. The kids and Brian took me to Legal Seafood for lunch then we played outside in our backyard and grilled chicken on the deck for dinner. Nice day.

I love my new bracelet. Sort of reminds me of Wonder Woman's bullet blocking bracelets. I look just like Lynda Carter right? hehehe.

Keisha helped the kids make this plate for me for Mother's Day.

It was similar to one we made before.

This morning Jack found a Marigold sprout outside. He uprooted it and brought it in for Daddy to replant in a cup for our windowsill. He was so excited when he gave it to me. He told me all about how he was careful with the roots and what about it helped identify it as a marigold :).

He also gave me a plant for Mother's Day that he ordered for me at his school. I love it.

Jack's school did the coolest thing. They had Jack draw a picture of himself with me and they turned them into note cards. He came home with a beautifully wrapped present on Friday and he gave it to me today and they were these cards. There are about 50 of them in all different colors :). Wow.

Tor is in the same preschool class that Jack was in last year and the year before. This is Tor's Mother's Day card he made for me at at school.

Here is Jack's from two years ago and from last year. Now that I have three kids my favorite drink has apparently changed from drinking tea and water or bubble water right to just wine :).

Jack had another dentist appointment today so I walked into the community house after school to pick him up. I walked into the gym and he was sitting in a chair with his back to me playing a hand held video game. Next to him was an adorable blonde curly haired girl. She was sitting next to him with one arm around him on the back of his chair and her legs curled up next to her leaning over with her head on his shoulder. It was the sweetest thing. If he didn't have an appointment I would have turned around and picked up Tor first.

So instead I went and got his rain coat and his backpack and checked him out of the program. I walked back and from the front they were even cuter. I totally flashed forward about 10 years. I asked him what his friend's name was and he said he didn't know, so I asked her. My gosh was she sweet and she had such pretty blue eyes :). So I introduced them. Jack told her bye and happily skipped away to go get Tor :). Oblivious. Such a guy already :).

When we were kids, we opened gifts at our birthday parties. The party came to a grinding halt while the birthday boy or birthday girl opened presents. It was fun if you were the gift getter, not so much if you wanted to run and play and continue with the party.

Here in NY most kids have parties somewhere other than the house. The gifts are dropped off in a bin or a table and then moved directly to the car after the party. It is just the way it is. Time is money -- parents are paying by the hour for these party locations. At first it seemed weird but I actually like it better. There isn't worry your gift isn't as good or embarrassment if no one likes it. Plus the party remains fun.

Turns out Miss Manners believes that is the way it should be. In a recent column she said she "considers killing the public opening to be a mercy." She also "commends those who have noticed the problem and taken the step of abolishing the public show."

Thanks Miss Manners :).

On the last day of Brian's L.A. trip, he was interviewed on the first episode of Jason Calacanis' new show, This Week In Startups (TWIST). Here is an iTunes link to the full video show. They talked about the Weblogs, Inc. days, Blogsmith, TMZ, Engadget, Autoblog, Joystiq and Netscape. Brian explained what Crowd Fusion does, what a powerful CMS it is and they took live audience questions via #twist on Twitter.

I really like the love Jason and Brian have for each other. I thought Brian looked great, but I'm a little biased. (Jason looked great too and so did that news guy, he was kinda hot.)

On Friday evening we went to the middle school for Jack's Little League parade. It was a lot of fun. First they had the parade lead by the HS Marching Band, then a couple of speeches, the first pitch of the season and finally hot dogs and hamburgers. Yum.

Saturday morning we got to the middle school just in time for his team pics. I ordered a baseball card with his pic. I think it will be so cool. Jack had white baseball pants and I didn't let him run on the dirt mounds before the pics. After the pics he had a great time.

Then we headed down to the fields and played ball. Jack played right field, third and first. He had three at bats. The first two times he got out at first but the third time he got on base! With the next batter he made it to second. The third hitter hit it close to third so he got out, but he was pretty excited. It was a great day.

Tor was really good during the game so they got to play on the playground after. Jack got his white pants more dirty there than on the baseball field :).

Check out the pics here.