A New Cousin for Tato...

On June 17, 2009 at 11:30 in the morning a healthy MAX JAY SCATTON made his grand debut into this wacky world. He was born 7 lbs 2oz to Ric's little sis Marybeth and her husband Jaime. Everyone is doing well. We are SO excited for them and cannot wait to see everyone - hopefully soon. Tato has been coming home from school saying, "baby, baaaby" over and over again. He must know!

Happy Birthday Papa!

JUNE 16 - Ric turned 30-something today and as a little surprise I arranged for our good friends (l-r: Rob & Stephanie Clark, and Tim & Denise Petrosky) to meet us out for a nice dinner at Andiamo's in Livonia. OK, so I thought it was a nice surprise until afterwards Ric told me how tired he was and thought that I was taking him out for an intimate dinner at The Melting Pot. He said that he had a great time nonetheless and that he was surprised! I could see that he enjoyed himself and I can't believe I was able to finally surprise him : 0 HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPITO! Next year is a BIG one! I should also mention that it's Ann's birthday today too. Lots going on in June.

Mad-town in May

SURPRISE! Happy Birthday Tita Jojo

Indulging in some yummy carrot cake birthday cake.

Ice cream & carousel ride at Ella's Deli. Tato loved the carousel SO much that he blew a gasket when he had to leave.

The clan of kidoodles after breakfast at Bluephie's.

One more pic before our drive back to Plymouth.

MAY 28-31: We visited Jojo & Zach in their hometown of Madison, Wisconsin. Ric had never been before but we all knew that he was going to love it. We were able to visit our good friends Tonya & JJ and their kids who moved up there. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to see our other friends Mindee & Jeff, and Pat & Alison. We'll make more time next time we visit. Hmm, I think we know more people in Madison than in Plymouth. Anyway, Mom, Ann, Jojo and I did the Race for the Cure 5K walk together. We celebrated Jojo's birthday, which was a fun surprise for her. And of course, we ate A LOT, played Scrabble, and watched HSM3. For as much as we did, we still didn't seem to have enough time. BTW Ric loved it so much that he wants to move there!

Shortest Parade on Earth

MEMORIAL DAY 2009- We got up and got out to see the downtown Plymouth Memorial Day Parade, which we were told was pretty short. How short? We had not idea. In the almost 8 years we've been living here, we've never gone to one. Well, after walking for 15 minutes, waiting for another 15 minutes, we finally got to see what could only be described as THE shortest parade on Earth. I believe it lasted about 10 minutes and that's only because there was a hold up. It was still neat to finally see. From what we were told, the Labor Day Parade is much better. I do have to mention that Tato did get candy. I told him to wave at the people in the parade and they'll throw him candy. He thought it was the neatest thing.

Bagel Day

MAY 17 - When I ask Tato, "What's your favorite?" He answers with "Bagel Day." His teacher told me that the kids love bagel day at school and he is one of them for sure. Just don't try to take away his bagel before he's finished or else you'll get a very upset Tato.

Construction Zone

MAY 15 - This afternoon's activity involved taking an old toy and reusing it in another way. In this case, Tato chose to go up, when the blocks are actually meant to slide down. I was pretty impressed with his steady hand and getting all of those blocks stacked without knocking a single one over. He even took time to admire his own work.

Mother's Day

Ric down in Florida visiting his Mama for Mother's Day Weekend.

Me and Tato celebrating Mother's Day Weekend with mi familia in Michigan.