Happy Big 3, Willsie!

I love you my sweet neph-neph, and we all wish you a happy birthday!

And...as of today, the Aunt Kiss Tax goes up to 10!

We Want, We Want, Gymbo!

Cousin Wills celebrated his upcoming third birthday today with a hootenanny at Gymboree. All guests had rollicking time and none will be eating a decent dinner tonight, as the enormous Costco cupcakes served at 5 p.m. have left us all a bit full and giddy. Really, Costco? The cupcakes are as big as Baby Ollie's head!

Above, the birthday boy considers the crawling tube. In the background on the right, note his cousin hoarding balloons.

Wills and cousin Logan enjoy the cupcakes.

Everybody cha-cha-chas!

Another successful event from Emily Mathews, CMP.

Bringin' the Heat

The calendar says we've got about three weeks to go, but in the Bills House, summer is in effect!

Daddy's new bbq grill.

Larry, Logan and Wills enjoy the new slip n' slide.







Ollietime, and the livin' is easy.

Wills in the Hizzouse

This Saturday we are scheduled to host a daylong playdate with cousin Wills. We are so excited! We're already making a schedule and a list of activities. Bulletins as events warrant.

Grammy's Bday

We celebrated Grammy Carol's birthday today with brunch at "William's House."

What we ate:

Breakfast pizza

Fresh orange juice

Mixed berries with yogurt

Birthday cake

What Logan ate:

Yogurt

Grammy looked resplendent in an orange-and-blue outfit (Go, Illini, go!). I hope it's hereditary to look 15 years younger than you really are.

Grammy holds Ollie:



Grammy and Wills let 'em eat cake:

Dinner for Two

Logan and Wills dine a deux.

Perfect Park Day

Logan was a little cooped up Saturday so I made it up to him today with a trip to the playground to enjoy the absolutely perfect weather. Emily and I finally got smart and picked a playground halfway between our houses. It worked out perfectly. So much easier to drive 12 minutes than 25.

We packed a monster picnic for Logan and Wills, which they enjoyed al fresco. Look at that spread!

The only shortcoming of this particular park was the shortage of picnic tables. But one kind of genius attribute of eating on a park bench is that the three bottles of water spilled by the children (I'm not saying who spilled more) just went right through the slats onto the ground.