At the beginning of April I went back to State College (otherwise known as Happy Valley) for a Penn State Thespian reunion. I flew into Philly and drove out to PSU with my college roommate Vicki and then joined up with the rest of the Thespian crew for a weekend of fun. Vicki and I visited our old apartment on Prospect Ave. Still looks the same as does the rowdy fraternity house that was across the street from us. I used to call the cops on them nearly every other weekend for partying past 2am and making too much noise. Yes, I was a grandma even back then. Then on Friday night we went around to all of our old favorite bars and ate dinner at the new hot Mexican restaurant that used to be the Silver Screen where I worked as a singing waitress for a summer. Saturday we toured campus and took lots of pictures as you can see. There were lots of new additions on campus while many of our old hang outs and class buildings looked exactly as they did in the 90’s. We had ice cream at the new creamery, visited the theatre department, and had a nice dinner Saturday night at Spats. It was a great weekend and I am already dreaming about our next reunion. There is something so special and irreplaceable about this group from Happy Valley. Some of the best friendships I’ll have the privilege of sharing.

Sullivan was so excited to help his Daddy wash the car today. He was in charge of the bucket and dipping the brush although the suds and water quickly became the focus and fun. They washed the motorcycle and then my car and by the time it was all over Sullivan was playing in the hose instead of tending to his duties. We all had a lot of fun watching him throw soap suds around and sneaking in front of the hose to get wet.

All the cars were clean but our little man had to go inside and get a bath and dry clothes. But it was worth the fun for sure.

If I ever needed physical evidence of my absolute love for my son it would come with these two pictures. The girl whose natural instinct is to run screaming from any creepy crawling bug or reptile is now stopping and taking pictures of them. Brave Grandmommy Judy has been pointing out bugs and lawn critters to Sullivan for some time and now he likes to point them out to me when he is home and we’re playing out in the yard. The first picture here is of Sullivan saying “Hi” to a spider on the carpet and the second is of the two big lizards in our back yard who were biting each other today. Sullivan also said “Hi” to them …”Hi, Whizard” to be exact.
Signed the Girl who now stops and takes pictures of her son with bugs and creatures 🙂

Just another fun day here at the Brown house. One of Sullivan’s favorite things to do these days is play in mommy and daddy’s cars….well today Master Brodie decided he wanted to join him and I just couldn’t resist taking some shots of this. And yes, Sullivan still wears a bowl on his head that he calls a hat.

We all had a great Easter this year….my first actually with Sullivan (as I missed his first Easter last year because I was back home in PA for my grandmothers funeral). We spent the day out in Georgetown. He had his own Easter eggs to gather and wonderful little basket with treats and got to play and visit with his cousins….a grand day indeed. Sullivan even discovered the glorious world of CANDY. Ate his first ever Hershey’s kiss and reese’s peanut butter cup and thought that was great. And today while I was getting his lunch ready my sweet little boy roared out in the most beastly of voices …”CANDY!” his eyes bulging and fists clenched as though he was possessed. He has discovered the wonders of chocolate now….no turning back huh?