a little more graduation

On the big screen in the Devaney Center they went through all the graduates and their departments. Instead of it saying Masters of Science (what his diploma says) it came up like this...

I asked him if there was something I didn't know about :)

Drew shaking hands and getting his diploma. too bad that girls head is right in the way. oh well.

You probably can't tell that Molly and Gabe were beyond antsy. When everything was over they were so SILLY. All in all Molly and Gabe did great no outbursts or fits thank heavens.

My one complaint about graduation was the weather. I would have rather taken pictures outside, but it was cold and unbelievably windy. I guess that's Nebraska.

Introducing...

Andrew Michael Wilkerson Master of Mathematics.

When Drew got his Bachelors degree he got his diploma mailed to him, at commencement it was just an empty diploma folder. Here at Nebraska you're actually handed your diploma as you cross the stage. This morning Drew said something along the lines of gee I hope my finals really did go well and my diploma is in the folder. Well it was actually in the folder and I couldn't be more proud. Congratulations Drew and to all the others graduating this spring. :)

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Today Drew and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. Suzie is in town for Drew's graduation, so she watched our kids. It was only fitting that we went out for Mexican. We decided to try Mezatlans (the one that just opened on N 27th). We had to wait for what felt like f.o.r.e.v.e.r, but it was yummy. I'm a lucky girl.

Goodbye Old Friend

We put our table on Craig's list this afternoon and 7 hours later it was being carried out our door. Our new table won't be ready to pick up until late next week. I guess the kids will be eating at their little table. This whole event made Molly very confused. She kept saying "Oh my goodness. Where is he taking my table? Why does he have my chair?" Gabe's excited about having more room to run. The next few days should be interesting.

Last Friday or Saturday it was really stormy here. I think there were some tornado warnings. Our friends who live about 50 blocks away said that they got hail. Here on N 27th Street we didn't even get rain, but we did get some fun pictures. I think this was around 7:30ish at night.

Say What?

We (the kids and I) ran into Wal-Mart a few days ago. As we were walking by the bathrooms....
Molly: Those are Wal-Mart's pottys.
Me: uh huh do you need to go potty?
Molly: (very matter of fact) No... those pottys freak me out.
It was funny hearing Molly say that. It's also very true. Molly isn't a big fan of public bathrooms. Can you blame her? On our trip to Chicago last winter break she held it 8 hours until we got to grandma's house. Talk about bladder control.

A couple Wednesdays ago we were on our way to toddler time at the library. (It starts at 10:35. The library (Eisley branch) is only a couple minutes from our house. I like us to be walking out the door at 10:15. Then we can get to the library return our books and find our name tags with a few minutes to spare.) I'm in the van getting the kids buckled in when I smell something unpleasant.
me: Gabe, do you stink?
Gabe: uh huh
me: ok I'm going to lay you one the seat to change your diaper, we don't have time to go back inside. That means you can't wiggle. I don't want poop on the seat. Do you understand?
Gabe: uh huh
Molly: yeah if you get poop on the seat Daddy will be ticked.
Another accurate insight by Molly.

Speaking of the library here are some pictures of the Fancy Nancy parties we went to. If you haven't read Fancy Nancy you should check her out. We're all fans at our house. Well at least Molly and I are. The first few pictures are at the Gere branch back in March.

Molly making her crown

TaDa

This was at Eisley last week.

Gabe hasn't quite mastered the art of drinking with his pinky in the air :)

Molly was thrilled that I let her wear her dress up shoes out of the house.

These parties were so much fun. I love the Lincoln City Libraries.

My Man Gabe

Happy Birthday to Gabe (yesterday)! He's 2. Look at that cute little face. It seems like he's grown up a lot in the last few months. He talks up a storm and is very curious. He's always making/looking for new friends. He definitely keeps me on my toes. getting ready to blow out the candles
We had some of Gabe's friends over for dinner. It was fun watching the little two year olds get so excited about opening presents.

here comes trouble

My mother in law was in Florida last month and sent the kids these t-shirts. I think they're so cute. Ever since they've had them they've become more interested in The Cat and The Hat. Molly is always telling me thing 1 and thing 2 are trouble. I think the t-shirts are fitting :) Why are they always so happy when they're throwing things at me?

Drew has to feel like a rock star every time he comes home. The second the kids see him they run down the hill to him. Then they escort him home. (I have a nice zoom on my camera, they really aren't very close to the door where I was sitting.)

Last night at church we had a square dancing activity. I have to be honest I was a little weary about it. I'm not a dancer and I'm not one who likes to embarrass myself in front of large groups. I do however do a great interpretation of the Elaine dance from Seinfeld :) ... The activity was really fun. The square dancing club that was teaching us brought an actual record player. Very impressive. I think my partners name was Don. He was a cute, very patient, little old man. Drew got to dance with a nice looking older woman. He told me that I didn't need to worry. All in all it was really fun, I'm glad we went. And I'm sad I didn't bring my camera. I could have captured a lot of great facial expressions. :)