Me oh my, still May. And yeppers, there’s still more!

The soccer thing is clicking this year. Funny how much of a difference that short amount of time makes.

Let’s go tractor-ing!

Or Wienermobilin’?

Or bus drivin’?

A new place to play trains!

STEAM days at the library.

With a side of puppet show. :)

Found a little preserve near our place for a short hike after church one Sunday.

Making the skate park rounds. Whilst Mommy tries not to have a heart attack or get run over. ;D

When is it NOT birthday party season?

He’s got this tractor-ing thing down. :)

Buddies since pre-walking days!

Toddler-sized cone. :)

Hakuna Matata.

PS: Are we starting to talk like a tot? :D

We’re May’d out! We didn’t waste a minute of it, that’s for sure.

This was a totally spontaneous frolic amongst the bluebonnets while swinging by to see Daddy scrimmage. Compare with the epic hands-in-air-get-me-outta-here pose from Ennis two years ago. Tried to get him to re-create it. :)

He’s matured. Just a tad.

Earth Day at Fair Park made for an awesome day of exploration — so many booths and tons of great information.

The Lego station was a looooooong stop for this builder.

Final product w/ some help from Daddy.

E willingly chose applesauce over a cupcake (of the BBQ bacon order). Mama has taught him well.

Daddy got chosen to ref for the AUDL as Dallas’ first pro ult frisbee team, The Roughnecks, start playing. We’ve been hanging out on the sidelines for some games and E’s making friends, as usual.

Grandpa Bob is the nicest white ah-gong!

Oh, just hanging w/ Darth.

Can’t ever get enough of fire engines.

Just a taste of our upcoming stay on the beach…

Scoping out the ‘nastics (as he calls it) scene.

Getting back in the water.

WM Dallas, it’s been too long. Miss those rocking chairs.

Trying out piano playing at an Asian festival. Of course.

Found out our much yearned for place for hot grass jelly and tofu pudding finally found a new location to re-open. Made for a perfect Mother’s Day visit.

Then we meet up with the fam at the new WF. (Though, not our first visit, hehe). They have an awesome kid-friendly upper eating area — not too crowded and ample space for horsing around.

Then we surprised Daddy with an early birthday cake!

On his actual b-day, we got him chili crab and some other Singaporean eats. And of course, since it has become tradition…

Snapped a quick one before digging in. Compare years one, two, and three!

So we went to Day Out with Thomas this year but forwent the train ride… He was all about the trikes last year — this time, he rode on one for like a minute and was off to the next thing. He’s into building and hands-on activities now. Oh and he took just a quick glance at Thomas when he rode in. “Do you want a picture with Thomas?” “No.” Guess you can infer he’s over him. Wah, wah, wah.

Hats off to Eric Carle, a beloved author:

He emphatically wanted to Strider instead of run this race. “I want to bike it like Uncle Dan did at that other race.”

Cheering squad at the start again!

But then Strider-ing is pretty much like running on a bike. :P

And who doesn’t love the après-workout noshing? :)

The venue at Little Elm Park was scenic, with great views (especially at sunset) of Lake Lewisville, a playground with interesting structures, beach, sand volleyball court and hiking trails.

Flirty or just friendly? The latter, please!

Other snapshots from E’s bodacious social scene (haha):

Worst hair salon visit to date! He acted perfectly ready for a haircut and just unexpectedly broke down (as in flailing arms/legs & loud tears) upon arrival. He was mostly inconsolable until the very end. Then we played with the trains there for a like an hour and all was okay again in his world. ;-)

He was juuuust shy (like a hair — maybe from that cut, ha!) of riding the jeeps at Frisco Safety Town. Huge letdown. :(

One of the teen workers let him at least sit on one for awhile… until an older dude shooed him away. Grown-ups always ruin everything. Hehe.

Peepin’ Elias. No worries, it’s legit.

Finally got a pic with all 3 of Mommy’s BFF’s girlies!

Schweatiness.

Always all smiles for i.c.! It’s even sweeter when it’s free. :)

Chef Elias cookin’ up a storm at school.

And this is how he crashes. ;P Or…. pretends to!