Today was Day 2 (of eight) of Takeshi’s swimming lessons. Not surprising, he’s doing well — he keeps up with the instructor and even (in typical Takeshi style) challenges the teacher by refusing to get out of the water. Today they practiced jumping into the water — Takeshi took it upon himself to jump as high and as far as he could, doing mini-cannonballs. It’s too bad the No Fear company isn’t around anymore; he could be their posterchild.

Last weekend we visited some friends in PA, where Jay got to get on the turntables for a little bit and Takeshi and Kenji got to dance and run around. Takeshi busted out his breakdancing moves before realizing: 1. it’s not so easy to breakdance on grass and 2. there were Daddy Longlegs to be caught.

Poor Tygris just can’t get a break.

We took the boys to Fountain Rock Park and visited the Nature Center and also walked around the pond. Takeshi humored us by riding his bike for about 30 seconds before taking off to conquer the playground.

takeshi riding his bike. from Jay Garcia on Vimeo.

Takeshi and Kenji at the playground from Jay Garcia on Vimeo.

Takeshi Helping at the nature center from Jay Garcia on Vimeo.

Takeshi: Good all around. Weighs 37 lbs and measures 40″ tall. Cried and cried and cried after his shots. No amount of consoling could help the fact that “that needle HUUUUURT!”

Kenji: Ugh. Weighs 22 lbs, 9 oz and measures 32″ tall. He is not gaining weight or growing and has actually “fallen off” the growth chart. May need to see someone regarding his lack of eating/growing/speech.

The boys received a few Toys R Us giftcards for their birthday so we spent Sunday morning picking out new toys. They didn’t want to leave the train section but I saw something that caught my eye. When we got home, Jay and I spent a good while trying to piece it together…and the boys haven’t stopped playing with it.

Enjoying the weather and took the boys out to break in a kite Takeshi got in his Easter basket.

While out picking up Jay’s post-surgery meds, I saw a little bug kit at Rite Aide (which should just be called Impulse Buy Central). I made the mistake of purchasing it and now there are 2 wasps (one very much alive) and one very healthy, web-full spider sitting on our kitchen island. Oh joy!

Jay was sliced open yesterday (Friday) to remove one of the lumps from his neck. They’ve sent it in for testing and should have results by Tuesday. The doctor says he is 75% certain it is a form of lymphoma (most likely Hodgkin’s). We have our fingers crossed that it’s just some sort of infection. In the meantime, he is slowly recovering from his out-patient surgery. Luckily the weather is nice enough that I can take the boys out for some fun in the sun. And here is the obligatory post-procedure picture.