We have had a busy, fun-filled week this week. The temperature broke 100 degrees yesterday (Thursday) so we used the air conditioner for the first time. We are on the first floor of a three story building, so it took a while for our apartment to heat up. We did not need the AC until after the sun went down and we were trying to go to sleep. We put the AC on at bedtime for a couple of hours and that is all we really needed. Tonight, we put the AC on when we went swimming - about an hour or so, and that is probably all we will need. We just have to cool off the house so it can gradually heat up during the day. I fear when the temperature goes up into the one-teens. That might be a bit challenging. At least our bedroom stays cooler than the rest of the house. It only has one outside wall, and I know both our neighbors on either side keep their AC cranked 24/7. Needless When I sleep during the day, it generally does not get very hot. Jim also installed a ceiling fan in our bedroom which has been a godsend. We already have one in our living room that came with the apartment.

Some juvenile delinquents tried to jump off an oversized flowerpot filled with dirt to jump into the big pool near the front office here. In doing so, he/she knocked the pot into the pool and broke it. They had to pump all the water out of the pool (there was no cleaning it), and now they have to refill it. They have, of course, closed off the area. Of course this is the area that the gym ("fitness center") is located. Needless to say, we cannot go to the gym. When they were re-surfacing the pool back in February, they still let us go to the gym. There was no water in the pool then. Now they won't let us go to the gym because the pool is empty. They do not make any sense. At least the pool closest to our apartment is still open. We went swimming today and we had a blast. Bob swims very well with his life vest on. He kicks his feet and paddles with his hands. He does a good job swimming laps. He is pretty fast for a three year old.

I am working on Sunday, so we celebrated Mother's day today. We went out to eat to Uno's for a late lunch/early supper. Bob kept on looking at the patio and seeing the misters he kept on getting worried saying "smoke". We have taught Bob that he should stay away from smoke, because where there is smoke, there is fire, and fire is hot and can burn you which would hurt. We had to go outside and show him the misters - that it was just water, not smoke. He thought it was neat, especially since you walked under the mist, it was wet, but you stayed dry (the water evaporates almost as soon as it hits you).
Bob was a bottomless pit at Uno's. He had about three (small - Uno's sized) pieces of pizza, as well as the tomato and some croûtons from my salad. We then went to Costco and they were giving out samples as usual. Bob devoured the samples and was acting like he didn't just eat three pieces of pizza. Then, we came home and he had to have some milk and yogurt because he was starving to death. He also had a huge bowl of cereal, cereal in a cup, and toast with jam for breakfast. He had a fruit cup, trail mix and some cheese for lunch before we left the house to run errands as well. I think he is having a growth spurt. Jim and I had a doctor's appointment the other day and Bob had to get on the scale to get weighed and get his height measured as well. He was up to 32 pounds (2.5 pounds more than he weighed at the end of his stomach bug last week). He is now 40 inches tall (in the beginning of April, at the doctor's office, he was still 38 inches tall). Even though he gained 2.5 pounds in a week, he is still way too thin. His ribs and his sternum stick out way too much. He resembles a CPR manikin. I refuse to give him junk food to make him gain weight though. He looks like we never feed him. The child really does not stop eating. He also does not stop running around the house or the golf course. Energy is wasted on the young.

We keep on telling Bob that he is going to NY to see his grandmas and papa's. He keeps on packing bags of toys to bring to grandma and grandpa's house. Of course he winds up unpacking these bags because he wants to play with those toys again, but it is really cute.

When we were at Costo, Bob informed me that my car has dirty tires. He pointed at a pile of tires that were $200 each and told me that I needed to get those new clean tires. I asked him if I could just go to the carwash and clean the tires that were on the car. He told me no.

I hope everyone is doing well, and I look forward to coming to NY to visit in a couple of weeks.