May 1981

5/1/1981: Michael is doing a lot better today. The reason he probably had a fever yesterday is that he now has 5 teeth.
Cindy's trip to Ireland has been called off. I'm very relieved but she is understandably very disappointed
5/2/1981: Cindy and I went to King's Island today. We had a pretty good time until I started to get sick. I just can't tolerate the sun at all.
5/4/1981: Freno 11:00
We thought Michael had the measles this morning. He woke up with splotches all over. It turned out to be caused by the antibiotic for his eye so we discontinued it.
5/5/1981: Stephen had an interview by phone with Call-Poly, San Luis Obispo today. He thinks it went fairly well although he did tell them he preferred research to teaching. We will know about the results around the first of June.
5/10/1981: Steve's Mom and Dad came down today to watch the boys swim. Unfortunately the boys didn't do too well. Later we all went to Bob Evans. The boys really chowed down. Peter finally got another tooth.
5/14/1981: We started to teach the boys how to drink from a cup tonight. Michael seemed to catch on really quickly but Peter really didn't catch on at all. It just drizzled down his chin and he kept throwing the cup on the floor.
Steve is ready to write!!!
5/15/1981: Michael played peek-a-boo with the blanket today. He must have learned it from Peter who always plays peek-a-boo with a diaper or bib. Once he got tangled up in the blanket so I had to help him out.
5/16/1981: The boys had their first ice cream today. Actually it was soft serve that we got at Flipper's. We used spoons to give them bites off of our cones. The really liked it and were mad when we wouldn't give them more.
5/19/1981: Spring Banquet 6:00
Peter stood up in his crib today. He was really excited about it until he tried to get down. The he didn't know what to do except to let go and let gravity do its work.
5/20/1981: Michael is finally saying Mama. He doesn't know exactly what he is saying but at least he is making the sounds
5/21/1981: Michael started clapping his hands today. He thought it was really great and broke into a beautiful smile.
Micheal got his hair cut today so it would nice for his pictures. Unfortunately he moved so he has a big chunk out of the back.
5/22/1981: The boys had their pictures taken today. Michael smiled like an angel but Peter just gave kind of a blank look. You can't really blame him though - we had to wait a long time and he was tired and hungry.
At the picnic tonight Peter started to crawl for the first time
5/25/1981: Michael's sixth tooth came through today.
5/26/1981: Peter learned how to get down after he stands up. It was really fun to watch him trying to figure out how to do it. You could almost see the wheels turning. Now maybe he won't be so fussy all the time.