lately

Last week I wrapped up my last Peru post. We took that trip in April and here we are in June. So let's do a run through of all that has happened since then. Where do I even start?

Let's start with the youngest child. H has been playing basketball this season and it has been tough.. they have been on a losing streak.. 9 loses and then finally they had a win. All the parents and grandparents.. everyone in the crowd was saying some kind of prayer at this point.. let the boys have a win and they did!

H also took part in the school science fair.     

We had some taste and smell samples so that people could try it out for themselves. 

The last time H participated in the science fair was when he was in kindergarten and he had done an experiment with D and now he is wrapping up 3rd grade.. A perfect bookend to his years in elementary school.

He also had his band concert.. they played beautifully. 

Things in D's life have been less eventful but very very busy as he wraps up his first year of high school. He has sat for one AP class exam, an accelerated Spanish test to see if he can skip a level next year and has a week of finals coming up. As for his eye.. the parasite is dead. For any new readers I have explained his eye situation here and a more detailed update here. We have been weaning off drops and are now focusing on his vision. All the drops and the parasite itself has left behind some scarring on his cornea so the doctor has started us off on a new drop that is supposed to help reduce the scarring. 

May was also Mother's Day and we had so many mothers in the house. Starting from the left. My mother in law, then me and my mom in the middle and my great aunt on the left. My mom lives on a different continent and my great aunt in a different state so it was a happy coincidence that we all found ourselves together on this day. 

For Memorial Day weekend, since M's parents hadn't been to Niagara Falls in over a decade and wanted to go back we decided to make the drive. It was M and my 4th time visiting the falls (only once together) but they still take your breath away, don't they?

I made a reel on instagram of our trip on the HornBlower. We stayed on the Canadian side at the Sheraton FallsView Hotel and the view from our room was incredible! Check it out here. 

It was not the sunniest day hence the gray pics. But it was not rainy (as the weather app had suggested, so yay) Niagara Falls actually consists of three waterfalls: the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls, and the Bridal Veil Falls. 

Above is Horseshoe below is both American and Bridal

We later crossed the Rainbow Bridge on foot to re enter America and check out the falls from that side.  

We got a lot more up close and personal with the falls.. lol

On the Thursday M and I went to go see the Knicks play at MSG. It was the 6th playoff game and it was a great game. The Knicks played so well and won. The energy was incredible, in the stadium and out. The traffic was insane and it took us over two hours to get home.. but it was so worth it. 

And with that May comes to an end. 

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