If Timmy could read, and saw the title, he would say "don’t call me like that. i not superboy. I am SOOP-erman!!" His favorite song right now is I am Superman from REM- I put it on my ipod for him and whenever I play it, he gets that Timmy "hehehe" laugh. Even after the 5th time in a row.

Big news…we took away the papis (that would be pacifiers). Well, we didn’t…the papi fairy came and took them to the little babies who didn’t have papis. And she left him $10 so he could go shopping for a new toy. I wasn’t planning on having the papi fairy show up right now, but after the Mets game on Saturday, Timmy fell asleep in the car (at 5pm!) on the way home and I couldn’t wake him up for 2 hrs! He didn’t have the papi for that long nap (he only has it in his bed for naps and bedtime) so we talked about it. We discussed how he obviously didn’t need it to sleep, and that he’s not a baby anymore (waaaaaa! says mommy) since he sleeps in a big boy bed, wears big boy underwear, goes to big boy school, etc so he probably shouldn’t have a papi anymore since he’s not a baby. Plus the fact that he makes it a point to tell everyone "i not a baby! i’m a big boy!". I asked him if he thought he was ready for the papi fairy to come and take the papis and he said yes. Could it really, really be this easy? I wasn’t hopeful.

The reason I wasn’t hopeful… two words. Jack & Patrick. When it was their turn for the papi fairy to pay a visit after much discussion about the whole deal (no more papis, papis for the babies, a new toy)… the first night they were going to bed everything seemed fine, UNTIL… they got into bed, broke out into simultaneous crying fits, and screaming "I can’t brEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEathe without it!!!" They were so addicted and were going thru withdrawl. Like crackheads. It was like this for about 3 days. Not so much.

So, things seem to be going pretty well with Timmy (I’m afraid to post it cause I don’t want to jinx it). Went to bed no problem the first night (Saturday) and slept thru til 8am. No nap on Sunday though, but he did play in his bed for an hour. Sunday he had 3 (yes 3!) accidents. I think he was so tired without the nap he just couldn’t get it together. Last night was okay. He went to bed early since he was such a total wreck (he really needed that nap!) slept til 4am and was up for half an hour looking for the damn papi. He did go back to sleep til around 7:15am. Not bad. And today, he was nowhere near napping when I put him down but he was so tired. So I told him I was going to rock him, and he fell right asleep and napped for 2hrs. With no papi. Woohoo! 

Hope everyone had a great mommy day! I did (well, at least the first half!). Yesterday, John took all three boys along with Grandpa, Hakka, and Uncle Nelson to the Mets game, so I had the whole afternoon to myself. It was niiiiice. I did a ton of catch up work on the computer, a little organizing, and even went and got myself a pedicure (with massage chairs- not as good as Asela, but what can you do?) so my feet aren’t completely hideous for the wedding next weekend.

This morning, hung out and cleaned up. Then John took ALL of us to brunch at the country club- Mom & Ken, Mom & Dad, Inez & Thomas plus their whole crew, and us. Delicious as always and a fun time. Finally got all the boys in a picture together (don’t think we had a really good one since 2 yrs ago at a family Christening). We honestly did not plan the "uniform"- just worked out that way. Handsome, one & all. Got a few shots with my boys even. How nice.My amazing inlaws, just back from a trip to Egypt (yes, really). My mother in law got me a beautiful necklace. Don’t know if you can make it out in any of the pictures, but I’m wearing it. 

And please forgive me, but I need to insert a little mommy brag here. Timmy’s been saying "Happy Mothers Day" for about a week now, every day. So cute! He made a painted macaroni napkin holder at school with a pretty, sparkly card. John got me floor seats to The Cure (yippeeee!) at MSG next month- are you ready, Robin? Jack & Patrick made me handmade cards (my favorite!) and wrote me some poetry and writing pieces. Must share, but break out the hankies- you’re gonna need them!

From Jack:

(a handmade card) Dear Mom: Thank you for all the good things in my life. It’s your special day, so you get to do what you want. So, you’re taking the day off. Anyway, if you need any help just ask, ok? You’re the best mom ever. Love, Jack

(a writing piece from school) My Mother: My mom has many special qualities. Here are a couple of things my mom is good at. She is a very good photographer. She even has her own business! Someday, she’ll be a professional. Another thing she is good at is cooking. She cooks the dinner every night of the school week! Also, she is an amazing Mom. I love when she lets me stay up late. She also has a great sense of taste. She goes to restaurants that are delicious! My mom is great. These are the great qualities of my mom.

From Patrick: (two poems)

Mom, you’re so sweet. Your pictures are really neat. Mom, you’re so cool. You’re as pretty as a treasured jewel!

Mom, I would never trade you for gold. When I look at you, your face glows like an angel in the sky. I’ll always like you when time goes by. I’ll always love you even when you grow old.

Okay, how much do I love those boys??

Went down to the beach with my mom later on to shoot some product for beaches n buckets (more on that tommorrow) but we had a lot of fun even though it was pretty freezing and so windy. It was nice Mommy time either way. Thanks for coming along and for the help, Mom!!

By the time I came back, John was all kinds of sick (puking) so he spent the rest of the day and all of tonight in bed. I feel bad for him that he’s so sick. I just hope it’s a food or medicine reaction and not a stomach virus that makes it’s ugly way thru the house- especially with the wedding next weekend. Keep a good thought on that for me, huh? And even better…John thinks he may have to have additional surgery on his back cause it’s just as bad lately as it was before the surgery. He thinks the remainder of the disc is now herniated or it’s scartissue pushing on the nerve. But he has constant shooting pain down the butt, leg, foot  just like last time. Except now it’s in both legs instead of just one. Fabulous. He is trying to get an appointment with the dr. this week and he will most likely send him for an MRI (again). I’ll keep you posted.

Anyway, Happy Mothers Day to all my mommy friends out there!