50. Date night, and 68. Go to a concert

On Saturday night, Bill and I went to see the Decemberists at the Raleigh Ampitheatre. We met some of his friends for dinner before the show. It was a chance for a child-free date night, and a concert. I'm not familiar with the band, but they were good. Unfortunately, it started raining right when they took the stage. We were on the lawn, and got pretty wet! Still a fun night!

93. Foster an animal in need.

I was pretty sure I wasn't going to cross this one off before March, but meet Moose!

Moose is our new foster puppy. He a 2 month old Boxer/lab mix. He is available for adoption through Carolina Boxer Rescue. We had been wanting to foster for them for a while (we adopted Lacy from CBR 5 years ago) but the right opportunity hadn't come up with a dog we new would be safe around Liam. Moose is adorable, and a total love. We are enjoying having him with us, and hope he finds his forever home soon (with a face like that, who wouldn't want to adopt him?).




Lacy is loving having a playmate in the house!

38. Get Liam his first pet.

Meet Thomas and James, Liam's fish. Despite their names, they are actually female bettas. Thomas is the blue and red one, and James is red. They are named after a couple of Liam's favorite characters on Thomas & Friends. Unfortunately, something went wrong in their new aquarium, and they nearly died the first night. Liam poured in the water conditioner when I wasn't looking, and I think he may have spilled some. I have nursed them back to some semblance of health now, but it remains to be seen if they will last. If not, James II and Thomas II may be arriving during the night LOL!

It is friggin' hard to photograph a fish in a bowl!


Thomas


James

19. Complete 30 new arts & crafts projects with Liam (8/30).

I plan to do a lot of arts and crafts with Liam this summer now that school is out. Anyway, we attempted two homemade projects for the Grandmas birthdays this year. The first was some hand painted flower pots. These came out better than expected. I had him stick to a color scheme for each of the gift pots - warm colors for one, and cool for the other. I let him go wild on the pot we kept for ourselves (I feared he'd mix the red and green to make brown, which is pretty much what happened).




We also tried some mug decorating, which was not such a success. It pretty much looks like a 3 year old scribbled on it. Oh well, it's the thought that counts, right? :)

May 2011 Progress

Completed in May: 4/101
Current Total: 44/101

5. Read 101 books (95/101).
I read 1 book this month, bringing my total to 95.