We even sang Happy Birthday to Grandma a few weeks late although I am not sure why Grandma got one candle in a cookie for her birthday while Ryan got 8 candles in his "half-birthday" cake.
I always say this the day after Erika and Richie leave but I miss them already and really wish that they lived closer. I had so much fun telling stories and laughing with them until my stomach hurt on Saturday night after the kids went to sleep.
Sunday morning, we headed over to Omi and Poppy's house for another barbecue. Since it was pretty warm by 9 am, we decided to fill up the kids pool so that it would have time to warm up by the afternoon. I don't think the bottom of the pool was covered with water before Dylan climbed in, clothes and all, and Ryan stripped down and jumped in too. 
The water was ice cold and I am not sure how the kids could stand it but they had a ton of fun - there are no pictures of Ryan because he insisted on swimming in his underwear. The boys played for about two hours in the pool - driving their cars through the water, splashing each other and just jumping in and out, or in Dylan's case diving in and out. Once it seemed like they were getting cold, we dried them off and they went to go play on the swings.
Even though they were busting out of the seat, they were cracking up laughing and holding on to each other like best buddies. When I went to take them both out, Ryan said "I am just going to 'lax in my swing by myself now" so we took Dylan inside for a nap, gave Ryan a neck pillow and 5 minutes later......
we found Ryan like this. He slept like that for about 45 minutes until his neck pillow fell off and then he came inside and went back to sleep on the couch. While the kids napped, Omi and I challenged Poppy and Jay to some Sequence and I am happy to say the ladies were victorious!! Overall, it was a very relaxing day which culminated in Dylan getting another haircut. His hair grows very quickly and sometimes the sides look crazy. Jay has been asking me for a long time if we could cut it with the clippers and I have always said no. Poppy has always done a great job cutting Dylan's hair but because Dylan doesn't really sit still, it is really hard to cut it with scissors. I finally gave in on the buzzers this weekend and I have to admit - it was much easier, faster and I think that it came out great! Thanks Uncle Brian.
We woke up to another day of a cloudless sky on Monday and decided to see if we could get tickets to the Yankees game. Stubhub didn't fail us and we got some cheap seats in the upper deck and headed down to the stadium for Dylan's very first Yankees game. 
The Yankees played the Indians and as the Yanks took the field and Andy Pettitte took the mound, Dylan was in total awe - the stadium was loud, the field was bright and we brought food a plenty - there was enough going on to keep him distracted, occupied and happy for the first 5 innings.
Ryan on the other hand, did not care at all about the game and would not still. Every 5 seconds, he was "very very thirsty", "very very hungry" or wanted to sit where Dylan was sitting. 
Around the 5th inning, he was on the verge of falling asleep and sat on my lap for the next two innings. Both boys though did get up to sing YMCA and Take Me Out to the Ball Game. 
Going in to the 7th inning, the score was 2-1 and then A-Rod hit a Grand Slam followed by a homer by Cano. As you can imagine, the crowd went wild.
By the end of the 7th, the score was 8-1 Yankees, the kids were pretty cranky and we were all hot so we figured we would head home and beat the crowds. Ryan fell asleep on the subway before we hit 125th street, Dylan fell asleep in his high chair while eating his dinner and the Yankees won the game 11-2.
This was a great weekend to kick off the summer and hopefully the rest of the summer will bring more fantastic times - Happy Memorial Day
