and our niece's birthday!

This is always a very busy month for us, with 2 birthdays, 1 anniversary, Mother's Day (for a whole bunch of moms in the family) and Memorial Day weekend in May, closely followed by my anniversary in June. Yep, I was a June bride, not that I wanted a June wedding, it just worked out that way. It will also be my goddaughter's first Mother's Day this month!

Cinco de Mayo is a good reason to party in this town, and I don't mind opting for Mexican food, Mariachi music and a reason for a fiesta any time! This is a hugely Tejano community, lots of fun and so very colorful. When I was a kid, our community was largely Italian. So, we had limited help figuring out how to help the few Hispanic kids in our school celebrate the occasion. I remember lots of sarapes, sombreros, and huge crepe paper mums strung in the school auditorium or in the classrooms. All this just a miles from the biggest party in the universe: Los Angeles, LOL!

It's a lovely day; I've signed off work and I'm going to figure out how to spend the rest of my day.

Happy May!