Desmond accompanying mom to her gifts and cards, near her Mother’s Day lilac bush

Eleanor’s flowers to mom

Cousins, chilling on the playground at the farmers market

Side effect of trying to grow grass: puddle splashing before lunch out on the deck

Liam and Viv look on as Des plays his first pinball with mom

Furious crayon action

While trimming fingernails after bath time, Des’ squirrel joins the already busy front yard (lots of robins feeding their adolescents with the abundance of damp soil). With the walnuts close at hand, his squirrel gets quite the dinner.

After patiently sitting through several minutes of his request for mom to read her non-profit book to him, Desmond eventually surrendered and accepted her offer to resume reading The Princess Bride.