Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! Okay, so it's actually over, but I hope everyone had a great day yesterday--you all definitely deserved it. My day was wonderful, and the festivities actually began on Thursday when the girls' preschool had "Muffins for Moms." Katy and Olivia served me mini blueberry muffins (only a few dropped on the way from the serving table to our seats... *grin*), and their teachers brought us orange juice.

They had planted little white impatiens flowers for me in cups to decorate the table, and had made placemats with funny (to me, anyway!) answers to questions like 'how old is your mommy?' (Olivia said I was 3, Katy said I was 16!). And the best part was when they all got up to serenade us (to the tune of 'Jesus Loves Me'):

Mommy loves me this I know
'Cause she always tells me so
She gives me hugs when I am sad
She even loves me when I'm bad
Yes, mommy loves me
Yes, mommy loves me
Yes, mommy loves me
She always tells me so.



Ryan wrote a sweet biography about me talking about all the things I do for him and our family, and my hobbies, and what I look like. It is so amazing to see what a difference there is between a 7-year-old's perception and a 4-year-old's. What a lot of maturing there is in those 3 extra years!

Kevin had asked me what I'd like to do for Mother's Day, and I told him I wanted to sleep late--without having to get up and fix any breakfast for anyone! And that I didn't want to wipe any messy bottoms all day, or cook any meals, or be responsible for bathing and dressing the children. Oh, and I also didn't want to make any decisions about what we'd be doing or where we'd be eating. My wonderful hubby fulfilled every request perfectly without a bit of grumbling.

He got up before the kiddos came into our room and took a quick shower, and then left our bedroom (even remembered to shut our door!). He got the kids dressed, and even fixed the girls' hair! Then he took them out to Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast, and brought me a Boston Cream and an Apple Cinnamon donut back along with a large coffee. Yum.

We spent the day at Dan Nicholas park, which was a perfect place to have fun with your family. We played mini golf, rode on a carousel, rode on a train, walked through a nature preserve and saw a bunch of animals, mined for gems and minerals, played on a HUGE playground and took lots of great pictures (I'll post these a little later once I load them).

For dinner we went to the Roadhouse grill and had steak and shrimp and yummy rolls. And when we got home, Kevin bathed the kids and got them ready for bed, read them their stories, and all I had to do was come give hugs and kisses. Wow. I felt so spoiled!

This morning he left bright and early to fly to San Francisco and won't be back until Thursday afternoon. And I started babysitting my neighbor's 2-year-old daughter (just until the end of the school year). So it's back to reality today. But I still have those wonderful memories!