Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!!! I hope you all had as fantastic of a day as I did. A special thank you to my mom and Brian's mom for always being there for us and our children! We are so lucky to have to such amazing people in our lives!


Brian let me sleep in this morning - till 7:15 that is when Gracie began demanding that she eat RIGHT NOW! :) We had a good morning playing with Olivia while Gracie napped, and then we headed out to Oneota for Mother's Day brunch with Roger, Pat, Chris, Beth, and all the kids. The kids behaved wonderfully during breakfast, and Ba-pa rewarded them with rides in the golf cart afterwards! Olivia absolutely loved this and asked for "mor" and "muy" every time they stopped!



Both girls were very ready for a nap when we came home and neither put up any fight at all when we laid them down. Olivia ended up sleeping for 2.5 hours and Grace for 3! I gifted myself with a nap too! After Olivia woke up, Brian mowed the lawn while Olivia tentatively watched - she's a bit of a wimp with that sort of thing as many of you know, but I do have faith that by the end of the summer she'll be mowing right alongside her daddy!

Once Gracie was up, we headed down to the Whippy Dip for the first time this spring. It was the first time that Olivia's really shown serious interest in eating ice-cream. It was pretty cute to watch her learn how to lick her cone - I was actually pretty impressed that we didn't have too big of a mess after all was said and done, but, honestly, I've never seen anyone eat ice-cream as slowly as Olivia. I think our Whippy Dip excursion took almost an hour and we only live two blocks away! Gracie has a happy little camper during this little adventure and fell back asleep after a while. When we got home, Olivia, and I spent some time doing a little gardening. We planted the tomatoes, green peppers, and herbs. Everything will spending the nights inside though this week as it's supposed to be rather chilly - got down to 38 last night (yuck)!


Our day came to a close without any fuss and it was a very peaceful goodnight with both the girls. It was a perfect end to Mother's Day to put both the girls to sleep while getting some good cuddles at the same time. I feel so fortunate to have such an amazing family - both immediate and extended! Thank you Brian, Olivia, and Grace for making my day so perfect!