Mother's Day

I know, I know - I'm late!

I've been busy and missed blogging about mother's day completely. But my sweet kids are so adorable that I wanted to post these, even though it's way past the date.

Dominic made me this thumb print poem

 then he glued this "award" to the back. Isn't he the cutest little boy ever?!

The kids came and got into bed with me that morning and we chatted until Jon got home from his bike ride. It was a wonderful way to meet the day.

Mother's Day

My Mother's Day was unusual. Check out my other blog if you want a full description.

I get to celebrate Mother's Day because of my two precious children. They both light up my world and I'm so very thankful that I get to be their mommy. Somehow those two kids got all of the great genes that Jon and I have and the combination is amazing. (I'll be honest, they might also have gotten a stray bad one or two. But we aren't focusing on that.)

Yesterday evening when we returned home from Nashville the kids disappeared into the other room. A few minutes later they came out with this little package in their hands. It was actually in Dominic's hand and Caitlin was just itching to tell me what was inside.

Dominic - "Mom, we got you a present for Mother's day. Guess what it is?"

Caitlin - "IT'S A NECKLACE!!!"

Dominc - "CAITLIN! You aren't supposed to tell!"

But it was so cute and the smiles were so precious that I had to laugh.

It was a very sweet necklace that I'd been eying for a while at Poet's. (Thanks to my dear husband for helping quite a bit.)

Thank you to my dear sweet children who make each and every Mother's Day so special. 

And thank you to my wonderful husband who helps them - a lot!

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day.

The kids let Jon and I sleep in (sort of).

Jon asked what I wanted for breakfast and I remembered a pancake place we hadn't tried yet.

Grandma's Pancake House.

Wow! I think we have a new favorite. It was delicious.

Naturally I had something with chocolate in it.

 

The kids then went with Jon to pick out a gift for me while I got some kid free shopping in myself. It was so nice to walk around the store without saying "Put your hands behind your back." fifty + times.

Look what the kids picked out for me. Isn't that so sweet?! 

According to Jon they each picked out something.

My heart melted into a little puddle. I have the most precious children in the world.

(What you see in the back ground is my new crock pot. 

Yes, I'm the weird one who actually requests kitchen things for special occasions.)

We then went to pick out some flowers for my bald flower bed in the front. It was full of bulbs and now that they are done blooming it looks rather boring.

Caitlin helped me plant.

My aunt, uncle and grandparents came while we were still planting.

 

My kids love their great-grandparents.

 

 

 

 

 We had such a great visit.

 

 

 

My grandpa has more energy than I do.

Could/would you do this?

"Ganpa, hep peas."

"Grandpa, climb up here with us."

 

 

Some silly pictures.

 

 

We had such a wonderful time. Can't wait to see them all again.

Mother's Day

We went to pick strawberries on Mother's day and Jon got this cute picture of the kids with me. I love Dominic's face. You can't see it very well, but it's covered in strawberries. Thankfully the owner doesn't mind kids eating her berries.

This picture was actually the first one taken. Dominic couldn't get his hat on straight and Caitlin kept eating her dress.