Happy Mother's Day!

I had the best weekend! Saturday, David and the kids took me shopping to get me some new clothes for Mother's Day! I'm not complaining because I'll take any opportunity to get new clothes! After we came home, the kids went down for a nap, I relaxed a bit and prepped food for Sunday's dinner. Once the kids woke up, we spent a few hours playing outside. We played on the slide, the swings, the airplane, their bikes, and they even played tag with Daddy! Mommy had the camera and got a few great pictures...but as you can see, Ms Ari doesn't like getting her picture taken anymore and she usually has an attitude about it! Oh well...

Sunday, David let me sleep in! I got out of bed at 8am and breakfast was ready! He made Raspberry Orange pancakes ad sausage patties. After breakfast, I decided to get the kids dressed and I took them for a walk with me. (Daddy went to Mummu and Papa's house) I walked 4 miles and they talked with each other, pointed out every tree, bird and squirrel we walked by! It was a lot of fun! We then came home, showered and got ready for the day. I took the kids outside and they brought Jackie and Zee (our neighbors) flowers they picked from the garden. We then played outside until Grammie arrived. We played out on the swings and slide with Grammie, then brought the kids in for lunch. We told them that after lunch they needed to take a good nap because then Uncle Brian and Uncle Eric would be there when they woke up! Almost 3 hours later the kids were still sleeping and they arrived. I went upstairs to check on the kids and Dante (Brian and Eric's Boxer) followed me up to their room. Ari heard me open the gate and she sat up and started laughing because Dante was sitting there wagging his tail! Matthew then got up and was in hysterics laughing! They came downstairs and we went back out to play. After about an hour of playing outside the clouds rolled in and it started to rain. I thought this was the perfect opportunity to start cooking. I prepared: Caesar Salad, Grilled Asparagus, Orzo, and Italian Crusted Rib Eyes! It was so unbelievably good! For dessert I made homemade Tiramisu - and it went REALLY well with the Alcoholic Espresso whipped cream Brian bought me! The rain stopped, Daddy cleaned up all the dishes and we brought the kids outside in their rain coats and rain boots and they jumped in puddles for a while! It was time for the kids to start winding down, and so they were playing inside and Ari wanted to put on her Tinkerbell outfit since Grammie bought her new sparkly shoes!

Overall it was a GREAT day! The best gift ever was watching Arianna and Matthew laugh all day long!