Mother's Day in PJ

For the 1st time since moving back east we decided not to go to PA for Mother's Day / Grandpa's Birthday / my birthday - instead choosing to celebrate the day at home. I gotta tell ya, I see a lot of these stay in my own home happening this year! It was the most relaxing day even though we did a ton of stuff!

The kids were excited to let me "sleep until 10 o'clock" then serve me breakfast in bed. Somehow Ben got the time mixed up and at 6:45 came walking into our bedroom announcing at the top of his lungs, "Happy Mother's Day!! I brought you breakfast in bed! But I couldn't find the bacon so here is a muffin and an akmak cracker!!" He was so proud of himself and Daddy and I were giggling up a storm. (See pic)

He also gave me tons of presents. Ben is awesome at wrapping random things we have lying around the house and regifting them. I got lots of angry bird toys and a few minions! He did create our entire solar system our of clay. I need to get a pic of that because it's truly fabulous. 

Daddy and Emma went a more traditional route and I got this awesome gift basket. Happy mommy!!

I squeezed a 30 minute run in after my spectacular breakfast then hit the back yard and planted all the flowers from the PTA plant sale. I don't have a green thumb so I'm praying grandma Ruth is watching over the plants while they take route!!

We then HAD TO go to the beach and do a little fishing. Nothing is biting yet, but as you can see from the pic, it was a beautiful warm Spring day and the water is starting to warm up a degree or two. I'm sure the fishes will return soon. 

We then hit up an outdoor restaurant for dinner - delicious. I had fish tacos that were mouth watering good just thinking about them. Star photographer, Emsadoodle, snapped this rare pic of mommy and daddy together in a pic!

We had a calamari appetizer and BEN ATE A BUNCH OF RINGS. Seriously, our little boy is finally trying news things - you know, one new thing every other month! But I'll take what I can get. :)

And, of course, we had to christen the ice cream stand as the weather was too perfect to go home just yet. The Before:

All in all, an amazing day. I am grateful for my family!! The After:

Plant Sale

Spent the day at the school working the cash box for the Pta plant sale today. Ben's class shopped in the afternoon and he was cracking me up. I gave him free reign of the hallway saying he could pick ONE plant. He came back with spearmint, thyme, and a purple verdana with a world's greatest mom stick in it. 

How does a mother turn down herbs and a pretty flower now?

I didn't. He described his choices: this one (thyme) is for me because it looks like a forest. This one (spearmint) is an early Father's Day gift for dad (I swapped it for oregano when he wasn't looking) and this one (purple) is for you!

Too cute, this kiddo!

Growing pains

Soooooo, the bunch has graduated from cartoons to Disney tween TV. Part of me is sad, and part of me doesn't want to admit that most of the shows have a good message. But mostly all of me is annoyed because Disney channel unlike the cartoon channels has commercials. Argh. We were in Walmart today and Ben said with enthusiasm, "Mom, you should buy Cascade!! It gets your dishes the cleanest!!"

Art Show 2015

Wowsa. Are you confused? Two Bens! Can you even tell which one is the real Ben? Serious self portraiting!!! Tonight was our school art show - which basically means the rest of the school year is going to fly by. I was once again beyond impressed with what the classes learned in Art. Our teacher is a total stud and will be absolutely missed when he retires in two years. Witness more of the magic: 

Sunday mornings

We've NOT been sleeping in on Sundays lately missing out on "Sunday Snuggles" - but it's for good cause, fresh air and LACROSSE! Our super LAX girl is loving being goalie and she is pretty good at it. Our team is made up of K-2 girls of all stages of early lax learning. It's pretty funny to watch considering we are playing against school teams of all 2nd graders who have been playing for a bit. At practice Em plays offense and she is pretty good. As much as I like her in the goal, I think our team would fare better if she spent some time on offense. Oh, well. We will see. Look how fierce she is: 

Holy Moly Anna

Em's BFF celebrated her Holy Communion this past Saturday with a party afterwards at her grandparents home. It was the perfect Spring day and a great day to test out my new camera. Nice crisp clean lines!! 

Her little bro, Sam, just happens to be Ben's BFF so it makes for good fun for the entire family. Class clown strikes again...  Like his spiky new hairdo??

The food was yummy but the chocolate fountain was a huge hit. I have no idea what Ben is dipping, probably his entire hand and then licking it off...

I'm not sure when Em turned into our earth / hippy girl - but she was born in CA so I guess it is to be expected. I'm happy to report she loves wearing her hair in braids or a pony tail these days - keeps it out of her face and knot free. Hahaha - I lied, it is still constantly falling in her face and Rasta knotty. We cannot win with her luscious locks. Yummmmm, chocolate bangs...