Mother's Day 2013

Dave and Spencer treated me to the nicest Mother's Day. First, they served me a cup of coffee in bed which I leisurely sipped while they wrapped my gift. (Confession: I slipped into the bathroom to flat-iron my hair for a minute because it looked crazy and there would be pictures!!) Then Spencer excitedly presented my surprises - a beautiful green scarf and lavender sweater. He picked out both and I love them. He also made me a pretty picture and painted a flowerpot for me at school.

I had requested breakfast at Bouldin Creek Cafe - so off we went. Yum! We had to wait a little while, but Spencer was very patient and ran around outside and we made up games to pass the time.

When we were finishing breakfast, I was remembering how we had eaten there last Mother's Day and went to The Natural Gardener afterward, and that sounded so nice that we headed there next. There's so much to see - beautiful plants, flowers and gardens of course, but also chickens, goats, and donkeys. Dave captured our official Mother's Day 2013 photo and then bought me a super cute hat!

Next on the agenda: frozen yogurt! Man, was I spoiled today or what??

After that we headed home for special treat. We bought a video camera right after Spencer was born, but we've never had the proper cable to download the videos or watch them on our TV. Dave ordered one last week, so this afternoon we watched a bunch of footage from 2009 - Spencer's first time in a pool, first boat ride, lots of bouncing in his jumper, 1st birthday and 2nd Christmas. It was fun, sweet and surreal - seems like a lifetime ago. Spencer got a big kick out it, too.We even saw my mom a couple of times and heard her talking off camera once, so that made it really sentimental and was great timing since I'm missing her so much today. (Sidebar: Why why why didn't we take some videos of my mom?? I know she hated being on camera, but I'd give anything to go back in time to do that. Ugh!)

Our final activity was dinner at our favorite Indian place, then home for Spencer's bedtime. When I tucked him in, Spencer said something like, "Thank you God for sending me to be my mommy's son." Swoon. It was a wonderful day filled with gratitude and love! I have the best husband and son a girl could ask for!

A Sweet Mama's Day

What a nice Mother's Day I had! When we woke up, the boys let me stay in bed for a little while, then they brought me a cup of coffee and some presents. Spencer had to keep the gifts a secret for a few days and it just about did him in. He was excited and wanted to tell me what they bought. The evening after they went shopping, he whispered in the bathtub, "I won't tell you about the chocolates, just the other stuff."

They did in fact buy me some yummy chocolates and super comfy/pretty loungewear, 'cause Mommy likes to lounge! Oh, and Spencer made me the prettiest, sparkly flower pin that I proudly wore all weekend. I will treasure it!

 

 

 

I put in a request to go to Bouldin Creek Cafe for breakfast, and they were happy to oblige. After that, we strolled around The Natural Gardener for about an hour, then went to a neat place called Revival Market. They had a funny photo booth set up and we took a couple of pictures.

After resting for a little while back at home and eating lunch, we ventured out to Central Market for gelato, then Spencer helped me cook dinner. It was a perfectly lovely day and I felt perfectly spoiled.