Mother's Day!

Whipped cream is wonderful!
Mommy & Lucas on Mother's Day 2008!

What a wonderfully made up day! A big Thanks to Hallmark and everyone else who promotes such a great day. Although, I think Mom's Day should really be at least once a month if not once a week!

Our Mother's Day started out a little rocky. Lucas wanted to celebrate early so he woke up at 4am! No sleeping in this year on Mother's Day for me. We cuddled on the couch for awhile and then had breakfast. By 6am he was getting grumpy and tired. We (Mommy & Daddy) had big plans to take photos of our house so we could get it online to rent this week. This meant moving one clutter pile from one room to the next avoiding the camera and the pile kept growing! It's amazing how much "stuff" one family can accumulate! Thank goodness for Good Will and the Marion Soup Kitchen!

Lucas wanted nothing to do with this photo taking craziness. He cried, he laughed, he pouted, he smiled, he HAD A HUGE MELT DOWN. Uncle Mark volunteered to take him to the park and that was not on his agenda for Mom's Day...going to the park without mom?! NO WAY! We'll he did go and after 20 minutes or so realized that the park was way better than the photos.

Things turned around quickly with lunch and ice cream. Lucas loves Chocolate Ice Cream with Sprinkles of course. It was yummy and made everyone ready for a big NAP! Phew! The nap solved all our sad issues. We all woke up happy and ready for our Mom's Day hike. We got to see and hold a baby snake for the first time, see two Canadian Geese fly in to a pond and eat next to us and a whole bunch of water skippers. We had a wonderful time!

Kate and Mark made us dinner so Daddy and Lucas were off the hook too! We had tasty kabobs, watermelon (Lucas ate 85% of it...that's my boy!) and my very favorite....Angle's Food Cake, Strawberries and Whipped Cream! I think Whipped Cream is one of Lucas' favorites too! We had to have some on our waffles for breakfast this morning! :) Thanks Daddy, Lucas, Kate & Mark! I had a great day! Thanks for the homemade card too...I love you all!