A Wonderful Mother’s Day

This year I had the most wonderful Mother’s Day!  The weekend started out by celebrating with Grace at the Pre-K class Mother’s Day Pancake breakfast.  The moms were treated to a delicious breakfast and given handmade placemats and coupon books.  We also listened to a story together and the kids sang God Bless America.

I got the funniest little book from Grace, called “All About My Mom.”  I just had to show these pages because even though it was Mother’s Day, it’s clear that Daddy is a  favorite in our house! 

“My mom is great because she kisses Dad!”

“I love my mom because she married my dad.”

So you’re welcome Grace, for marrying and kissing your dad!

Every year for Mother’s Day, I always ask for some kind of plant or flowers for our house.  This year I got three beautiful planters full of kitchen herbs!  Basil, oregano, mint, rosemary and parsley…yum.

This year I really wanted to do something a little different, rather than the typical brunch.  We decided to take a short drive with my parents to Massachusetts to the Hancock Shaker Village, to see the baby animals exhibit.  (Halfway into our road trip, I realized something terrible…I had forgotten the camera.  And yes, I cried.  My mom saved the day by taking these pics with her phone.)

The village was so neat…all original Shaker buildings set on a beautiful farm. 

The kids got to experience so many animals…baby chicks, turkeys, ducks, lambs, pigs, cows…and they were all just running free around the farm! 

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It was such a cool experience!

Seamus absolutely fell in love with the baby chicks.  He wanted to take one home so badly!

There is also a fun discovery center, where the kids could practice milking a pretend cow, watch bees in a hive, and dress up in Shaker clothes. 

We also got to watch a blacksmith making a wrought-iron wall hook, eat delicious ice cream at the on-site creamery, and take a ride on a pony!

It was the perfect day!  We can’t wait to go back next year and hopefully create a new Mother’s Day tradition!

A Sunny Day

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." -Anne Bradstreet

 

A Very Hoppy Easter

We had a wonderful Easter weekend!  Saturday was cold and rainy, but we still had a great time at an Easter party thrown by some good friends of ours.

We had yummy food and played games, and – don’t hate me – my kids colored Easter eggs for the first time!

Yes, I am THAT mother.  I don’t know what happens, every year the egg-coloring has just gotten away from me!  No worries for future Easters, however – now that they know about it, they’ll never let me forget!

We were so lucky to have our own personal Easter Bunny this year!

He came!  6:10 am and the kids were bouncing up and down beside our bed, begging to get into their baskets.

Grace was a little excited.

That awesome Bunny knew just how much Seamus loves Star Wars, so he had a Star Wars-themed basket with books, Mighty Beanz, and a Clone Wars t-shirt.

Grace got books, flip-flops and Tangled!  Awesome movie!

Liam even got a cool Star Wars shirt from the Bunny.

After a very taxing Easter egg hunt, it was time to get dressed for church.  Despite the cold and rain on Saturday, Sunday was a beautiful day!  My mom talked me into making Grace’s dress, Liam’s outfit and Seamus’ tie.  We worked on them together for the week before Easter, and I have to admit, they came out pretty cute!

Hope you all had a very Happy Easter!

Seven

So yes, I’m aware that I may be biased.

But really…

Could this possibly be the cutest seven-month-old on the planet??

Love this sweet baby boy so much!  His infectious giggle, his squishy thighs, his cute two front teeth…I just can’t get enough of him!

He is getting so big right before our eyes.  Rolling all over the place, kicking his legs like crazy, still a bit of a Weeble when it comes to sitting up, but he’s getting close!  Loves to “talk” with us, grab our faces, and thoroughly inspect any piece of jewelry he can get his hands on.

We’re also still waiting for Mr. Baldy McBalderson to grow some hair!  But no worries, we still think he’s as cute as can be

Happy Seven Months, Liam!  Love you so much!

An Attempt at Opening Day

Finally, t-ball season is here!  Seamus couldn’t have been more excited for the season to start, and Grace is even playing this year too!  I am a tad nervous because she is the child who trips over her own feet, but her enthusiasm has been great and I can’t wait to see how she does this year.

First up on Saturday was the annual Little League parade!  All of the teams march through Troy with a police escort, ending up at the fields.  Everyone marched pretty darn quickly because it was FREEZING out there.  Yeah, that spring weather I had mentioned is nowhere to be found!

Guess who was there to greet us at the fields?  Southpaw!!!

The morning after the parade was to be our first game.  Again, bitter freezing cold and RAINING to boot.  But we were all so excited, we bundled up and headed to the mud pit, I mean, t-ball field.

Unfortunately, due to a schedule mix-up, the other team did not show.  So they had a little practice instead and got to play on the field for the the first time.

Look at my girl!  I am so proud of her.

Run Gigi, run!

Here’s my little all-star…so happy to be playing and SO happy that his jersey is #2 again this year…just like Derek Jeter.

(They are wearing long johns under their uniforms, that’s how cold it was!)

Here he comes!  He wanted to slide so bad…we asked him to please save it for a drier day!  They had a blast even though it wasn’t a real game.  Looking forward to more fun this season!

And of course my littlest love…such a fun and busy weekend, he bounced himself right to sleep in the Jumperoo!