Happy Mommie's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in our lives. What a big job it is and we love you all!

My day started out wonderfully. While Heath and I were still in bed, we heard Tas jump out of his crib, run into the dining room, and limb up the stairs to greet us in bed! He was pretty excited by this new feat. Unfortunately for Chance, he has not mastered the skill of leaping out of the crib, so he was left behind for Dad to rescue.

Tas frolicked in my bedroom and bathroom cleaning the toilet, while I lay in my bed with an eye pillow trying to catch some extra zzz's. Heath and Chance were downstairs preparing a Mother's Day surprise for me. And what a great surprise it was - a stainless waffle maker that can make FOUR waffles at a time. Perfect for our family! Heath had printed me a card with photos of the boys and they had done their artwork inside. What a lucky Mom I am to have four males (including Gibson) who love me so much.

After breakfast, we headed to the Great American Tobacco Trail for a family bike ride - us on bikes, the boys in the chariot and Gibson on paws.

Heath was blowing up our tires and Chance decided to pull the tire pump off his bike and took the valve with it! So on a Sunday morning at 11, we were faced with a flat tire and a bunch of closed bike shops. On got on the web and called REI who said they could take us right away. We all went up to REI, got Heath's tire fixed, did a little bike accessory shopping for Mom and headed on. It was now 11:50 - LUNCH TIME for the punkins. I had a brilliant idea - hot dogs from Home Depot. These are the boys favorite.

I realized today that life is getting easier. We bought a bunch of hot dogs. Handed two to the boys and drove off to the bike trail. They sat in their car seats enjoying these tasty hot dogs, cheese puffs and apples.  By the time we got to the trail, they were ready to go as were we. We rode for about 2.5 hours and a beautiful, sunny day. Everyone including Gibson had a wonderful time. The boys were enjoying the chariot. Every time we stopped, they would sign and say "more".

About 2:30 pm, which is WAY past the punkins nap time, Tas and Chance simultaneously melted down and cried all the way back to the car. We loaded up and by the time we drove out of the parking lot, Tas was snoring and Chance was as happy as could be.

The boys went down for naps when we got home and slept until 6:20. I ran to a bunch of stores to buy our Mother's Day dinner and a bunch of other items.

We had a delicious cookout on the patio and I couldn't help thinking over and over how lucky I am to have such a wonderful husband and two absolutely adorable and sweet sons. Tas and Chance both said Happy Mommie's Day to me several times and I got a bunch of hugs from Tas.

Mother's Day is a great time to reflect on just how awesome it is to be a Mom and to take the time to let the folks who matter most how much you love them. Even though the twos are a tough age, I know there will be nothing else like them. As my friend Stephanie said on Friday, there is a reason that God made two year olds so cute.