Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms! I hope you all had wonderful days and a great Mother’s Day weekend. After I got home from work on Saturday evening, two cards were waiting for me.
I loved the embroidery work on the card Scott gave me.
Nice goin’, babe! (he doesn’t read my blog so he’ll never see this unless I tell him) I love embroidered things from dishtowels to sweaters so this card was right up my alley!
This was Skylar’s card to me with the message she wanted Scott to write to me:
It all comes back to the “you always give me yummy yummy good snacks” doesn’t it. Men or kids, no matter what people say, I think the way to their heart is through their stomach.
In terms of my day, I wish I could say that I:
Took a break from laundry
Ate Bon-Bons. Or at least ate some No Bake Vanilla Cake Batter Chocolate Truffles
But none of that happened.
What did happen:
Skylar hugged her bunny
And I hugged Skylar
I Ran Errands
Packed a little bit for our trip
I got in a couple nice runs and a couple 2o minute at-home yoga/weightlifting sessions over the weekend.
Unfortunately, the weather here wasn’t nice this weekend. Gray and overcast, windy and cold. The flowers are blooming, though.
I took this picture a few days ago when it was still sunny.
Thanks for all the great comments regarding my Fudgy Nutella Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting. Yes, they are super fudgy.
Foodgawker and Tasteologie took that picture. So far Tastespotting rejected it but I have another shot pending. I bet if I brought them the brownies to sample, they’d accept my submission.
Thanks for sharing your fave brownie recipes and the Happy Mother’s Day wishes! Thanks to those of you who continue to chime in with such heartwarming stories about your moms.
Questions:
1. What did you do to celebrate Mother’s Day?
Other than opening my cards and having some extra hugs and snuggles with the family, it was business as usual for me.
Saturday and Sunday afternoons are precious times of the week for me because Scott takes Skylar for a few hours so I can slam and jam with errands, housework, cooking, blogging, you name it.
While he’s in charge of Little Miss, I’m able to be really productive and try to get a headstart on the week and get organized.
2. What does a Perfect or Dream Day include for you?
Mine:
sleeping more than 5 hours and all in one stretch, i.e. 2 hours here and 2 hours there, not ideal
not being woken up with this phrase: “Mommy, I pooped. Wipe my butt!”
no housework
cooking for pleasure only with ample to time to take tons of photographs. As opposed to cooking because I actually have to feed the hungry troops and picture time is limited because everyone’s hungry.
not going to paid work
reading books and magazines
laying out and working on my tan
opening up a blue box from Tiffany
getting a massage
having a great run + yoga session
reading blogs
being un-productive in general
Those are a few items on my dream day list. None of that usually happens, though.
What’s on your Dream Day list?
P.S. If you’re just catching up on posts from the weekend, here are mine since Friday:
- Fudgy Nutella Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Happy Mother’s Day & Reflections
- From a Box
- Great Grub
- Inspiration & Greener Grass
- Fiesta Food
Have a great week!
I actually Facetimed my Mom yesterday, better than just talking on the phone. I also called my grandma to wish her happy Grandmother’s Day.
My perfect day? Depends on the mood, but it involves lots of time to think, go for walks, paint, write and read; perfect weather (IE, sunny and warm) really good food whenever I’m hungry, and probably ends with hanging out with Sam, family and/or friends.
A really perfect day also might involve traveling, like touring the Taj Mahal or the Angor Wat.
Dream day list, I love yours! I especially like doing nothing productive and relaxing.
Our paintball field was closed on Sunday morning so that our employees and our customers could spend time with their Moms. I slept in a whole extra 30 minutes and thought it was heaven ;)
We had a few groups of parents who brought out their kids (and kids friends) to play paintball on Mother’s day. The mom’s looked like they had a fantastic time playing alongside their kids. Smiles all around.
After work, I called my mom to wish her a happy mother’s day. The small plant I ordered for her turned out to be a 3 ft Fictus tree! Luckily she had the perfect spot for it, and absolutely loves it. Phew!
Glad you had a nice Mother’s Day with the family – even if it was an action packed day.
I love that card, it is so pretty! Glad you day was fabulous you deserved every bit of it!
Happy Mother’s day to you Averie! Scott and Skylar did a great job on those cards. You deserve all of the love being sent your way because you are a GREAT mama!
What a sweet family you have–love, love those cards!
Happy Mothers Day!!! Looks like such a wonderful day! I am excited for the one day when I have a child and they give me a mothers day card :-)
Ohhh, I agree on your dream day! But I’ll take just a couple of hours of that if I can get it – no entire day necessary! Glad you got a card from your man…it’s perfect for you isn’t it, reminds me of your tat :-). Have a great week Averie.
What a gorgeous card. Wow. Not sure I’ve ever seen one quite like that.
Happy belated mother’s day! I hope you got at least one thing on your perfect day list :) Skylar is precious and the cards are beautiful too. One thing on my perfect day list is definitely a full day at the beach with a cool breeze, book and drink in hand ahhhhhhh!
Happy Mother’s day my friend! I know how much Skylar loves and adores you and I know she’ll be giving you sweet cards for years to come!
All of your food looks amazing. Those brownies for instance…WOW! :D
Happy belated Mother’s Day! Sounds like you had a great day!
Happy Mother’s day!! My mother’s day was pretty motherless, save for the garbled 15 minute conversation I had with my mom about how cell phone reception is really bad near my grandmother’s in New Jersey. Touching, I know.
My perfect day would include getting up early, going hiking with my dad, getting lunch at Wawa and eating in in my car with Mike (we used to do this all the time, and for some reason I just love it), then going to the beach and having a party with all my friends. Ahhh I cannot wait for summer- I want to make this day a reality!!
I miss Wawa!
I just hung out with my men. It was great! Perfect day for me, I just want to lay out at the lake or the beach…I am so doing that at some point this summer! I hope you have a great day Averie!