Mothers Day belated

Mother's Day was different than in years past. Last year we celebrated our mothers with a big lunch that everyone attended. The year before we were in Tennessee and celebrated with our great friends Scott and Danie (the year before that I think I was on bed rest with Libby). This year was much more low key. Corey and I are going on vacation this year, so I fully expected that to cover mothers day and possibly my birthday as well, but Corey was extremely thoughtful and got me a few small things that I have been wanting-one of which was a subscription to Cooking Light magazine (hooray!). Unfortunately Corey had to work all weekend, but it allowed me to spend the whole day with my mom which was really fun.

The whole gang (Me and Libby and Joe) headed over early and got there in time to read with PawPaw and make cookies with Gramma. Libby was not a very good roller so she made pancakes instead. She loved making cookies-I think we have a little chef on our hands! She did not like the dough on her hands at first, but after a bit she dug right in to "help" mom get them all baked. She was much less interested in eating them than I thought she would be though.

Rob came by for a few minutes to wish mom a Happy Mother's Day. Joe couldn't get enough of Rob's hat. Besides the drool, I love this pic of the two of them!

Later in the day my grandma (mom's mom) came over and we enjoyed hanging out with the kids and eating a great dinner. Joe adores my grandma and she couldn't resist picking him up whenever he came over to her. Despite her 87 years and arthritis she would get a hold of all 27 pounds of Joe and cuddle him for a minute or two until he wanted down. I'm sure she was sore the next day, but she wouldn't complain.

After dinner and bath time, the kids entertained us all with some dancing. They were so full of energy, I didn't think they would ever want to go to bed, but the day did indeed come to an end. It was a low-key mother's day, but I loved it just the same.

A pic of me and Joe-Libby is much less compliant in taking pictures these days. Joe still humors me!