This year, Mother’s Day felt more like Mother’s Day weekend, which left me feeling quite pampered and loved.
Yesterday started out pretty normally for a Saturday. Claire slept in a bit, and it was 7:45 a.m. before she came into our room. We are really very fortunate in the sleep department. There is the occasional weekend morning when she wakes up ridiculously early for no apparent reason, but normally she doesn’t get up before 7 a.m., and it’s typically closer to 8 a.m.
We had breakfast, I went out and bought groceries while Neal entertained Claire at home and did some housework, and then after we ate lunch, Neal took Claire out to pick out my Mother’s Day present. I did a couple of things around here, but I also had a chance to work on my novel a bit while they were out. To my surprise, Claire came home with a lovely bouquet of flowers that she picked out herself:
Then, around 4:30, our babysitter came over to watch Claire while Neal took me out for supper. We went to Boneheads which is a BBQ/smokehouse type of joint. Neal ordered the ribs with coleslaw and “dirty rice”, while I ordered the pulled pork with brisket chili and sweet potato chips. The meals were very good, but definitely a lot of meat. We were finished a little after 6pm, so we headed over to the Casino to play some roulette and have a couple more drinks.
We had another nice start to the day today, and although it was cloudy and rainy when we got up, it cleared up by the afternoon so that Claire and I could spend time outside. The neighbours – who have a five-year-old boy – came home and at one point, Neal was inside cooking lasagna (yum!), Claire was next door playing with the little boy on the trampoline, and I was sitting on the deck in shorts working on my book!
Opening my present from Claire:
And the pretty necklace she picked out for me – she has excellent taste!
And some Mommy-Daughter pictures!
I am definitely a very fortunate Mommy and wife!
