Mother's Day

Mother's day was perfect this year. The night before I let the girls stay up late and I taught them how to sew on a button. They really wanted to make sock puppets. Thankfully we had plenty of spare buttons lying around to go with the stacks of possible unmatched socks. It was really fun to teach them a few basics. They caught on quickly, and the puppets turned out cute.

On Sunday morning they made me a tasty breakfast, brought me flowers, and each made me something special.

Chris found this cookie butter at Trader Joes. Umm...yeah...really good on everything. We've been dipping pretzels in it, but celery and ice cream are pretty good too.

At least Grace thinks highly of herself and her daddy :)

Claire knows what really happens all day. When asked what I do while she's at school she wrote, "My mom relaxes until my little brother comes home." 

Cute glass with Neil's handprint on it.

Darling Grace flower.

We spent the afternoon at Church where I got to hear them all three sing. It was Neil's first time, and it was pretty great to see. When we came home, they made me a super BBQ dinner which included some of my favorite foods: corn on the cob, grilled pineapple, and asparagus. I got to relax while everyone did the dishes. Then we spent time calling my mom and Chris's mom. It was a perfect day!