Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day started early for me. The kids all made me some fantastic crafts that I hung on my newly created: "door of honour" (it sounds impressive doesn't it - there should be trumpets playing or something!!)

Shannon made a flower picture where the leaves are her feet, the stem is her arm, and the purple flower is her hand. Quinn made a flower pot, and the flower 'grows' out of it, and it has a poem in French on it. Ms. Marin (with the help of her teachers at daycare) made a poem, plus stamped copies of her hands and feet.

Aidan made this amazing 'ode to Mom' - and it was written ENTIRELY in French. It wasn't a standard thing he copied from the board, he made the whole thing up, wrote it, and then decorated it with a flower border. His teacher then laminated it for us. I couldn't believe it!
This morning Chris brought me coffee and yogurt in bed and I had an entire hour to myself to lounge in bed. My present this year was a rubber bracelet with "2010 Aidan Quinn Shannon Marin" on it, written in a Celtic font. I absolutely LOVE it and haven't taken it off.


Then we headed off for our Mother's Day brunch (brunch is a must for me!), and spent the rest of the day working in the yard and playing games.


After dinner I went for a run (somehow I managed to knock out 5km - must have been that extra slice of pie I had at brunch!) and when I came home Chris had a bubble bath waiting for me. It doesn't get much better than that!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's, Grandmother's, and all the Mom's to be.