Mother's Day 2010

We had lots of fun this week!

On Wednesday, we went to Mother's Day Tea at Annabelle's school, where the kids sang a song and provided beautifully colored and fingerprinted poems. Of course there was lots of tea and cookies to be had too. Claire had a blast playing at her big sister's school, taking off on her own to play on the slide or in the cars. Belle enjoyed having us there as well.

While Belle was at school on Friday, Claire and I met the Moms and Tots group at the Capron Park Zoo and had a blast. While we were waiting for everyone to arrive, Claire threw my fleece on the ground and started "swimming" like she does at home, and in imitation of Reilly. Pretty funny! She loved imitating all the animals and especially enjoyed the herons and the bears. She also liked watching Mommy feed the goats and llama, trying to pet them herself. But, her favorite part was running up and down the wooden bridge to look at the ducks, fish and other animals swimming in the water.

Mother's Day itself was a quiet, cold day! We started off trying to walk into a 40mph wind in 40 degree weather and quickly realized a family trip to the grocery store was probably smarter. Daddy and Belle then went to Home Depot to get charcoal and propane so they could grill steak and scallops for a special dinner - yum! We spent the afternoon playing and relaxing, which ended up being the perfect activities to celebrate being a mom!