HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
to all the sweet mamas out there!

I am so deeply grateful for these three Littles, plus one more who we’ll meet in heaven one day, who made me a Mama.  Being their Mom is the greatest honor and the most important role of my life.

Thanks to the kids’ preschool, I was able to enjoy a whole week of Mother’s Day festivities.  They kicked things off with class parties and homemade presents…

(Check out the Little Missy’s pants, courtesy of Aunt Ashley and Cousins Haley and Emily.  She pretty much was the talk of the entire school that day.  Hello hot pants!!!)

And then a field trip to pick berries at the strawberry farm!

In years past it has been crazy hot on our strawberry farm days, so we were grateful for the cooler weather that hit Durham this week.  As you may recall, my Littles were not made for hot manual labor.  And so armed with the (non-sweaty) resolve to actually pick a few strawberries this year, my Littles grabbed their containers and put on their game faces…

Here’s the Hyper-Ecstatic Game Face
(No kidding folks, this Little Miss sprinted up and down every row in the entire farm, all in search of the reddest, ripest berries)

The Bewildered Game Face
(The Little Mister picked berries like a champ, but all the while was more concerned about the location of his beloved Henrietta the Cow and Farmer Mark’s crazy flying chickens)

And finally the Let’s Get Down to BIZ-NESS Game Face
(Now I know this Little One picked a few berries, but all of them mysteriously never made it into any of our containers…)

Oh, and did I mention that Nena and Pops came to the farm too?!?  We put ’em straight to work.

Pops got the extra special job of getting to chase the wild Little Miss all over the farm and try to keep her from falling into a ditch.  Oh, and pick some strawberries too.

And then Pops got the job of making sure that none of the Littles fell into the nearby pond.  Ain’t he a lucky chap?

And yes, my children are SPIRITED…and then some.

Here’s evidence of the Little Sir’s strawberry picking shenanigans.  I think we can confidently charge Nena with aiding and abetting.

So there you have it, folks…our Mother’s Day (err…week) extravaganza.  It was pretty exhausting but also a whole lot of fun.

Here’s hoping your Mother’s Day is filled with fun and love (and, Lord help us, maybe a nap?!) as well!!!  Happy Mother’s Day!