Fast Forward 7 Years!

Last night I posted a picture of my very first mother's day - as a mother! I was 37 at the time. Those first 6 months with Kristen sure did fly by quickly, but not half as quick as the next 7 years did!!!

Here we are yesterday when I finally remembered to ask Jason to snap a picture of us both. You can tell I don't scrapbook much these days, or I'd have had my camera out all day.

We all had a lovely day yesterday. We really just spent the day like we usually do each Sunday but it's a day I always enjoy. We met my inlaws at church, then went out to lunch. Mom's got to pick location so I chose a Fish Restaurant (even though Jason hates fish, thankfully there's other stuff on the menu he can have) cos I really fancied eating salmon. I was rather hungry when we got in there (took a while to get a seat as you can imagine they were busy for Mother's Day) so I ordered Calamari for an appetizer! Turns out it is one of Papa's favorite appetizers so we all enjoyed it (except Jason of course, who said he didn't even need to try it!) even Kristen.

I didn't tell her what it was but just asked her if she wanted some. She liked it and just kept munching on them till they were gone. Then I asked her if she knew what it was. I had mentioned it was just like onion rings at first, but I meant just the shape of them and the batter. She nearly didn't try it cos she doesn't like onions, but she did try and liked it, so her guess was that it was shrimp. I said no, then she said crab? No, guess again. "Octopus?" she asked with her eyes growing wider! Nope, but I said she was close! SQUID??????? Yes, she guessed it, and the look on her face was priceless (yes, I shoulda had my camera!) Ha ha, she didn't mind really, but isn't that amazing for one fussy little eater :-)

Kristen had made me some bath salts at school. They had mixed the salt with some lavender oil with the teacher and filled little baby food jars, then put some paper and ribbon around the top. Kristen said later that day, I hope you enjoy a bath with your bath salts, and I surprised her and said "let's go have a bath together now". She was thrilled with that idea so we went in my big bath tub and played with her bath toys and had a fun girly time together.

Along with the bath salts she gave me this cute little flower basket she had made. I had to pull the flowers out and she'd written things on them, things that she would do for me around the house. Kind of like vouchers. They said make my bed, take out the trash, set the table, and I forgot the last one! :-)
And finally she presented me with this beautiful big card. It actually had a big hole on the inside. She stood behind it with her face up close to it and told me to open it - when I did she peeped her face through the big hole and said "Happy Mother's Day" :-) What a sweet day!

Well, I just got back from grocery shopping and it's a 'stay home' day for me to catch up on a ton of housework and laundry. I seriously don't know how it all piles up - guess that's cos I seem to take weekends off ;-)

Have a great day!