Happy Mother's Day!

Before I went to bed last night, I told Craig that all I wanted was to sleep in for Mother's Day. Alex has made a habit of getting up about 6AM on weekends, and looking for me. I usually pull him into bed to snuggle between us, but 3 year olds are wiggly, and when he's up, he's up. Usually I get an extra 15 minutes of rest then it's "Mom, can I watch something?"

So today, I was supposed to get to sleep in... sans boy. Well... he came in. He snuggled, Craig got up. Alex was left with me. -sigh- Oh well.

The good news is it was a wonderful day! Alex was very excited for me to get up and start celebrating Mother's Day. I got a card and a present.

My two boys were sneaky and did a little art project without me knowing. It's a picture frame. It's painted in Marquette colors. (Where I did my Master's Degree)

We went to church and they were selling roses afterwards. Alex announced he wanted to buy me a flower, so I got a rose.

Then we went out to lunch at one of my favorite restaurants... Guadalupe. Alex calls this place Lupe Lupe. He downed nearly a whole bowl of salsa by himself.

We tried to take a picture to put in the picture frame. We took one and I've got my famous stressed out mom - crooked smile.

This one isn't bad, but Alex's eyes look crazy... or borderline crossed. We'll try again when he's not feeling so silly I guess. We spent a lot of time just hanging out. Watched "Toy Story" together tonight. I think about 6 times Alex wished me a "Happy Mother's Day." (He did wish Craig a "Happy Mother's Day" once.) It was fun to spend so much time with my boys. I felt very special.

Happy Mother's Day to all my friends who are mom's or will become mom's soon!