Happy Mother's Day

It has, indeed, been a very happy Mother's Day. But I do have to tell the funny part first: guess who slept until 11:30am on Mother's Day? I'll give you a hint...it wasn't me, and it certainly wasn't Delilah. Yep, Chris slept in. But before he gets any hate mail, let me just share that I had to get up early anyway to go teach Sunday school, so Chris had the bright idea of letting me sleep in on Saturday. Which I did, and then came downstairs to a full gourmet breakfast (that he also cleaned up afterwards). And Chris has been burning the candle at both ends for work, so I was happy to let him sleep a few extra hours. And I got flowers, presents, cards, and he cleaned the whole downstairs, and he's grilling shrimp and steaks for dinner...so no complaints here!!!!

My loot on Mother's Day

Card and magnet that Red made in school

And here's my Mother's Day present for my mom. I know many of y'all read the post where I spoke about my mom who died nine years ago. But here's my secret: I've actually been blessed enough to have 2 moms. My dad married Cheryl over 20 years ago and she is truly my other mom. I love you, Cheryl!! Her present was a journal and a Chinese lantern full of slips of paper on which I wrote writing prompts like, "My favorite trip to the beach..." or "The day my son was born, I...". And whenever she feels like it, Cheryl can reach in, pull out a prompt and write a paragraph or a page or however much she wants. She has wonderful stories, loves to journal, and I love the idea of all the grandkids having her memories and wisdom to read whenever they want. (And Grammy Di...you'll have to wait for your present b/c you're on vacation!!!) :)
And I just had to include this pic of Delilah from an impromptu art project we did yesterday. I'll blog more about it later, but this picture just screams childhood joy. Seeing this face is one of the best parts of being a mom...thanks for giving me this day, Lila Bear.