Mother's Day 2008

well, it was a pretty awesome day for me as a mommy. it was the first mother's day that the kids actually told me "happy mother's day" and it was SO sweet! good thing i loved it because they told me about a million times that day (and continue to tell me!).

daddy, austin, and caitlin let me sleep in till about 9:00 and then all came in to the bedroom saying "happy mother's day...i love you!" talk about a great way to wake up! and it definitely sweetened the deal that ryan brought up a hot cup of coffee for me. :) they were very excited to show me my presents downstairs...boy, was i surprised! they each made a garden stepping stone for me with their handprints on them. daddy stepped WAAAAAY out of his comfort zone on that one and they turned out so great! I LOVE THEM! they are proudly displayed in our backyard "garden". the night they did the "art project" (as a & c will tell you) i got booted out of the house and i went to see a movie....in a real movie theater! i almost forgot what it was like! :) they also got me an espresso maker to satisfy my love of mochas, a new regular coffee maker that works like a dream, and a coffee grinder...austin loves it because it's noisy, caitlin loves it because i let her sniff the ground coffee when i'm done. they really went all out and spoiled me!

THEN, they made me cards and a cute little book at school earlier in the week. it's so awesome to get artwork that they made especially for me. definitely something i'll treasure forever.

Lawn Mowing...

Yesterday afternoon was a big day for Austin. He got to follow around Dad while mowing the lawn. He was using his toy lawn mower, while Daddy was using the "Big" lawn mower. Austin was very determined and didn't stop the whole time. I was only going to do the backyard, but the little guy was really mad when I stopped, so we did the front, too. The weed eater must not be quite powerful enough to satisfy him because he didn't like when we were all done and Daddy traded the lawn mower for that. It was very cute, and he was sweating like crazy when we were done. He was concentrating so hard! Caitlin wasn't too thrilled with the sound of the engine, but she sat on the patio and cheered her brother on. At one point, she yelled hi to him with a wave. Austin responded with a wave back. The whole scene was pretty neat, and satisfied one of Austin's earliest loves. The kid loves mowing the lawn. He pretends to do it inside and outside, and talks about it all the time. I don't think, however, that we are going to let him do too much with his other love at this time..."mumping bahbage" (dumping garbage).

We didn't get any video or pictures yesterday, but maybe this weekend when we mow again...