Happy Mommy's Day, me!

Well, my 5th (?!) Mommy's Day (and incidentally, my first as a Momma of TWO!) has come and gone, and what a beautiful day it was. I slept in until 10:45 (heavenly!!) and awoke to the sweet smell of scrumptiousness cooking in the kitchen... Soon followed by eager, pitter-patting footsteps down the hall and the angelic little voice of a certain 4-and-a-half year old summoning me to a "Mother's Day brunch at the kitchen table, starting NOW Momma! Hurry, hurry!!"

And so I sluggishly dragged myself out of bed, wrapped in my comfy fleece robe, into the kitchen and was welcomed warmly by the following sight:



The menu? Why, chocolate chip banana pancakes (my favorite), pastries, and orange juice of course.  Deeee-lish!



After said brunch, it was present-opening time...and MAN did I get spoiled this year! Also, I can guarantee with 200% certainty that no other Mommy in the WORLD received the magnificent gifts that I did. (And DEFINITELY not wrapped as awesomely!)




And so, without further ado, may I present to you, my Mommy's Day gifts, 2010:

1). A fully illustrated Ava original book entitled "A Book About my Mom." Cuteness factor? Through the roof!





Each page asked a different question that the kiddo had to come up with their own unique answer to.





I will say, I was slightly horrified intrigued by page 3:



(what is this "big black thing" that she speaks of?!)

...but the rest of it was pretty comical.







Hmmm, "silly faces"??? If this is really what my silly face attempts look like, then I fear my children may be scarred indefinitely. I'll have to work on that.


...and I definitely can't wait to get back to my lucrative treehouse-making career!


Quite possibly my favorite part of the book was the "About the Author" section in the back. The best line would have to be, "Ava's future plans include becoming a butterfly."
Priceless :)




2). My second phenomenal gift was in response to a Hallmark commercial that made me weepy a few weeks ago, involving a Mother rummaging through an old shoebox of Mother's day cards from her children.

"Mommy's Card Box...Love Ava and Gavin"


That's right folks, I received my very OWN shoebox to house all of my cards.  Who ever knew a Land's End sandals box could turn into something this uber-cute?!





3). Gift numero tres was a phenomenal new pair of running sneaks (picked them out myself) to help get this booty in shape!! How did your first run in them go, you may be asking me? Well, let's just say it's been a while. A LONG while. And so although I did complete the treacherous blissful .92 mile loop that I had psychologically committed to beforehand, it came with a price. A price in the form of vomiting all over a neighbor's front lawn. While they festively grilled hot dogs, played horseshoes, and celebrated mother's day with their extended family. Their entire extended family. While I vomited up chicken-broccoli-tornelli from Cafe Luigi.  Oh well, you win some, you lose some. At least the shoes were comfy :)

4). Really, would any Mamma's day celebration be complete without a homemade cake?! I think not. Double layer devil's food cake...cream cheese frosting, and decorated to the nines by the kiddos & Daddy. One thing's for sure...You can't get this goodness in the North End!   ;)



5). And last but not least...the best Mother's day gift I could have asked for?? Words don't do this one justice, so I'll just leave you with one more image of my fantastic day:




Happy Momma's Day 2010, everyone!!!!!