Must Mother's Day Be Over?

I'm not sure if anyone else feels this way but I wish EVERY single day was Mother's Day. Yesterday morning I slept in until 8:15 am! That NEVER happens anymore. I'm naturally an early riser and I've always felt like a bum sleeping past 8 am...but things change when you have babies and you no longer have the choice. Back to Mother's Day...

I was awoken by Megan reading me the sweetest poem ever. See poem HERE!



See what I mean?! Every day please!

 
Chris walked in with a steaming cup on coffee in my favorite mug and my Starbucks cup filled up with fresh ice water (If you come to our house you will rarely see me without my Starbucks water cup, I'm a little obsessed). I got to take a quick shower then it was time to celebrate our Mommies!



 This year my husband had a great new idea for celebrating our Mom's on the big day. Rather than divide our time between the two and battle crowds at restaurants we had an outdoor picnic at a local beach park and invited both of them.  My sister-in-law invited her sweet Mom Gail so we really had a lot to celebrate. We picked up fresh bagels, coffee, orange juice and donuts and ate at picnic tables under one of the pavillions.   Besides a few stray love bugs, the weather was excellent and we had a great time.
 


The twins loved playing in the grass and batting at love bugs
Eden's outfit
Remy's Polo (shorts: The Children's Place past season)

    


Grandma Barbara and all of her grandkids!

  This year we made my Mom a human L-O-V-E photo collage made from pictures of her grandchildren. Unfortunately the twins are too young to understand making their arms and hands into the letter "E" so I attempted to get a picture of the two of them holding the letter E...can you say epic fail? After 5 mintues of singing, dancing, and silly faces we finally got a picture of them semi holding the E and looking at the camera so we went with that. Unfortunately, the printer processed the photos horizonally instead of vertically so the E was cut off...BIG sigh.  I will have to reprint the last photo to make it perfect but here is Mom with the finished product!




L-O-V-E

  For Grandma Barbara I found the cutest Create your Own Mug at Starbucks. I had all of the grandchildren write their name and decorate it for her and they loved it.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a shot of the finished product but you can find the mug here: Starbucks Create-Your-Own Mug

Here are some group shots after breakfast!

After breakfast the babies had nice nap while Chris, Megan and I enjoyed the pool. The original plan was to go roller skating after naptime but once we got a taste of the hot sun and cool pool we decided to stay home and hang out in the backyard.   Remy had a short nap so we got to spoil him with some three on one family time while his Eden continued to sleep. We even got to try out the new floats they got for their birthday and Remy loved every second of it!



Sweetest thing I have ever seen!





I'm so lucky!

 
I also got to open my gifts!



Ring made for me from Megan's artwork posted on www.artsonia.com



Should I be worried that the main theme of my card is pacifiers and wine?! At least there are more pacifiers than wine (WHEW!).



Although the contents of my goody bag from the hubby is a dead giveaway

 


Finally we enjoyed a nice dinner at a local Italian restaurant.  Instead of ordering full meals and being stressed about feeding the babies, keeping them entertained, and eating ourselves all in an hour and a half we kept it simple. Chris and I enjoyed some amazing appetizers and drinks but most importantly I didn't feel rushed and I got to enjoy the finer things in life...like my beautiful, sweet babies (yes, Megan your my baby too!).

Chris and Megan worked so hard and gave me such a special day!  The best part hands down?  Not changing a SINGLE poopie diaper!