Mother's Day 2015

Julie, Mom, and I on my birthday in August 2004

Alright, you guys know how I feel about moms and Mother's Day, right?  I don't need to wax poetic like I've done in other years (2014  & 2013 to name a few).  I love my mom more than almost anything else in the world (Trey is right up there) and I love my mama friends (you know who you are) and I love being a mother.  I love reading about being a mom, I love reading books by moms (Kelly Corrigan is one of my favorites), and I even, for some crazy reason, enjoy reading books about moms dying of cancer.  So let's skip all the awesome mom stuff and jump into Mother's Day 2015, shall we?

Trey was obsessed with doing a "funny lunch" like he did last year (inspired by Henry and Mudge).  He and Randy made a plan and went grocery shopping.  While they went to swimming lessons and went to the store, I sat on the deck and read my book.  Then my sister came over and we drank mimosas and enjoyed the sunny morning.  We reminisced about our mom and it was perfect.

Trey and his "funny lunch"

That afternoon Randy had a major conflict - spend time with his wife and son on Mother's Day or watch the Bulls-Cavs basketball game in the finals.  Luckily, he has the most understanding wife ever, and I went and spent the afternoon on my own with Trey so Randy could watch the game.   We went to sushi with Kris and then went to explore Noble Woods park.  This is a great park for Trey and I to "practice" hiking, and we walked the trails for almost an hour.  It was awesome!

My hiker in the making

Trey was looking for all sorts of exciting things around the park, and here are some of his finds:

A stick!

A leaf!

Another stick!

"Look, Mommy!  A rock!!!"

That night Randy made a delicious dinner of grilled salmon (for me) and steak (for him) with corn on the cob.  We enjoyed a nice bottle of wine and toasted to all of the wonderful mothers out there.  Okay, I'm kidding, we didn't really make that toast, but we should have.

Here's Trey's most recent "All About Mom" list from preschool.  I was finally called out in public for drinking in front of my son.  Yikes.  However, my favorite part was I got a text that night from one of Trey's friend's moms from preschool and her page said the same thing.  The boys were sitting next to each other, I am sure.

And Egypt?  WTF?  I think that's because we just read a book about Flat Stanley going to Egypt.