Mothers' Day

Happy Mothers' Day, everyone. I say this earnestly, although with only half a heart. Mother's Day is a fine idea, and it sure is nice to be properly thanked for all that we do, but my opinion is that we should all be thanked for all that we do every day - not just mothers, but everyone who means something for us in life. What a shame it would be to be appreciated on only one day per year. I feel very lucky that I'm appreciated most days, that my husband realizes how hard I work, that he pitches in and does his share usually without complaint.

I definitely got more than my share of relaxing, fun free time yesterday; but today I also got to sleep in while Joe took Julie down and fed her breakfast. When Sophie and I finally did wander down, he made me a little something to eat and Julie helped me open my card and presents. I had pretty much forgotten that I had asked him to get me an under-the-cabinet radio/CD player for the kitchen, and he got a very nice model that matches our stainless steel appliances quite well; plus a gift certificate to Archiver's, a scrapbooking store.

After that, we had a pretty normal Sunday. I cleaned the bathrooms (finally), vaccumed the stairs (finally), and swept the floors downstairs. In the afternoon, the girls and I played outside for a while till it was time to come in and cook dinner.

Here is your fix of luscious pictures for today:


Julie finally figured out how to pucker her lips to get the air to blow the bubbles properly.


She hasn't quite figured out how jumping rope works, but she is very enthusiastic about it, and looks like she's practicing some kind of funky kung-foo move.


Sophie has a new sunhat. I'd been keeping her covered up with a blanket or cloth diaper, but the hat is so cute. She didn't need it today since it was very cloudy, but hopefully it will work well for the next sunny day. She was just blinking in this picture, and Joe got one of her eyes open, but you'll have to trust me that this is the cutest.