Happy Mother's Day!

This morning I was awakened at 7:00 sharp by 3 excited kiddos bearing gifts.  They had made cards and gifts.  They also each had a beautiful hand painted item from Naked Plates.  Casey's boss Janis babysat them last month and took them there to paint and pick out little gifts to put inside.  It was so sweet of her to do that and they loved presenting me with their gifts.  They also did a great job of keeping the secret!



Esther made a candy dish and had dark chocolate mint M&Ms to put in it. She also gave me a little bear and a beautiful card that she made on her own one night when I was gone.

Peter painted a mug with a bunny on the side, and it was filled with hot cocoa mixes.  He made a pretty clay flower in art class at school and also made a really cool card with special things about me written insde.

Miriam also painted a mug that had a heart shaped handle, and it had coffee with it.  She made a flower out of perler beads at school that she had been hiding in her room for a few weeks.  She also made a little card secretly one day at home.

Casey made French toast for breakfast and then we went to church at Shawnee Park with my parents and Karen and Juan.  Then we had steak for lunch and spent the afternoon at my parents' house with them and my Aunt Elaine.  It was a great, relaxing mother's day!

On a side note, Casey went to Canada for a couple days for work and came back last night.  Janis bought the kids these Canadian Mountie stuffed animals.  So cute!

Sergeant Bucky Beaver, Sergeant Bull Moose, Sergeant Snow Bear

Peter insisted that I take a picture of him saluting his Moose!