Celebrating Motherhood

We kicked off the Mother's Day weekend with some family camping with our church.  This was our first family camping trip since having Claire.  We all had a blast.  Saturday was our big Mother's Day celebration; we planted a new tree in our yard and then Justin and Ethan washed my car as a present for Mother's day.  We then headed to Indy to meet up with my mom and grandma for a Mother's day lunch.  It's always great to be around family.  Then Justin took me to the local bookstore to walk around while he walked around with the kiddos.  I have always LOVED bookstores and don't get to visit them often with two young kids...it's hard to get that relaxing feeling when you're chasing kids around.  As crazy as it sounds, that was probably my favorite gift from Justin.  We then headed to Coldstone for ice cream that we ate sitting in our car...when a ginormous SPIDER jumped next to my arm on the car door.  I am DEATHLY afraid of spiders so without even realizing it, I dove into the backseat between the car seats (where there's really no room for an adult) and apparently kept screaming "Oh God! Oh God!" repeatedly at the top of lungs.  Justin killed the spider and then had to tell me what I had done...I didn't even realized I had acted that way because I was paralyzed with fear.  So after apologies to all for my use of the G word, we all had a good laugh at my ridiculous behavior :) hahaha!  We then decided at the last minute to see the AVENGERS.  Ethan LOVES superheroes, but this movie wasn't really child-appropriate so I spent the majority of the time out in the hall with the kids.  When the movie was over, Justin said "Sorry. Some mother's day movie, huh", since I didn't get to see the movie.  To which I replied, "well, I felt like a mother" :)   It was a wonderful day!  On Sunday Justin and Ethan made me breakfast in bed, crepes with my favorite filling, greek yogurt and fresh strawberries.  That night Justin made our traditional Mother's Day dinner, my favorite, Lemon Chicken.  I am so grateful for all the thoughtfulness, time, and energy my hubby put forth to make this a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.  It was a wonderful example for our children to see daddy put forth so much effort to celebrate motherhood so they can understand the importance and divine nature of such a role, and hopefully carry that respect and appreciation into adulthood.   

Now....what to do for Father's Day :)

Family Camping Trip      

Daddy and Ethan washing Mommy's car

Great Gma Elsie and Claire at Mother's Day lunch

Mimi, Ethan, and Claire at Mother's Day lunch

Breakfast in bed- Crepes with my favorite filling, Greek yogurt and strawberries