At Joanns this week Owen spotted something hotpink across the store and begged to get closer for another look.
“Mom! It’s just like the flamingo from Gnomeo and Juliet!
Can we buy him?”
Hmmm.
Does anyone really need a junky plastic flamingo in their yard?
“Okay. Sure.
He’s on sale.”
And now this guy is part of the family:
It’s been a really exciting Mother’s Day.
Actually it has. The family was real sweet to me.
I got to sleep in. We ate pancakes in our jammies. Casey and the kids bought me some beautiful sunflowers and snazzy new spatulas. Lucy made me a darling picture saying what a good “photographer” I was. And (if you remember my Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel quandary) Casey made me a good Phil/Peter mix tape (er, CD). Now I have no excuses.
Then to try out my new spatulas, Lucy and I made PW’s knock you naked brownies. Lucy carefully unwrapped all the caramels (she’s such a good helper) and both kids licked everything more than clean.
The brownies were super ooey gooey but a bit dry on the top. So it’s a work in progress. I’m not giving up yet.
Finally we took our standard Mother’s Day pic, which is fun to compare with pics from the past.
More kids pop up in the pics, my hair looks less and less maintained, and despite the craziness that comes with being a mom I’m so lucky these kiddos are mine. Happy Mother’s Day! to you and your flamingos.
