Mother's Day

Evan made this little booklet for me in preschool for Mother's Day. On the front it says "Mother, I love you to pieces" and it was tied together with a little piece of yarn. When I picked him up on the Friday before Mother's Day, he was so excited for me to see what he made. He said "Hurry, open it Mama! I made something beautiful for you!"  Inside were these 3 puzzle pieces with things he told his teacher to write about me, and in the middle is a portrait of me (with a green face and blue hair!) So sweet!!

On Mother's Day, Tom made a special breakfast and gave me 3 different colors of tulips to represent my 3 favorite fellas. (Our boy cat Crosby got left out.) :) Then Evan started singing a song he was making up as he went along. It was sort of to the tune of 'Happy Birthday' and went something like "Happy Beautiful Mother's Day, Happy Beautiful Mother's Day, I love you too much, Beautiful Mama on Mother's Day." 

Later that morning we headed up to the Catoctin Zoo and Wildlife Preserve near Frederick, MD. Evan and his Dad got to go on a cool safari ride around the zoo grounds but Dylan and I had to stay behind because Dylan wasn't allowed on the rough ride. Evan apparently became instant buddies with the tour guide on the truck and the guy ended up giving Evan 50 cents when they left the truck  at the end. Evan really enjoyed checking out the animals and he especially liked the little animal statues that were scattered around the zoo. We had a great day!