From the title alone can you tell what a big weekend we had? First let me say that no man should EVER have to share his birthday with Mother's Day. I recommended that we not celebrate Mother's Day this year since his birthday fell that day, but he wouldn't hear any of it. But then it didn't really matter anyway because he had to leave at 1:00 to catch a flight out of Atlanta for a work trip so we didn't have much of a chance to celebrate anything. So we started the birthday celebration off Friday afternoon by making strawberry cupcakes. Reese handled all the mixing, and bowl licking, and she even cleaned the dishes. (Do y'all remember licking the bowl as a kid? I just know that that was a better time in our society. Nowadays we can't even lick batter bowls without the fear of salmonella. Personally, I don't know of anyone that got sick when I was little from licking the bowl, and I don't intend to deprive my kids of such a delightful experience. Y'all remind me I said that when one of us gets sick.)
I love how she strips down to her panties and sparkle shoes to wash the dishes.
We let him open his presents on Saturday. So let me tell you about the presents. A few weeks ago Adam picked out a backpack tackle box that he wanted for his birthday. When it came in, I told Reese not to tell her daddy what came in the box. When he asked her that afternoon she wouldn't tell him. A few days later she apparently forgot that she wasn't supposed to tell because when he asked her again she proudly said "Ummm...a backpack to go fishin' wif!"
Reese also did a little vacuuming for my Mother's Day.
We had baby dedication at church on Mother's Day. Elynn was one of seven babies that were dedicated. Let me tell you what will cause a mother all sorts of stress on Mother's Day- standing up before the church with 2 small children. We bribed Reese with a trip to the pool if she was good, and Elynn went to sleep during the dedication, so all was well in my world.
It's like a Mother's Day tradition for Reese to start acting out right about the time I try to get a picture with her. We gently reminded her about that trip to the pool that was hanging in the balance and she straightened up pretty quickly.
Reese answered some questions for my Mother's Day and also picked me out some lovely new workout clothes. That girl knows the way to my heart. My favorite is the one about me being so smart that I feed baby sister. Which reminds me- I walked into the nursery where Reese was a few Sunday's ago and I was delighted to hear that Reese had been telling them all about me pumping breast milk. Motherhood is just precious.
After the dedication all of our peeps went out for lunch.
At least once a day Reese goes into silly mode and acts ridiculous for about 10 minutes. She chose the post lunch photo shoot to do just that....
And this is my favorite picture of the day. She nearly pulled the birthday boy's ear off and he looks it...
Poor Elynn. There is really no good way to tote 2 children while wearing a dress and heels. She's a real trooper.
I took her for her promised trip to the pool, and she came home asking for a snack: bananas with milk which she ate with potato chips. She has a very sophisticated palate.
When Daddy is away they sleep here and I sleep somewhere in the middle.
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