This was the best Mother’s Day so far, mostly because Colum was so incredibly jazzed about it. He worked on a special surprise card for two days at school and kept talking about breakfast in bed all week. (Do you know how hard it is to eat cereal and sip coffee in bed with two kids bouncing around on it? Yes, of course you do.)
Here is the card:
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This was apparently a popular reason for loving your mom in Colum’s JK class. At least I didn’t get, “because you let me play video games.” Mean anti-video game position vindicated!
And as long as I’m uploading pictures … here’s a solid month’s worth.
My friend Helena suggested I do a compare and contrast, reconstruction kind of thing with old pictures of Irene’s pregnancy. I thought it was a good idea and took a couple shots at 17.5 weeks. I am now 19.5 weeks, but better late than never, right?
And more shots from that same day:
And because it’s feast or famine with photos here at Playground Confidential, here are some random shots of us at the beach yesterday evening.
And, finally, with all due respect to Charlie Sheen, THIS smile means winning.
