mother's day

unfortunately, we didn't take any pictures on mother's day. our church did a nice 'i love you, mom' video with some of the little kids telling why they loved their moms. madelyn made the video twice. the first was she and i kissing on our way into the church and then another with her saying "i love you, mommy" into the microphone when they interviewed kids in their classrooms during service (i was actually volunteering in the room when they did the video of her but was not close enough to hear what she had said). we went to the saturday night service and the video was a great way to start mother's day.

i had volunteered to help in the toddler room sunday morning (for obvious reasons, they were having trouble getting enough volunteers). so i got up and made pancakes for everyone before getting dressed and heading to church by my self. when i got home matt took the kids to the park for a picnic lunch (i sort of tricked him into it by saying at the last minute that i was staying home to take a nap). i got to have a nice rest while the kids got to spend some fun time with their daddy.

matt said that i could pick where we went for dinner and my pregnant belly has really, really been craving chili's chicken crispers with steamed vegetables so chili's was my pick. but i was so disappointed to find out that they don't do a beer batter any more! when did that happen?! i know that we don't eat out much but, man! they just have a normal crispy breading/batter. it was good and we enjoyed our meal out, but i was so disappointed because i had been craving it for weeks and weeks.

madelyn wished me "happy mother's day" for several days more. it was so great to have her (and mason) to celebrate the day with. love.