The Worm and The Pear: Happy Mother's Day!

Shout out to all those mamas out there! I'm so blessed. Great kids and a great mom, too. I can spoil and be spoiled. :)

The kiddos and I.

On Saturday, the Worm and I went to see Beauty and the Beast at the local theatre. I thought the Pear would have little interest (but in hindsight, I think he might have enjoyed it) so he hung out with Mike for the hour or so that we were gone.

After the play, Taylor got a chance to meet the cast. She was thrilled!! There are some definite advantages to living in a small town.

The whole cast. Yes, I'm creeping on Beauty.

Beauty, the Beast and the Worm.

She literally ran up to them. They did such a good job and were soooo nice.

On the way back to the car, Taylor shocked me by talking about how cute the Beast was (for what it's worth, the actor was very handsome). She's not boy crazy at all yet (thank GOD) and still thinks boys border between being her victims in monster-type games and too loud. I was taken aback, but then she added, "yes, he was so furry and cuddly." Yes, she was talking about the actual beast, not the actor, haha.

Church Saturday night and then hung out with our neighbors. The kids had so much fun playing with Ben. I only got one picture:

The Pear was so into this drum. He'd tap the sticks together and on beat say "one, two, three, four" before he'd start playing. So cute.

The kids and I loaded up this morning and went to Panera for breakfast with my mom. She's so much fun! We're only 35 minutes away, but I was she was closer so we could do fun stuff more often. We all visited my dad afterwards, and as usual, I had to pull the kids out of there to go home. Mike and the kids surprised me with a beautiful hanging basket and some sweet cards. I love them all so much. :) We went for ice cream after dinner, which I figure is okay because I did get in about a 12-mile bike ride. The weather was perfect and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Here are a few other pictures from the week. It was hot all week so the kids convinced me to get out the sprinkler and pool.

This was on one of those nights that wasn't really warm enough for the sprinkler, but they were so excited to do it. Their lips were a lovely shade of purple afterwards.