Mother's Day

Just reflecting about how chaotic it can be to be a Mother/Grandmother. Wow!  I'm just taking in the solitude after the craziness of the day. (By the way, it was a wonderful day).  To begin with, Meredith, Brad and I relaxed, had coffee and read the papers for longer than we really needed to.  At last, Brad announced that the was going to the store to get stuff for dinner and was making a list.  Now, THAT was entertaining!  One of the items on the list was bagels. He was sounding out and spelling everything and came up with "beagles" for that one.  Meredith and I threatened to kick his butt if he came home with a dog....We got a good laugh out of that one.  He finally got his list together and left for the store.  Did I mention that it has been snowing/raining nearly all day? Sure glad we didn't plan a BBQ at the park!

Emma finally came upstairs around 9:00 to present Meredith with her gifts, which she purchased after earning money babysitting for Gabi and Corbin Friday night.  Very sweet and thoughtfully done gifts, followed by a pedicure.

 

 At noon, the girls gathered to go to Windsor to" Picasso and Wine", where we were joined by Jessie, Sunni and Diane to spend the afternoon painting, having strawberries and truffles and wine.  It's always interesting to see how 40 people painting the same painting came have entirely different outcomes.  Of course, Gabi chose to do her own thing...

 

 We came back to a wonderful dinner made by the boys.....steaks on the grill, twice baked potatoes and asparagus, followed by a round of the dice game.  The girls performed a short Mother's Day play, then it was time for bed for a couple of small boys.  A great celebration!
As for the rest of the week, it was work as usual, ending with the closing (finally) on Gramma's house.  Hooray!  We were fortunate to be able to attend Sophie's Field Day on Friday, witnessing such events as the shoe toss, the ring scoot and the giant football relay!  Field Day has definitely come a long way since the days of the 50 yard race, the long jump and the 3 legged race. And no disappointed kids whose friends all got blue ribbons for winning! (while others went home with the dreaded white," participant" ribbon.)

Brad and I played bridge again on Saturday with a dismal outcome.  It was nice to be out among friends, though.  At this posting, the snow is still coming down in huge flakes, but is supposed to stop in a few hours.  I KNOW spring is just around the corner....just not sure which corner!