Dave talking to Eli, "Don't you want to wear your shoes instead of your rain boots so you can go real fast on our walk?"
"No I want to go slow" responds Eli. I joke that my boys have two speeds stop and fast, Eli especially.
Mother's day was great. It started Saturday with a morning with a girls outing of Paint Shop flower painting lunch at Zella's and picking out my mother's day presents at boutiques downtown. Afterwards Dave, the boys and I drove into the cities to pick up our van from the dealership. We did some car shopping for Dave- his car is beyond needing replacing and we need to fit three car seats very soon. And then met up with my parents for dinner at Bucca's.
Sunday the boys took me to church while Dave slept off his midnight shift. Then Eli helped me make Mother's Day brunch. He stirred the eggs and other ingredients for french toast and plopped the bread in the mixture for me. I took three short naps in a row this afternoon- one on the downstairs couch, one in Adam's top bunk with while he attempted to rest and one on the upstairs couch. It was like a game of musical chairs, but with napping instead of sitting.
Then we went for a Mother's day special coffee and for a walk by the river with the boys. First we let the boys play at the park, but when we went to get their bikes they were ready to go. Eli wasn't kidding about the wanting to go slow thing though, every park bench got sat on and practically every stick needed to be thrown into the water.
We also got to watch a group of pelican's and that was pretty awesome.
We drove around enough that the boys fell asleep and got naps. And I got to cuddle with a sleeping Eli when we got home.
Dave made a great Mother's Day feast as Adam called it and we had ice cream sundaes for dessert. It was a great Mother's Day!
