Happy Madre's Day! (part-o uno)

Friday afternoon I picked Cade up from preschool and he handed me this:


(that's me, he explained. notice the long hair?)
I opened it up to read this:

My heart melted. What are the chances that he would say something this perfect when it was his turn to dictate to his teachers why he loved his mother? I would expect something like "I love you because you let me go to Tyler's house sometimes and play video games" or "I love you because you let me watch movies when you want to take a nap."

I had to wipe away a few tears after I read it. Cade's teacher gave me a knowing smile and said, "Isn't that so sweet? I just got chills when he said that to me."

I love my little Mother's Day card because it perfectly captured my sweet Cade. He is uniquely aware and very appreciative of beauty especially in seemingly insignificant things around him. Like my little earrings. And it warms my heart to know that he appreciates the time we spend in the kitchen during Savvy's naps. Even more, it's a tribute to my own mother because he loves baking with her in the kitchen and appreciates the fact that I am trying to be like his Gramma.

On another heart-melting note, I heard Savannah stirring around 5 o'clock yesterday morning. We weren't ready for it to be "a good morning yet," as the kids say, so Kyle picked her up out of the crib and tucked her in between us in bed. I crossed my fingers. Usually she will only last a minute or two before she starts crawling around and jumping on the bed, forcing Kyle and I to draw straws and be up for the day. Five minutes went by and she was still in the same spot. Then she linked arms with me and whispered, "I love you, Mom." and drifted to sleep. It was one of those moments I want to remember forever.

Some other highlights...

...a bouquet of tulips, sleeping in, breakfast, an afternoon nap, a delicious steak dinner enjoyed outside on the deck, and Portillos chocolate cake...

[kyle yanked my chain Saturday night and told me portillo's was out of chocolate cake and asked for my second choice of dessert. i told him there could not be a second option for dessert. he whipped this out of his dresser drawer after dinner. he thinks he's so funny.]

After dinner, we took a drive to the Tiffin's open house to see their yard....acres and acres of beautiful trees and flowers.

Savannah took advantage of the no tulip fine freedom:

I am a little bummed that I didn't get a picture with both of the kids. Once I answered Cade that no, Brother Tiffin did not have video games, he gave up trying to stay awake on the drive over.

It was a lovely weekend, full of sweet little mommy moments. I wish I could bottle up those moments and pull them out when I'm forgetting what's important, you know?

not that I don't already know that chocolate cake and naps are important....

I ended my day checking my e-mail and found this news clip in my in-box from my sister-in-law.

Didn't know I received such a prestigious award, did you? It's okay. I kind of like to keep things like this on the DL.

:)