- Mom's Day -

 Nothing screams, "Mother's Day Weekend!" like shopping for and planting all the annual flowers...

...painting the pantry [AKA cracking down on the honey-do list]...

...and carving out an abundant amount of time to celebrate all of the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and Godmothers that we are SO LUCKY to love! 

All I "requested" for Mother's Day was that we get to Mass 25 minutes early to say the Rosary [led by parishioners during the month of May] and also that the kids get along well and there was no arguing all day when we got home. And...what what??! Whaddya know.......... We arrived to church halfway through the first decade [which I definitely consider a win] and the kids got along SO WELL all afternoon and evening and even put themselves to bed together in the top bunk without fussing/complaining/crying for someone to lay down with them!  All I wanna know is: can it be Mother's Day again tomorrow?!?

...No, no, apparently it can't... Harper and I locked horns after school about her terrible listening skills on Monday evening and I found this lovely note on her dresser Tuesday morning after she left for school.

Sigh, motherhood. It's always a joy, isn't it? LOL.

All I know is God really broke the mold when creating the hearts of women. So CHEERS to the world's best nurturers, protectors, supporters and unconditional lovers -- AKA ALL THE MOTHERS! We are blessed by your love. <3

- May I love on MAY?! -

MAY!  The month we celebrate teachers [and Teacher Appreciation Week], nurses [and Nurse's Day], and Mary and all mothers [and Mother's Day].  <-- As if each one of those categories of fine humans don't deserve their own entire month or year of recognition, whoseeeeee idea was it to jam pack all 3 of them into the very same weekend??!  ...I digress.  

 But!  Sending all the love in the entire world to my kids' beautiful teachers...

...and a set of wonderful nurses I am blessed to work alongside... 

...and the nurse at our pediatrician's office who talks me through so many things over the phone...

...and a handful of mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and godmothers that we are SO LUCKY TO LOVE! 
{ H A P P Y   M O T H E R ' S    DAY ! ! ! }

Still May!  The month of long-awaited spring and new life and warm sunshine.  The month of graduations and goodbyes and new beginnings.

May, we're only 18 days deep into you, and you've certainly taken us for a ride around the block -- and a fast ride on two wheels with no seatbelts, at that!  So much to celebrate!  So much to still look forward to! 

Spring is here...

...summer is on the way...

...and the best is yet to come!  

I can't wait! 

 

- Mother's Day -

Whether it's the women who birthed us, the women who raised us, our spiritual mothers, expecting mothers, or women who long to be mothers, one thing remains the same: love flows from the hearts of all those who nurture us, and we celebrated that this weekend!  I absolutely loved the homemade gifts from the girls this year [including a candle Harper made at school!].  After breakfast and Mass, we headed up to see both sides of our families [somehow Brian's family always skates out of photo ops!].  It was a great day celebrating our sweet mommas and grammies!

 

Happy Mother's Day to all who radiate the joy of motherhood! Love grows from you!

 

- Quilling Through Quarantine -

I've always loved the paper flowers that I've seen other crafty peeps making, and I finally sat down last month and taught myself how to make them!  They are SO fun and so easy [if you have a Cricut at your disposal, that is], and the kids were even able to help me put together the Mother's Day gifts this year for Grammy Resa and Grammy Ann. <3  Paper art quilling for the win!

^^ We loved the Mother's Day shadow boxes so much that we decided to just keep going with gifts for Teacher Appreciation Day, too!  Harper picked out all the flower colors for her teachers' boxes and actually did about 75% of the quilling herself. 

As we were driving to Ms. Leah's house that morning, I said, "I hope Ms. Leah likes what we made for her!" to which Harper immediately replied, "She will like it, I already know.  She always loves everything I make her in class." :)

Cheers to mothers and teachers -- AKA a handful of people we love so much and could never get through life without!  We hope you special ladies enjoy looking at your flower boxes for years to come! :)