Yes, now that I’m on vacation, I’m playing catch-up. 
The cool thing about Mother’s Day when your kids are elementary aged is that it starts the Friday before Mother’s Day. Katie’s Montessori school hosted a “tea party” that morning. I made sure I had no meetings so I could enjoy this special time with her. She was quite the little hostess. She brought me croissants, strawberries, muffins and iced tea. I really enjoyed sitting at the incredibly small table and chairs with her. She also presented me with a present of a Bachelor Button flower planted in a little cup she had painted. It had a little craft project attached to it that was a flower with a picture of her face in the middle. It’s now hanging on my cube wall at work. I keep meaning to transfer the flower to a new pot. I’d love to see it grow and bloom.
Girls' Self Portrait
Of Course, Kitty Joined Us
It’s funny that most parents, given their utmost wishes on Mother’s or Father’s Day, would opt to sleep in and/or do their own thing and/or have some sort of retreat or spa service. But when you’re woken up really early in the morning and told your children want to take you out to breakfast, how can you say “no”?? You can’t. And I’m so glad I didn’t. Chris and the kids took me to what has now become my all-time-favorite breakfast place in the Austin area… The Original Pancake House. I’ve always enjoyed their breakfast, but this day I decided to splurge. I ordered one of their specialities: The Apple Pancake. Oh, this is no ordinary apple pancake. It’s oven baked in an iron skillet (and yes it takes up the entire skillet) with “fresh granny smith apples and pure Sinkiang cinnamon glaze.” Seriously, if you ever go there, you MUST try it. I really want to try the Dutch Baby next, but I cannot seem to NOT order the apple pancake.
Before
After
After an extremely filling breakfast out with the family, what would you do next? Well certainly you would ask your kids what they would like to do… and if they’re my kids, they would say “DONUTS!” OMG. Are you serious? Yes, they were.
Katie's Milk Moustache
William's Breakfast Dessert
Later that day we decided to go swimming. It was a fabulous time! After that we went to Baskin Robbins for ice cream cones. HA! Now that I’m writing this, it sounds more like Kids’ Day. But I assure you a great time was had by all!
Looks Like She's in Heaven
Oh Yeah!!
July 1, 2009 at 12:35 am
Seriously, if I was a kid again, I’d want you guys to be my parents.
Luckiest kids in Texas.
July 1, 2009 at 11:54 am
Oooo fer sure. It looks like you had an awesome weekend.
In that last picture — Wiliam’s hair and the tree both look like the wind is blowing them back.
Too cute.
You picked some cute kids there, Shannon. Good Job!