Happy Mother's Day



Anna began the Mother's Day celebration in good fashion: by sleeping in 1 hour later (that would be 7 AM instead of 6 AM) before waking up her Mom requesting a glass of milk. Mom really appreciated this, especially after staying up extra late to watch Betty White on Saturday Night Live. After some quality time watching Sesame Street with Mom (you've got to love the PBS Kids Network), Anna and Dad ensured that Mom had an enjoyable day.

In addition to the card and painting Anna made for Mom, Dad let Anna pick out a special card at the store. Anna immediately gravitated to the musical card, where she picked out Snoopy with the corresponding Peanuts theme music playing. It is safe to say that Mom and Dad heard the Peanuts theme music roughly 173 times today (thanks goes to Joe for this). In addition, Anna and Joe picked out two rose bushes for Mom at Home Depot.

(Note from Theresa: I am having flashbacks to my childhood when my father would take my brothers and I shopping at the True Value Hardware store for every event that required a gift for my mother. Fortunately, they had a kitchen appliance section, which is always what she got AND the store provided free gift wrapping. The hardware store gift tradition seemingly lives on with my daughter).

The event of the day was a trip to beautiful Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD (www.montgomeryparks.org/brookside). The grounds were spectacular and the conservatory had a gorgeous butterfly display. Anna enjoyed the children's garden, complete with a tree house and gnome house. She also enjoyed the butterflies. Mom and Dad, who have busied themselves during the past few weeks with landscaping, enjoyed the gorgeous flower displays and found some new ideas. Actually, the new idea was to get a gardner, but that would take away from the joy of doing it ourselves (at least that is what we tell ourselves).

Following the garden, we took the recommendation of a volunteer at the gardens and ate at a Scottish Pub, where we had a delicious lunch. The afternoon concluded with Anna taking a nap and Theresa escaping to the nail salon for a relaxing pedicure. Ahhhh.....what a great day.



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