Mother's Day

     I had the best Mother's Day of all!  I woke up this morning to the sweetest little boy ever, and the gift that he made and gave to me was amazing.  Leyton handed over an orchid in a hand-made painted clay pot.  The pot said "Happy Mother's Day 2009" and had handprints and also some creative brush strokes.  It was the greatest gift I could have ever gotten.

     We met both Grandma's and Grandpa's and Wee Wee for brunch this morning at Lidia's.  The food was delicious, and Leyton loved seeing everyone.  Bread was the first course, and Leyton loved the lightning bolts.  Then came the antipasto, and Leyton picked out all the grapes from the fruit tray.  His favorite entree was a basil-pesto pasta that he shared with daddy.  He capped it all off with a couple of small bite-size pieces of chocolate espresso cake.  Yum!  There was a fountain right outside the restaurant that Leyton had seen on the way in, and so he was itching to go and check it out.  Wee Wee and Papa took him out to the fountain, and by the time the rest of us had all made it down, he was bent over with his head under the running water.  He was soaked on the top of his head!  It was quite a busy morning, and so Leyton was passed out in the backseat of the car by the time we made it back home.

     Shortly after nap time, we were outside and planting our new garden.  I had hoped that Leyton would enjoy helping us plant the vegetables, but the neighbor boys next door were much more attractive.  We lost Leyton to the swing-set across the fence, but we still managed to get the garden finished.  We planted four bell pepper plants, two cucumber plants, two cherry tomato plants, and zucchini.  We barricaded them with chicken wire to keep the bunnies out, and the rain came just in time to give them a good drink this evening.

     It was a great Mother's Day!