Happy Mother's Day!

On Saturday we had a wedding & Sydney stayed over at Grandma & Grandpa's. Therefore, my first present on Mother's Day was the absence of a 6:30 wake-up call from Miss Chatty in the next room. However once your body is conditioned to waking up at a certain time, it continues to wake up at that time. BUT...I did not have to get out of bed, which was a treat.
We picked up Sydney, Grandpa & Grandma and went to a Butterfly Conservatory for a Mother's Day brunch. We met Robb, Michele, Max & Michele's parents there & had a good time. Again, getting kids to pose is not always easy...

...we pretty much had to hold Max down & made Sydney do the "mermaid" pose.
Max was obviously much more interested in the millipede, while Sydney...
was not too sure about this thing.

After the butterflies we were off to Sandi's to visit with my Mom, sister, and extended family. Lots of fun was had with the girls playing tag (which I pulled a muscle doing- quite pathetic) and ring-around-the-rosie.

Sydney will play this forever if you are willing.

We finished the day with a couple of photo ops with Nana & GG before the drive home. All in all, it was a very good Mother's Day. I must admit that it crossed my mind today that this time next year we will have a 2.5 year old & a 9 month old...yikes!