Happy Mother's Day to all you Mom's!
Today, we started early with breakfast and gifts. How early you ask? Well, our alarm went off at 6:24 AM....WHAT??? Dwayne got up and started breaky and then got the kids up and we all ate together. Kids gave me beautifully made cards and a new movie and cd. Then we all got dressed and got in the truck. You see, Dw had to be at the airport in Abby at 8:30. Yes, he is off to Toronto today and not returning for a week. Soooo, we got home and did dishes etc. We also started getting ready for dinner at my parents tonight. Sarah made the fruit salad and Cam made Chocolate Chip cookies. I got the Chicken and Beef Satay's skewered and seasoned.
When the cookies were done, I made homemade ice-cream sandwiches....YUM! They look so yummy, can't wait to try them. I bought an ice-cream sandwich mold last year from a chef party, thinking I might use it one day. Today, I actually used it! It works so well. They are going to be soooo gooooood!
Then we went to our usual Mother's Day thing. Each year at Ravine Park by McKee and Old Clay
burn, there is a giant Coho fish release. They release 10,000 little fishes and you get a bucket each with 5 fish to take down the trail and find a nice quiet spot to let them go. It's so much fun running up and down the trail. With not many people knowing about this, we usually do 10 or so buckets each so there is lots of time spent giggling as we try to come up with new names for each fish. We met Kathy and Jeff, Ren and Wayne and all the kids at the fish release. There were 6 kids running up and down the path today...so much fun...really!!
We ended the day with dinner at Smith's. Stu and Carlie played soccer with the kids and the little ones enjoyed biking around the driveway. It was a great day but I'm sure glad it's over!!!
Today, we started early with breakfast and gifts. How early you ask? Well, our alarm went off at 6:24 AM....WHAT??? Dwayne got up and started breaky and then got the kids up and we all ate together. Kids gave me beautifully made cards and a new movie and cd. Then we all got dressed and got in the truck. You see, Dw had to be at the airport in Abby at 8:30. Yes, he is off to Toronto today and not returning for a week. Soooo, we got home and did dishes etc. We also started getting ready for dinner at my parents tonight. Sarah made the fruit salad and Cam made Chocolate Chip cookies. I got the Chicken and Beef Satay's skewered and seasoned.
When the cookies were done, I made homemade ice-cream sandwiches....YUM! They look so yummy, can't wait to try them. I bought an ice-cream sandwich mold last year from a chef party, thinking I might use it one day. Today, I actually used it! It works so well. They are going to be soooo gooooood!
Then we went to our usual Mother's Day thing. Each year at Ravine Park by McKee and Old Clay
burn, there is a giant Coho fish release. They release 10,000 little fishes and you get a bucket each with 5 fish to take down the trail and find a nice quiet spot to let them go. It's so much fun running up and down the trail. With not many people knowing about this, we usually do 10 or so buckets each so there is lots of time spent giggling as we try to come up with new names for each fish. We met Kathy and Jeff, Ren and Wayne and all the kids at the fish release. There were 6 kids running up and down the path today...so much fun...really!!We ended the day with dinner at Smith's. Stu and Carlie played soccer with the kids and the little ones enjoyed biking around the driveway. It was a great day but I'm sure glad it's over!!!
4 comments:
Mothers Day sounded fun, except for DW leaving, but hey its Mothers day, not Wifes Day (justifying for my friend!!). You are a good mom, always there for your kids! Kudos to YOU
-Dan
The fish thing sounds like a great Mother's Day tradition! Happy Mother's Day, to you!
Happy Mother's day to you... sorry, a little late!
We saw a bunch of people at the entrance to the creek on Sunday. We were well past when we realized what was going on! We will have to remember it for next year!
Loved the ice-cream sandwiches! Thanks for making them! The family dinner was a blast, as usual, and our kids loved the stories told about each member of the family. Great memories!
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