Sorry for the sporadic posting last week!  I was out of town on Monday and wasn’t able to get a post up as I’d planned to do, and then work was so hectic the rest of the week that I only got Wednesday’s up.  Back to regularly-scheduled posting this week, I promise.  Starting with a recap of Mother’s Day, which was yesterday and pretty much a perfect day.

Our celebrations started with brunch at Cecelia’s Ristorante, where my parents had stopped for drinks on Easter Sunday.  My mom came back raving about the plates of brunch she had seen going to other tables that day, so we decided to check it out for ourselves.  It was delicious.  Hubby and I had crab and lobster eggs Benedict, and my mom had a “breakfast BLT.”  Peanut ate fruit and hash browns off our plates.  We had a lovely time, and I stole plenty of kisses from the girl who made me a mom.

After brunch, we put Peanut down for a nap, and I headed out on a glorious five mile run.  It felt so good to be out running after my busy, busy week and I enjoyed the warm sun, the pretty views, and waving to the many families out taking Mother’s Day walks.  I plotted my run out to end at Ashker’s, a juice bar in my neighborhood, and picked up a carrot-apple-ginger juice for my walk home.  Yum – perfectly fresh and sweet and just slightly spicy.  When I got home, Peanut was still asleep, so I spent the rest of naptime reading my book – Yes Chef, by Marcus Samuelsson – out on the back porch.

Peanut woke up a little after 3:00 and we fed her a quick snack and bottle, then headed to the park for some playground time.  We started on the swings:

The playground was a mob scene, and when we let Peanut down from the swing she unsurprisingly decided to head toward the green instead of fighting her way through the crowds of other toddlers on the green car or by the animal wall.  She found a stick and had a marvelous time running around waving it and sweeping it back and forth across the grass.

After we had played for about half an hour, Nana met us at the playground – she had been reading her book at the nearby lake all afternoon.  Peanut was so excited that Nana came out to play too!

Yep, like I said, it was pretty much a perfect day.  I got my Mother’s Day wish – a beautiful, fun day with my favorite kid – and I even got my second Mother’s Day wish… blue skies, and green leaves on the trees!  After the epic long winter we had, those were a special treat indeed.

I am so lucky to have this magnificent kid in my life!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of my mom friends!  Hope your days yesterday were wonderful!