Mama's Day 2013

First off... YAY!!!!! I got to spend this year's mother's day w/ the love of my life, SOPHIA (aka Cookie)!! I know that statement sounds kind of odd since one would automatically assume a mama and her daughter would be together on this day... but last year I wasn't given or offered the option since she already had plans w/ her father. I use to feel like Mother's Day was such a Hallmark holiday but when I wasn't able to be w/ Cookie, I realized how much it wasn't just a Hallmark holiday. Yes, it was a sad day for me, I definitely didn't feel whole. But on the brighter side of things, I'm just glad that this year's Mama's Day fortunately landed on a day that would ensure I would get to be w/ Cookie without any possibility of interference... needless to say, I was definitely grateful!!

From beginning to end, our day together was just truly lovely!

~~ Joyness in the heart ~~

We started off the day with Sophia's "twin" (as they like to refer to themselves as), Ella, and her mama. We went to Zimmer's Children's Museum--cute little place. Even though there was a decent amount of things Ella and Sophia could've gotten into, they spent 90% of their time on a little boat sitting atop a million blue-colored balls. They played so hard, they were drenched with sweat! Haha...

Some of the other things that went on...

Love Sophia's pose in this pic!

After all these different activities, they ended up back at the ball pit w/ the boat for the rest of the time we were there.




Above is just a little glimpse of their play in action =)

Sophia was sad that we had to leave (who wouldn't want to leave that AWESOME ball pit???)... Sarah and I promised we would bring them back again soon.

We came home and did usual Sophia activities--coloring and drawing. Almost forgot about homework... I'm glad that Sophia isn't resistive to completing homework. She can pretty much do it all on her own since she's basically reading 90% of everything now. What a SMARTIE!!!! I'm just crossing my fingers that she continues to enjoy school/learning as much as she does now!!

After washing the day off, we ended the night with some needlepoint! Yes, that's right, folks... Sophia picked up needlepoint just two days before and now she's a needlepoint machine!!! Hahaha... I'm curious how long this interest will go on for since I, myself, use to do all that kind of stuff--cross-stitch, crochet, knitting, sewing, etc... some things are definitely just in the genes =)

I had hoped to have gotten this posted sooner but I suppose better late than never.

Hope y'all had a great Mama's Day also!

"Til the next time...

Cookie & Mama