Happy Mothers Day!

This weekend was Mother's Day! We did a great job putting lots of fun surprises together to make Mom feel happy and appreciated.

We have been looking forward to this all week. Hazel, Turner, and I made different Mothers' Day presents at school all week. I also whispered to Dad on Wednesday last week that I wanted to make Mom breakfast in bed. Hazel, Turner, and I were determined to keep it a secret all week.

On Saturday, Dad took us kids to go get flowers for Mom. We spent a long time agreeing on which flowers to get. Turner had some very specific ideas about which flowers he wanted, and Dad wouldn't let us get anything until we all agreed on it. Finally, we settled on a very colorful bouquet of a bunch of flowers. We gave them to Mom on Saturday so she would have them for the beginning of Mother's Day. She was surprised and very happy!

Mom asked if she could go running on Sunday morning, and I told her, no, we were going to make her breakfast in bed. Whoops! I spoiled the surprise. But Mom said she was surprised when I told her. So mission accomplished.

On Sunday morning, Dad and all of us kids got up early and went downstairs to Mom could sleep in. Then we started making Mom breakfast. Dad washed and cut up some fruit. All of us helped make some "Daddy eggs" (Daddy's secret scrambled egg recipe, that only he knows how to make!). Hazel and I made some toast with apple butter spread. Then we took all of the breakfast upstairs, and sang "Happy Mother's Day" to Mom and gave her a delicious breakfast in bed. Turner and Hazel stuck around to help her eat it.

Next we called Bubbe to wish her a Happy Mother's Day. She was happy to hear from us and thanked us for the Mother's Day cards we had made and sent her.

After a leisurely morning at home, we gave Mom her next surprise. She said she wanted to spend the day outside, so we took her to the Dinosaur Park in Cedar Creek, Texas. We had never been before, but it sure looked fun. It was beautiful weather, and a perfect day to go to the park.

The park had lots of fun stuff to do. There was a playground with lots of fun things, including a giant dinosaur head we could crawl in. The playground also had water misters and swings, which delighted all of us. We had a terrific lunch, played on the playground, and then walked on the dinosaur trail.

The trail was neat. It had all kinds of dinosaurs hiding in the woods, and a scavenger hunt for us to find giant scorpions, spiders, fossils, and loads of other things. The weather eventually started getting warm, and before too long Turner loudly and repeatedly told us he had enough and was ready to hit the road. We finished out the trail and headed home.

On the way home, Dad found a nut and candy store with a giant squirrel, and Mom ran in to pick up a treat for us to enjoy on the drive home.

We all agreed that it had been a great Mother's Day! Mom said she is very lucky to have us as her family.