Photo Phun Sunday Edition

What a blessed Mother's Day.

Gorgeous flowers from my sweet son

a brunch of cinnamon cream cheese stuffed french toast
with a side salad, fresh fruit and bacon
a beautifully washed car, both inside and out,

a joyous job apparently (and very, very wet)
it strategically took place after mucking out a horse stall for Auntie Carol
pure brilliance on Matt's part

several hours to get started on my report cards
(11 learning skills comments is a really big deal)
a son who napped for nearly 2 hours,
time in the sandbox,
laying in the grass looking at the sky
playing in the farmyard jungle fort
and a dinner of
pan seared duck breast with rhubarb compote
sides of apple, walnut and arugula salad and Camembert toast
followed by a hot blackberry walnut fruit buckle with ice-cream
(Uncle Matt rocks my culinary world)
and a lovely evening of cuddles and fun

and sun
all weekend
I needed that sun almost as much as I need the air I breathe

oh wait...
forgot the itty bitty teeny tiny
enormous never ending dramatic
academy award winning fit
of a lifetime
that dude took just at the moment of the duck...
15 minutes of shrieking
"mama don't leave me"
as he stood 10 feet away (or kneeled)
with his arm outstretched
felt like hours quite frankly
Uncle Bill has promised to tell Ben
for years to come
about that special mother's day gift.

anyway...
perfect
except for 15 minutes or so

And yesterday Auntie Kristen came for a farm visit

adding another blessing to our wonderful farm weekend.

I'm spending a lot of time counting my blessings these days...
and I have not run out of numbers yet.
Happy mother's day to all the mama's out there
most especially to the mama that gave me the blessing of Benjaminh.
May she sleep well tonight
knowing he is loved deeply.