MOTHER'S DAY...

Happy Mother's Day! 

I have a few friends who are experiencing their first Mother's Days - how wonderful for them!  CONGRATULATIONS!

I have a few loving women in my life who have played some sort of mothering role with too little recognition - I am thinking of you!

I have a few friends who will find that today goes by unmarked.  I hope that this isn't you...

For all of the wonderful women I know and adore -I hope your day is marvelous! 

I was spoiled with a breakfast in bed of scrumptious honeyed pears and warm toasted brioche.  Will was full of delicious surprises! 

I curled up in bed with Merlin keeping me company and savoured the experience before indulging in a novel - (gasp, pleasure reading during the semester!)

What a perfect day. 

LONG WEEKEND

I love this time of year, when we are spoiled with a series of public holidays... (how crazy is our life that two days off constitutes a long weekend?) 

It also means that Justice was able to have a friend over...  They played legos and giggled and stayed up late... They watched Scooby Doo and we went out to breakfast...  They got out every stuffed animal in the house... but it was lovely to have her stay and great to give Justice an opportunity that parents who work six nights a week are not always free to give...

really they could've shared a single order of French toast - this place buys in the best bread!

the boys...

(that was my breakfast!)

tired after staying up late...

PLUS, the build up meant I had help with SO MANY chores!  I never knew a more helpful child...