Chloe’s very sentimental. She cried herself to sleep last night because she’s going to miss her 2nd grade teacher and her classmates…

Her good friend from her class is also moving out of town so she made the pencils and holders as her goodbye gift. Sweet.

Specials tonight: sautéed soft shell crabs with garlic and butter

New England steamers

Kids gifts to Andrew

This cracked me up!

Oh Chloe… where do you get your sense of humor…

After getting new hairdos we rushed to a birthday party where kids made their own pizzas, dessert and lemonade.

I love her! lol

Happy 7th birthday Naomi! Looking forward to celebrating many more~

Shane couldn’t wait till Sunday to give me his gifts. Drawing of me by Shane. 

So my kids still come to our bed in the early morning and we all wake up from the same bed. Chloe not so much any more but this morning, she was sleeping next to me and on my other side, there was Shane. It was 6 a.m. and I was lying down contemplating whether I should go to a yoga class before church when I felt Chloe quietly getting up and  I saw her leaving the room. Then a few seconds later, Andrew got up and left, followed by Shane. It was funny to see how they were going out one by one tip toeing across the room.

I’m guessing Andrew was in charge of the eggs…yes those are eggs…deliciously burnt outside but runny in the inside.

I knew it was this sweet face’s idea to get me a breakfast in bed.
Also at 6:20 a.m.

She also had piles of cards and gifts that she worked on all week.

I laughed when I saw that beer box. Oh Andrew… you couldn’t find her a different box? lol

Chloe made me a jewelry box.

I was very impressed that she created “A mother’s day monopoly game” for us to play. It was super detailed and really well thought out. So special!
Shane also made me a  flower shaped pottery dish.

I’m the luckiest!!!

Chloe went to a fabulous glam girl birthday party and got a head to toe makeover.

Chloe’s social calendar is filling up everyday!

Her brownie troop went to a Panera’s Bread and got a tour of the kitchen,

made French baguette,

and also decorated tulip shaped cookies.

Sibling’s station…

Afterwards, some of the moms and kids stayed for a dinner taking over entire back room of the cafe. It was an ultimate playdate for both moms and kids.  Shane was also joined by other boy siblings and had a blast!

After the cooking class, Shane got a haircut, then we went to an art class.

Shane’s clay work: A bat, a jack-o-lanter, a cat face, an alien face, spaghetti dinner.

Chloe made a bowl of a noodle soup and a lid on top, a fork, and a heart arrow. 

They also made t-shirts

and did water color paintings/drawings.

Kids and I made blueberry muffins this morning and we wrapped them and delivered to our neighbors.

To me, the best gift my family can get for my birthday is their thoughtful cards. And today, I’m on cloud nine because of what they gave me. Feeling so loved and blessed…

Chloe wrote 40 things about me in her notebook and gave it to me with her card:

This is AMAZING. I cried and I laughed… Thank you my dearest daughter Chloe. You are AMAZING.

Andrew also left me a card with kids to give it to me today. 🙂

Thank you God for loving me so much and blessing me with a beautiful family….

Hanging up our art works…