Mother's Day 2008 continues.....

Today was a another round of Mother's Day celebrating for mommy!! We had a rough start to the morning due to S having a hard time urinating after his VCUG yesterday then L and I went to soccer, where I forgot the snacks and had to run to a local convenience store and spend $30 to get snack for 10 kids. By the time we made it home, I was already done for the day and it was only 10:30 AM! I cleaned out the van and cleaned the carpets good. By this time, Daddy Piper wasn't able to really get much done himself on the big truck since he had to leave at noon to get a haircut and he was taking Thing 1 and Thing 2 with him to pick up my gift. I then had the bright idea to go out to lunch today for Mother's Day rather than tomorrow so that Daddy Piper could get out early and work on the truck before the heat sets in for the day. It was more important to me to have him working in the cooler part of the day than it was for me to have a lunch out on Mother's Day. We all left together for Daddy's haircut. His stylist was running behind but oh well, whaddya do?!? So after the haircut we all went to get Mommy's gift. I knew right away when Daddy Piper turned onto the sidestreet where my gift came from... The Paint Store. L had told me last week that this is where they went and I thought it was the paint store to get paint to finish their bedroom and instead it was the paint pottery place!! After getting my gift, we headed to Red Lobster for lunch - my most recent craving. The other 3 Pipers agreed I could open my gift today and it was a ..... COOKIE JAR!! They had painted it to look like a chocolate chip cookie. I was so touched by this gift. Daddy Piper took the kids a week early to make this gift for Mommy and I think that is so special! Lunch was delish. Then home for naps. The kids didn't want to nap since it was so late so they played outside with Daddy Piper while Mommy took a 2 hour siesta. Today was so nice. It always feels good to be appreciated, especially by those you love so much! Now tomorrow, I get to get my nails done and get a pedicure in anticipation of our upcoming vacation.... what a way to finish my Mother's Day 2008!