Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Vince came home from kindergarten today and showed me his favorite St. Patrick's Day project

It's hard to believe our first born little baby boy is so big, and flying through his kindergarten year.

He's changing and growing so much every day.  Before I know it, days go by and weeks march on before I realize he's not so little anymore.  So when he was excited to show me his leprechaun mask from today, I initially was about to keep rushing around the kitchen frantically getting things done for the next day.  But I stopped, and we snapped this photo, and he shared with me all his stories of the day... And that was so much better then tackling the kitchen duties.. Which could wait.

Happy 80th Birthday Mom!

Wow, my mom turned 80 years old last Tuesday!  Now that is something to celebrate... We surprised her with a big dinner party at a restaurant that we can now say is on our list of local favorites.  Once you see the steak below, you'll understand why it's now my mom's new favorite restaurant.

Look at the size of that steak!! (I'm having chest pains just looking at it)

I started making the guest list, and thought about how fun it would be to get some sort of impersonator to come and surprise her during the dinner.  Imagine an Engelbert Humperdinck look-a-like walking in and serenading my mom with happy birthday!  Or someone who looks like John Wayne strutting in to give my mom a happy birthday kiss.  I started a futile attempt at Google searching impersonators, but quickly gave up when I laid eyes on the actors that resulted, especially when matched with their prices.  What I did find during my search was that the REAL Engelbert Humperdinck (yes folks, he's still alive), was going to play in concert at Foxwoods in April!  The combo of casino plus mom's longtime heart throb pretty much sealed the deal.  We'll be headed downt here next month, just mom and I.  That'll be another blog post...

We missed our friends and family in California, and always wish and wait for visitors... but my mom has always been the type to get along with everyone, and has quickly become very well loved among all my friends, all the kids nannies, and all our neighbors.  I dare say some even like her company better than ours! 

our beloved neighbors wouldn't miss the celebration!

mom's friends from New Hampshire

The McKenna clan representing

Our best sister nanny pair

mixture of nanny and coworkers turned Irma fans

I did the next best thing to a "real" John Wayne.  Amazon prime delivered Johnny in quick time

 It took 80 years, but she's aged to perfection

happy birthday to you mom!

Luca blew out the candles and grabbed the numbers for a quick lick

Out to a free lunch on her actual birthday, Luca and Zoë not wanting to pose for a picture

 

It's hard to believe how much time has flown by with my mom being out here in MA with us.  I can't imagine her not being here every day, and we are so grateful every day to be able to spend time with her.  There's been so many memories created in the time that she's been here, and I hope we still have many more to come.

someone especially loves grandma's cuddles