mother’s day…

okay, there are a LOT of new pictures and posts.. so just keep scrolling…

First, I want to wish all of the moms I know a wonderful Mother’s day.. I hope your fabulous kids gave you a wonderfully relaxing and special day yesterday!! I am so blessed to have such an amazing family, and two beautiful children. Yesterday was a day I won’t soon forget!

We started our day with a mother’s day breakfast with my mother, Paul, Dina, Dante, the girls and sean and I. It was a great time (a bit chaotic, and a terrible waitress..) and it was a wonderful way to kick off our day!!

A few awesome things from yesterday…

Alyssa & Noelle gave me their annual “present” of letting me take pictures of them without complaint. This is my very favorite thing and while Alyssa gets the concept of “no complaining or acting up”, Noelle hasn’t quite grasped that yet…

She’s adorable with her insanity…

And she’s so cute.. she keeps us in STITCHES all of the time. she also tends to crack herself up more often than not..

Alyssa was her usual, beautiful self – she’s growing into an amazing kid. Smart, funny, and I swear to you that if she grows up to be anything other than an engineer, it will amaze me. She is SO MUCH of her father!!

We had some fun finding things in the woods..

And spinning in the driveway…

And mommy got an artsy shot of my munchkins…

And a few beautiful portraits! Noelle always starts off so silly…

Lastly, and probably the most memorable part of Mother’s Day was that Alyssa learned to ride her bike without training wheels!!! GO ALYSSA!!!

Of course, Noelle had to get into the action and showed us her riding abilities too… (yes, we know we’re bad parents letting alyssa ride without a helmet.. she outgrew it and mommy has to hit Target today to get one! Consider us scolded.)

I would also like to point out that Alyssa has also inherited her father’s lovely habit of “tongue thinking”… lol.. like father like daughter.

A few cute pics…

Whew!! that’s it for this one! There’s another new post before this though..