Mother's Day Recap

This week I lost Thursday, now I've lost an entire week.  I SWORE that this weekend coming was Memorial Day weekend.  Oh well.  Best not to trust my calendar skills right now.  "Finding" an extra week isn't as fun as it sounds -- hah!

Mother's Day was fantastic.  It felt amazing to hang out with our kids and the dogs again.  Dinner was spot on for an outdoor meal too -- eating outside worked fine and bugs weren't anywhere to be found.  I got a couple of fun gifts -- more on that this week.  Waiting for one to come.

I've started serving dessert on the dinner table for regular meals -- and I love it.  It started when I had the lady's luncheon (so many moons ago in January LOL) because I figured it was less formal and, if it's already on the table, they would partake.

Whenever I make a dessert that's not pie or ice cream, I serve it WITH dinner.  The family likes it this way too.  We still have dessert, but less formal feels simpler.  If anything, it encourages table lingering -- I use my vintage plates now, offer coffee (usually a 'yes' because it's mostly decaf).  Of course, for special occasions with a special dessert (birthdays, etc), we'd do it separately.  No getting up to clear dishes yet ... we can hang out and relax during dessert.  Eat dessert at any point in the meal too.  I cut the coffee cake into small squares so we all had several pieces.  Having the small dessert plates works well -- something nice about putting dessert on a separate plate.

Our grand-dogs were so happy to come over.  They love the "adventure" of Granny's house.  Living in a high rise during a pandemic is cramping their fun too.  The weather was incredible and we played outside all afternoon with them.  All 3 dogs were exhausted by the end of the night.

My eldest son complains that we don't have any pictures of the two of us.  He renews the complaint every Mother's Day and my birthday when there are no pictures to post on social media (I tell him he can skip the post).  This year, he did a series of pictures where he superimposed his face on whomever I was with -- it was hilarious.  Clever boy, always funny.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Two "social" events made it feel almost normal and cool, sunny weather put it over the top.  Stay well.  Later gators.