Happy Mother's Day!

Ben is the husband of the century, as you all probably know.  He's wonderful and super-willing to do everything he can on Mother's Day to pamper me.  Last year I think I went a little overboard being the queen for the day (who, me?).  I think Ben did all the cooking and clean-up as well as taking care of Henry while I sat on the couch reading a magazine.  I remember thinking part-way through the day that it didn't seem very Mothersdayish to be pretending I wasn't a mother on the day we're supposed to be celebrating motherhood!  So  . . . this year we've had a little more of a balance.  I decided I just wanted to enjoy my boys and let Ben take care of all of those other wifely/motherly duties that seem to get in the way of just being a mom.  It's been an absolutely lovely day!  I got to sit and read with Henry and play with Ellis as long as I wanted to without worrying about the messy house (that Ben was whipping into shape before my eyes) and the Sunday dinner (that Ben was firing up on his new grill).  It was heavenly!  And when Ben discovered he had burned the grilled potatoes to the point of non-edibility (we're still learning), I sat and ate my dinner and put the Puffs (and peas!) in front of Ellis while Ben cooked up some homemade french fries.  It's kind of nice to eat dinner without having to get up a hundred times in the middle of your meal!  Let's also mention that I got a nice hour-long nap in the afternoon.  Yes, I definitely got pampered today.  A little pampering and a lot of love from my boys.  It was a great day.  And now I'm going to go eat blackberry cobbler . . . 

Some added bonuses --

A video of Ellis playing peek-a-boo all by himself!  This is his latest trick that he just started doing on Thursday.  We didn't prompt him or teach him or anything.  He just started up doing it and got this really clever/proud look on his face.  Ooh, he is sweet:

Peek-a-boo! from Ben and Jenn on Vimeo.

Aaaaaaand some more of Jenn's creative madness, coming your way.  Mother's Day gifts for my mom:

And Ben's mom: