A Very Happy Mother's Day

While watching Little Bill with Harry this morning, the dad commented that what every mother wants for Mother's Day is to sleep in and have breakfast in bed. I'm not so sure about the breakfast in bed, but sleeping in is definitely key! I got to do that until little feet came up the stairs with a very special present: a DVD player just for me! Now I can move my Pilates Machine into Ainsley's room (with the plan to store it under her crib) and use the DVD player for workout videos. There is really no room to workout anywhere else, so this is super exciting.
After a tasty breakfast of creme brulee french toast, we all got dressed to go to the church at Harry's school. It was a celebration day for Teacher Appreciation Week and Mother's Day. Ainsley slept sweetly during the service and crazy man read from the hymnal and then rolled around under the pews. Luckily we were in the back row. Also, luckily it is a kid friendly place. It seemed like our kid was the worst behaved, but other parents begged to differ. A meltdown ensued when we didn't allow Harry to stay after to share orange cheese puffs with the church community. It was nice to be out with people in a friendly, calm, happy environment, but this was still church. Let's not push it!
Later Harry had ice skating with Kevin, so I had some time to catch up on phone calls and email while Ainsley continued to sleep. She's had the same gastrointestinal affliction that my carrier monkey gave us both, so she needed the rest, as did I.
After skating, Harry decided he wanted to do yoga with me. I found an old yoga mat that appears to be kid sized. He loves it and has used it for everything from an actual yoga mat to a sled. For about an hour we took turns sharing yoga poses. Many of his were right on. It was awesome to have him express interest on his own in something I love so much. I promised him we could do more yoga tonight. It is anything but relaxing, but it's burning some calories!