This Mother’s Day started with an email, from my always-supportive mom, telling me how much she loved my first blog post and that so many new people would move to the neighborhood thanks to my new blog. Gotta love that woman. For some strange reason, no matter what I do, she thinks I’m the most influential, beautiful, gifted girl to ever walk the earth.

Since Mom lives in Texas, the fam and I spent the rest of the day with my husband’s parents and grandparents. They live in Maryland, so it was a day spent in the burbs. Brunch at Andrews Airforce Base was lovely. Lira (my 5 year old) performed a yoga routine on the floor of the fancy ballroom while shoveling mini desserts into her mouth. Zana (my 2 year old) crawled under the ice sculpture, and announced that she had “made a poo poo.” I calmly watched while sipping a mimosa. [Read more…]