I’m still very much coming down from the high of the Listen To Your Mother Show last night. Here’s my week:

May 5

Bedtime is a little nuts at our house…..we have a routine, but it’s kind of a chaotic one.

bedtime

May 6

I finished the #Bostonstrong10K for Charity Miles on Monday morning. It took me quite a while, but I was excited to be able to run 5 of the 6.2 miles (and I’m super excited to get the t-shirt).

10k

May 7

Teacher Appreciation Day, and the kids each had a little gift for their teachers. Since Ivy’s didn’t have a “theme”, I just asked her to write “Love, Ivy” on the card. She went on, on her own, to write “Thank you for teecheen me.” Heart: melted.

teacher appreciation

May 8

Essie obviously can’t read yet, but the girls got out the recorded Christmas book from their grandparents, and have been listening to it a lot.

reader

May 9

I went with my sweet first grader to Legoland—Kansas City on Thursday. It was so much fun to see him in his element.

buslegoland

May 10

Essie drew her first family portraits this week.

family

I had an afternoon of pampering on Friday, both to get myself ready for the show, and to treat myself for Mother’s Day.

hair

May 11

Listen To Your Mother: an absolutely mind-boggling, surreal, incredible, exhausting, exhilarating experience. This was in the dressing room about an hour before the show, with the lovely Lisa of Back to Allen.

ltym