I love you because…

I love getting Mother's Day cards from you every year. Every year it gets better because you're able to express more of why you love me. Thank you Aidan!

You also planted a seed for me at school and presented me with the little sprout. 

Her first Tiffany's

Today was a special day. We wanted to treat our mom to a day of shopping and dinner to celebrate her birthday. It's been a rough year for all of us, especially for her. We met our mom and Auntie Sara at Yorkdale this afternoon and browsed at a few stores before we headed for dinner at Seoul House. It's been so long since we had a day of shopping together. With our dad being sick and Auntie Jess and I taking care of kids, it was really hard to make time to do something fun for us. Although I did have to take you with me, you were really good (besides eating like a pig!).

Us sisters pitched in to get our mom her first Tiffany's piece. You can see from your grandma's face that 
she was so excited and happy. Just seeing that expression made it all worth it :-)

Isn't the necklace beautiful? It's the mini double heart tag pendant. She absolutely loved it!

Your outfit of the night. You looked like an angel from above today.

I feel loved

There were no shortages of Mother's Day cards this year. I guess now that you can pretty much read and write simple words/sentences, you made me so many cards expressing what you wanted to say to me. Honestly, I'm going to treasure all these little notes and cards that I get from all of you for the rest of my life.

This was the card you made at Korean school on Saturday. You actually wrote the message in Korean!
It means, "I love you" in Korean.

You made this card from your daycare.

Such an artiste. You said we were wearing space suits. Not sure why…

Kendall even made a present for me at her daycare :-)

A beautiful butterfly painting made with her foot prints.

Kendall presenting the present to me. I almost cried.

I just love it.

Your masterpiece that you made from school.

Don't you have great penmanship?

And this was from daddy this morning. I had woken up and went to the bathroom to brush up and there
was a box of chocolates and a card left on the bathroom counter. I was so pleasantly surprised.
Daddy isn't one to get me cards (even when we were dating) so it means so much to me when he puts in
the effort to do so.

Short and sweet.

Daddy took you to Canada's Wonderland this morning (we got season's passes again this year) so I had a mother/daughter day with Kendall.

We went grocery shopping and had lunch at McDonald's.

Daddy had to leave for soccer at 4pm so I decided to have a picnic in our backyard with you and Kendall. It was a nice way to enjoy the weather (first time this year passing the 20 degree mark) without packing a ton of stuff and driving somewhere. You've always asked me to take you on a picnic so I surprised you with one. It was sooooo nice spending time outside and enjoying the sunshine.

Blankets rolled out, food ready. Time to eat!

Kendall with her sunhat and best friend- baby Elmo. She takes him everywhere!

My sunshine boy/girl.

Kendall eating Sherpherd's Pie.

You guys had such a blast eating, playing and dancing outside. We have to do this again!

I taped a cute video of you and Kendall jumping outside. I asked you how high can you jump and this is your response.

Mother's Day

You know what's better this year than my last Mother's Day? Why, you of course! I'm so thankful and blessed to now have 2 amazing kids (or monster 1 and monster 2 as I call you guys) in my life. Yes, I try to be a good mom to you guys, but you guys make it so easy for me. I just want to shower you both with love and I hope that one day you guys will also do the same for your kids. I love you's!

Daddy surprised me this morning while I was on the way out to celebrate my mom's day with a
beautiful bouquet of red roses. He snuck out while I was sleeping to pick it up. I was so touched.

I feel loved

No money in the world can beat the present you gave me today. You know how sappy I get when I get a heartfelt and handmade gift. That is actually your hand print that your daycare cut out and made into a flower. When you presented this to me you ran in the door after coming home from daycare and said, "Mommy! I have a surprise for you!" Awwww…

Early Mother's Day gift

One of the best time of the day for me is when you come home from daycare. Usually you are in a pretty good mood and you always come running looking for me. Today, you surprised me with a drawing that you made for me for my early Mother's Day gift. So sweet!

Sports crazy

I hate to see my kids dressed up in non-Toronto jerseys, but daddy desperately wanted to do a photo shoot with you guys all dressed up in Canucks gear since the Canucks have their first playoff game today. Kendall is wearing your old Canucks jersey and you are wearing your customized Canucks jersey that Auntie Jane got you for your birthday. I hate to admit it, but you guys look pretty darn cute!

It was a beautiful day today (finally!) so I went out with Kendall to mail out your Vancouver grandmother's Mother's Day gift in the morning. 

She had a blast holding the package that I was going to send out. 

She is so active so I have to make sure there are stuff for Kendall to hold/touch or else she
will become restless. She is much more active than when you were a baby.

Look, the leaves are starting to sprout! I took Kendall and Rosco for a loooooong walk afterwards.
It was so nice to feel the sun and the breeze.

After dinner, daddy decided to go out to get himself new soccer shoes for this Summer. He also got you a pair of new soccer shoes as well as all the gear that is attached to soccer- shin pads, socks, pylons, soccer ball…

Here's some of your new gear.

You didn't know what the shin pads were at first so I demonstrated it by putting it on and knocking
on it with my knuckles. I explained to you that your shins were protected and having the shin pads
on would keep you from getting hurt. 

You in full soccer gear :-)

Kicking the ball.

Kendall was crawling all over the place so daddy put her in the Bumbo to keep her still.
She was not happy.

Best Mother's Day gift ever!

Today is my 2nd Mother's Day I'm celebrating. I always forget that it's a Mother's Day for me because I'm always thinking of my own mom and my mother-in-law. However, I got a pleasant surprise when you brought home a little gift that you made for me at daycare. I didn't realize it was your Mother's Day gift for me because it looked like many of your other art projects that you bring home from daycare. Daddy even threw it out at one point!
When I saw it in the trash box I took it out and opened the 'card'. I didn't even realize it was a card because it was shaped like a flower…

When I read what it said I almost teared up. It's the sweetest and most wonderful card that I have ever gotten
in my life. I'm going to cherish this moment forever!

On top of that you made a sweet bookmark for me with your favourite stickers. I know how much you love
Mickey Mouse and Cars so I know you picked these out just for me! Thanks for your wonderful gift and
making this Mother's Day oh-so-special.