Happy Mother's Day

Boy was I spoiled this year for Mother's Day. Ken actually had some time off. It has been a VERY long 3 months, February and March probably being the most challenging time in my life. I think Ken was trying to make up for it, and I think he did a fabulous job. First off, he had Monday off and took me up on potty training Caden (Caden is a boy, after all, and it is only right that a boy should train him, don't you think?)
Saturday evening he took the 3 oldest kids shopping. After he got home he offered to help the kids clean any room in the house. I, of course, chose the messiest--the garage, aka family room, aka toy room. After cleaning the garage, he gave the kids a bath before bed.
This morning he got up with Caden and Ryan at 6 am and allowed me to sleep in. It was wonderful. Then I was treated to breakfast in bed. Waffles with strawberries and whipped cream. Mmmm! Treating me to breakfast in bed is one of Kailyn's favorite things to do.
Ken was asked to speak at church today. The topic was...you guessed it, mothers. He did a really good job and highlighted all of my greatest qualities, with a little help from me. You should have seen the first draft of his talk!! Thankfully, he ran it past me, and I was able to set him straight on a couple things. At one point, I did mention that he may have embellished the truth a little bit. He didn't agree (lucky me--still have him fooled!!).
After church he made dinner and cleaned the kitchen, got the kids ready for bed, then had the kids help him make a new dessert--a treat with a story. Back in February when my mom was visiting (and after a particularly productive day at home when I had cleaned the whole house, done all the laundry, helped paint the upstairs bedroom, and made 14 freezer meals), Ken was teasing me about how lazy I am. He said that all I do all day is sit on the couch and eat chocolate bon bons. My mom, who was sitting next to me, was a bit confused as too who 'chuckle bum bums' was. Apparently, she thought Ken said I sit on the couch with 'chuckle bum bums,' an unusual nickname she assumed we had for Chase. So, in honor of my laziness (sitting on the couch eating chocolate bon bons all day, accomplishing nothing else), Ken made me chocolate bon bons for Mother's Day and insisted I stay on the couch to eat them. Of course, he called them "chuckle bum bums."
Today was a wonderful day, thanks to my wonderful honey!

Chocolate bon bons aka 'chuckle bum bums' (they hadn't quite set up yet).

A medallioin Kailyn made for me at school.