She is lovely.

Today is my mother's birthday.  This woman.  This amazing woman.

My mother has always been a pillar of strength and courage.  When I was six years old my father passed away suddenly and my mother managed to hold everything together.  She kept me and my sister in private school and gave us the best of everything and even she was struggling, I never knew it.  How she did it, I will never understand. 'Til this day she amazes me.

My mother has taught me how to be independent, be strong, be self sufficient, and courageous.  She has shown me how to be a good person and to treat people right, not only through her words but from her example. She has taught me how to love, fully and completely.  She has taught me self-sacrifice and how to truly give part of yourself to others and be able to be fulfilled by their happiness.  Love pours off of my mother. Sometimes I believe there is not a truly mean bone in her body.

My mother, she means the world to me. The lessons in life she has taught me will benefit me endlessly. She raised me and my sisters with morals and a clear cut definition of right and wrong. She is always there for me and she is the greatest Nana that any girl could ever ask for.  Zee completely adores her.

Her undying faith in the Lord is inspiring and her search for the good in all people is a rare and desirable quality.

I love my mother. I love my mother to the ends of the earth and back. Inside and out, she is beauty and she is elegance. She is my Mummy and she is my world.

Happy Birthday, Mummy

Oceans of Love and Seas of Kisses

Summery Mother Daughter Day

What a super sweaty, hot but extra fun day we had!! ZeeBee has been asking me to take her to the "new" library. She calls it the "new" library because it's not the one she goes to regularly with her school. So today, being that it was so hot and air conditioning is non existent in our house, we headed to the library. We read books and we played with puppets and other toys and my little munchkin was uber excited about the whole thing.

Next stop, lunch. We headed to Jamaica Plain and had lunch at this great sandwich shop, The Real Deal, The menu is so extensive and there is so much to choose from. After we ate half our sandwichs (because their huge), we headed to the thrift stores. We looked around for a little bit but there was nothing good so it was dessert time!! JP Licks, please! She got plain vanilla and I got oreo mint, extra yum! Didn't get pictures here because we were that engrossed, lol. 

Her ham, cheese, and pickles. She doesnt eat the bread. Not my kid, AT ALL

Proscuitto, basil, fresh mozz, and balsamic. YUM

Ham and pickle sandwich

Thrifting.

Once we got home it was time for little mama to throw on her bathing suit and jump in her pool. She had extra fun running back and forth in the "sprinkler" aka hose, lol. 

Afterward we sat on the front stairs, ate dinner, and sang Sara Tavares really loud in our made up language. By the time we finished all of that, it was time for bed.  My little girl looked at me and said, "Mummy, I had so much fun today." 

It was a great day!!