May 7, 2021 - Friday (214/365)


Day 214 of my 365 Photo Journal 

Friday! Friday! Friday! And it's a Friday with no real plans alllll weekend. Except for whatever fun Mother's Day stuff Ben and the kids have planned for me. I'm super looking forward to presents and good food, because no matter what, I know I can count on those things coming for me in two days. 🥳🎉

Speaking of Mother's Day, I (as always) am going to get packages/cards out VERY late for the mothers in our lives. With Marme, it's not a huge deal, because her address is changing pretty frequently and it's easy to say that I sent it ahead to Oregon to make sure she didn't leave DE before the card arrived. With Ben's mom, it doesn't matter too much, because she probably isn't expecting anything from us. I feel a little bad about Hazel though, because I already received a Mother's Day card from her and haven't even gotten the kids started on our craft yet and am just hoping and praying I can get everything in the mail tomorrow! 

I took some pictures of Ollie being ornery today. I loved the shadows in the stairwell while she was climbing up and took some there, then I took some in the big girl's room while I was cleaning and she was acting like a butt head. Not the most inspired photography, but at least I actually pulled out my camera and took pictures today. 

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