Mothers' Day weekend, briefly

Oh, you guys. I always manage to forget about May. It wallops me every year. And this year it started with some particularly annoying setbacks, which took up approximately 2.5 times as much time as you would reasonably anticipate. So here I am, behind. Don't worry though - we've mostly been living on soup from Trader Joe's, so you haven't really been missing out on anything. (I recommend the roasted red bell pepper and tomato, highly).

Mothers' Day weekend was a whirlwind. D and I are blessed with four mothers between the two of us and we're eternally grateful for it. Even the ensuing holiday chaos and the overeating of sweet foods is fun, but we were fairly wiped out for a few days following. And I didn't even have to bake anything this year, just show up!

{ikea!}

{circe ears}

{tulips, greens}

{mother's day donuts}

{garden roses}

Weekend notes: 

We went to Ikea for one item (bed slats), purchased said item, and left without anything else. Victory!

We sometimes buy gifts for mother's day, but only if one of us has a brilliant idea (trying hard not to buy random and possibly useless gifts just for the sake of having something to give). Otherwise, we do flower arrangements for everyone. This year I picked out a bunch of tulips and then cursed over them. I always forget how much trouble I have arranging them.

I made us pick up donuts even though we knew the rest of the day was going to involve a) a waffle bar and b) pineapple upside down cake. I had to sweet talk the donut lady into making us some fresh cinnamon sugar (NOT cinnamon sugar crumb) donuts. Hot donuts are the best.