Singing About Trees and Things

Mother's Day 2013

Mother's Day started off early with a special brunch at Thatcher's preschool.

He was being a little stinker and refused to smile....

I got him to crack a smile though ;)

On actual Mother's Day I woke up to fun gifts from the whole family.

In case you need this translated (I did on a few of them)  -  My mom likes to play with me.  My mom looks pretty when she goes to parties.  If I could give my mom something special, it would be flowers.  My mom is funny when she plays Monopoly.  I love my mom because she makes me laugh.

After presents we headed up to Los Olivos with all 3 kids.  Lollipop was excited to be included!

Look at that pretty smile ;)

Riding shot gun with mom ;0

Me and my first ;)

Our first stop was breakfast at Petros. 

Mimosa = Happy Momma!

Not a bad view across from me ;)

At least I ate light for one meal that day..... Talk about a cheat day!  

Don't feel too sorry for Lollipop, she received her fair share of bacon passed under the table.  ;)

The hotel cat from the Fess Parker Inn.  

When I saw the kids touching the cat I got really paranoid because I am SUPER allergic to cats.  I made everyone go back to the bathroom they had just came out of to go wash their hands again, and then one more time just to be 100% sure.  Because that would not have been fun on Mother's Day.....

Next stop, the little garden outside of Coquelicot Winery for some bocce ball and 

some crisp, cool vino.

We walked around a bit but it was hot, REALLY hot.  I actually can handle it but the kids were beet red and kept asking for a pool.....

Thatcher found some shade under this horse. 

And I found shade at Consilience Wines with a cold glass of Rose. 

We ventured over to Los Olivos Cafe for lunch but there was a bit of a wait.  Lucky us, across the street was a beer tasting at Bin 2860 Wine and Craft Beer Shop.   It must have been over 90 degrees so wine wasn't tasting that great anymore and beer was a welcome change.  

The kids were able to sit inside the game room of the Fess Parker Inn, which is connected to Bin 2860 and play board games (really they were just enjoying the air conditioning). 

Lollipop did a good job of protecting me from the cat.

Lunch at Los Olivos Cafe was perfect. 

The bread and herb olive oil they have there is hands down the best I have ever had.  You can't stop dipping the bread in oil and eating the bread and then asking for more and then repeating that.  

Lollipop was salivating. 

I had the Artisan Cheese Plate (and Lollipop tried to pull a fast one). 

All mine, sorry Lollipop! 

We decided to head out of the valley and back to SB to cool down a bit. 

Later we headed up to Cafe Stella for a last hurrah because if you have ate and drank that much the first half of the day, you should continue, right?

Shirley Temple Craziness! 

Poor Lolly, I think she would have rather stayed home and napped but I needed all my kids with me ;)

Thatcher stuck this flower in my hair which looks like it is coming out of my ear.

We ended with bleu cheese sliders - stick a fork in me, I was done!  Although a twice-a-year Mother's Day sounds like a good idea to me ;)