What did you get for Mother's Day? I got a sunburn.

My first Mother's Day as an actual mother was perfect. Bum-bum was a lovely, sweet bundle of coos and smiles, and my Jew was supportive and helpful. I spent the majority of the day in the back yard planting seeds and digging in the dirt. It was sunny, breezy, and the birds were chirping. It was almost too good to be true. I kept waiting for a bird to crap on me, or for a tree branch to fall on my house -- surely one day could not be so idyllic for 24 hours?! And in fact, it wasn't. At the end of the day, I went inside and realized that I hadn't had sunscreen on the entire time I had been out there under the summer sun. I'm fried. I can feel the heat radating off of my shoulders and the back of my neck. My bra is killing. My stupid badge holder thing I wear around my neck feel like it's made out of barbed wire. I want to jump in a tub of aloe and stay there for a week.

We did accomplish a lot though. We put more work into our deck and yard this weekend than we have put into our house the entire time we've lived there. My Jew says it's because in our last house, although we desperatley wanted an outdoor space to hang out and relax in, it was impossible because our backyard was so infested with mosquitoes that just going out to light the grill was asking for fifteen bites by the time you came back in. Not to mention we had all these towering pine trees that a.) blocked all the sun, thus preventing grass from growing and b.) dropped pine cones all over so even playing in the yard was out of the question.
Now we have a fantastic space that we can pimp out and not worry about getting eaten alive. Bonus!