Mine on Monday (Mother's Day)- Sarasota Child Photographer

I am feeling beyond blessed this year. I have been a mom for 5 years now! While every year has been special in its own way and for different reasons, Mother's Day this year has been the most meaningful for me.

The pampering started on Friday at the kids' school with Mommy Spa Day. Seriously, the cutest.thing.ever! There were endless treats planned, the first one was a strawberry shortcake, compliments of my own personal chef, Madelyn. Next up - a jeweled princess crown, made by very own artist, Madelyn. I was made to feel even more special when I received a colorful flower lei. I was then escorted to the outdoor spa!

I was treated to a lovely full-service hair-do, complete with purple and pink Hannah Montana glitter hair gel and LOTS and LOTS of water spritzers by TWO skilled hair stylists, Madelyn and Thomas. After that, I was treated to a chair massage (the real deal) by a very generous massage therapist. Madelyn and Thomas completed my massage with their very own massagers. We then moved on to the spa foot treatments. While enjoying some foot scrub and lotion from Madelyn, I sipped on my very own pink, sparkling drink complete with an umbrella made with a joint effort by my two personal bar-tenders. My beautification was completed with my very own jeweled rings and a new pair of flip flops.

Saturday, we went to Sea World and had an absolute blast. We went on the Shamoo roller coaster, the Atlantis flume ride (I convinced Madelyn to go and sit in the front seat). We got soaked, she wasn't happy. We climbed the BIG net wall, saw lots of sea animals and shows including sea otter, sea lion and walrus show (complete with Pirates), The Dolphin shows (my personal favorite), and of course, the big finale Shamoo show. We went with my family as well, which made it even more special.

Sunday started with the patter of little feet running to give me hugs and kisses and wishes for a Happy Mother's Day from Thomas. He gave me the gifts that he made at school. He was so, so proud. My favorite was magnet made with his hand print. Madelyn woke not long after. She was watching one of her favorite cartoons (Special Agent Oso) while snuggling with me. Suddenly, she had the biggest smile and her eyes were sparkling like diamonds. Oso's mission was to help plant yellow Marigolds for a little girl's mom. Madelyn went running to get the gifts she made me. The big gift was yellow Marigolds in a clay pot that she painted. There was also a coupon book for "free kisses", Hersey's "hugs" and several other art projects, including a picture she drew of me.

We went out to breakfast, watched a movie and the lazed around all afternoon. We then went to dinner to a Japanese Hibachi restaurant. There were 15 of us together. It was a fantastic evening. To top it all off, Caroline has started to say Mama to request me. I can't think of one single thing that could have made me feel more special than the culmination of this week-ends events.