mommy day

as mentioned in my previous post

my little family and i celebrated mother's day

a wee bit early this week



mother's day 'round these parts is pretty hectic

not only do we have my own wonderful mom to celebrate

we also have my mother in law

and countless other fabulous aunts, sister in laws and friends

so i usually get my very own "mommy day"

either a few days before mother's day or a few days after

this year i told my hubs

all i want to do for mother's day is to have a pulled pork sandwich

from the maximus/minimus food truck

and by golly that's what i did!

(with a few little goodies sprinkled in between)

mommy day started off bright and early

since aforementioned food truck

is a 2 hour drive away

located in one of my favourite cities

it was such a lovely day we stopped to take some photos

at the bottom of the space needle

and then from there we headed towards

capital hill in search of cupcake royale

home of seattle's best cupcakes

i got my usual, red velvet

the hubs, vanilla with buttercream

and both girls got mini chocolate with vanilla/chocolate buttercream icing

they were indeed very yummy

but we had to save them for later

because right after picking up our cupcakes

we headed straight for the maximus/minimus food truck

the truck was a little late getting to the location

so we had to wait a little bit for them to set up

so i took the opportunity to take some pics of my girls

they are really good sports at letting their

 mommy act like a crazy paparazza around them

but by this shot, pia was getting pretty hungry, therefore she was being cranky
and so was i to be honest with you (hungry not cranky)

but let me tell you

the pulled pork sandwich was most definitely worth the drive

and the wait!

and because we had a wee bit of room left in our tummies

we went to molly moon's handmade ice cream shop

it was the cutest little shop

decorated to look like an old school house

complete with a vintage black board and vintage wooden benches

once we got our ice cream

(honey lavender for me, vanilla bean for the hubs and theo

 chocolate for the girls)

we crossed the street to sit in the park

and eat our ice cream under the warm spring sun

pure ice cream bliss

of course my mommy day wouldn't have been complete without a stop

at my favourite store where this pretty skirt came home with me

and i also made a stop at a new favourite store, le frock

where i picked up this lovely vintage bauble

but the best part of the whole day

was just hanging out and having fun with my two favourite girls

and my wonderful hubby

who willingly drove 2 hours to indulge a whim

that some people might find silly

and to all you mommies (and soon-to-be-mommies) out there

whether you became a mommy in the traditional sense

or by marriage

or by adoption

or you are an aunt/cousin/girlfriend that is looked to as a mommy

happy mother's day

you all rock!!!