9 am I wake to the sound of my daughter yelling my name. I look at the clock to see 9:04am. She yells "Mommy" yet again so I know it's time to wake up. So much for sleeping in today! I am getting out of bed and hear the door to the upstairs close, or at least that is what I thought it sounded like. I come out and can't find my daughter anywhere. At that point I figure someone upstairs must have heard her yelling and came down to get her. I go up the stairs to the kitchen door, to have the door pushed closed in my face. My neice was up in the kitchen with my daughter. They decided to make Mother's Day breakfast. I returned downstairs and went outside to have a smoke.

It's a rather cool day today, winds gusting to 40 mph. The sun is out, the temperature is in the 50's. My dad was up sitting on his deck having his morning coffee. He wished me a Happy Mother's Day, then asked where "Chickie" was. The daughter has so many nicknames. The poor girl is going to be so confused at school.

20 minutes later I am handed a plate of pancakes and eggs. The breakfast was great! I feel for my niece who had to have a 3 1/2 year old assisting in making breakfast.

It is now 11:30am; the daughter is watching some cartoons. It is nice, because it gives me time to update on here.