Wearer of many hats

It's only fitting to post this picture today of Kelsey wearing many hats (thanks to Ryan) at a recent soccer game. We're celebrating Mother's Day, of course, and as every mom knows, being able to wear many hats at once is the number two requirement. (Number one is being able to love unconditionally.)

I know many great mothers, including my own mom and my sister and my mother-in-law, who work tirelessly to keep the world running smoothly for their family. So this Happy Mother's Day wish goes out to you all!


In other updates:

• Our wonderful nanny Megan is off to Africa tomorrow to work with children. We will miss her, but I know she will bring many smiles to children who need her much more than ours do.
• My quest for finding a replacement is going nowhere. I thought third time's a charm? Hmmm ... our biggest problem is finding someone who drives a car large enough for three car seats.
• For the next two weeks, grandmothers are making the trip to help us. We're very thankful!
• In five weeks, I'll have a first-grader! Wow. But before then, we have to make the rounds on numerous end-of-the-year activities: zoo field trip, school fun fair, kingergartners eat lunch day, kindergarten party day, field day and so on. Looking forward to each activity!
• Kelsey is pulling herself up with ease. Funny, when Brendan was a baby, he had baby toys to help him learn how to stand. (And I was a constant cheerleader and coach, making him practice daily.) Kelsey, on the other hand, has learned to do so using the Rescue Heroes ship in her brothers' room. She needed no coaching, as you can imagine. Boy, how life changes after the first child.