My Ducklings: Mother's Day 2021

Mother's Day 2021!

all together

Lucy came home to be with us:)

And she made the most delicious rolls!

Instead of a traditional cinnamon roll, it was a lemon zested roll.

Probably my new favorite treat :)

my babies

(just enlarged)

I rummaged through some old photos and laughed at these moments.

This was taken after I helped Lucy pull a tooth out...

then DROPPED IT IN THE BACK OF HER THROAT

haha

I got it out

phew!

how I could never sleep and to this day I still have "visitors"

how he would get in the bath clothed and I just would give up and laugh and take a picture

same with this one...I walked in and tweedle dee and tweedle dum pulled out strawberries and paper towels and spilled water everywhere :)

I just took a picture to remember these kinds of days...

this is what most of them looked like

Bill, my father in law, once said the children followed me like little ducklings :)

proof right here that indeed they did!

Nowadays looks different.

They want to carve their own path.

A lot of women use the term "mama bear" but I was thinking how I have never really connected with that and I think I might be more of a

Mama Duck.

I'll squabble when I need to protect you.

But I am more concerned with getting you on the right path :)

Happy Mother's Day 💜

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