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Happy Mother’s Day 2017

Semi-annual eagle Brook Saloon dinner for Mothers Day
Photo-A-Day #4415

For Mother’s Day this year we are doing a repeat of Mother’s Day two years ago. Last night I was looking through my old Mother’s Day posts and two years ago we went to the Eagle Brook Saloon for dinner and I flew off to the PBS Annual Meeting on Monday. Cut to two years later and we are off to Eagle Brook Saloon once again with me scheduled to fly out tomorrow morning to the PBS annual Meeting. This time it is in San Diego.

The kids were adorable with their gifts to Allison. Eva and Andrew purchased a special bracelet that spells out mother in Morse code. the bracelet was priced at $10. Eva had $8. the woman gave it to her for $6. While Allison did not see what Eva had bought she knew about the exchange. She contacted the woman to thank her for being so kind to the kids. Allison got a response from the woman who told her that she distinctly remembered the kids and how polite and well mannered they were. Such a great thing to hear about your kids.

Eva made Allison breakfast in bed and Andrew have her a card. Both kids gave Allison cards. I gave her the gift of coffee and a hanging plant.

Dinner was nice. The whole family enjoys Buffalo Wings now. We had the best plate of them tonight, too. Eva flew through them and even Andrew wanted more than one. Eva gets this real serious face on when she wants more wings. We had a great dinner then I said goodbye to the family and headed to work. A short night tonight and then off to the airport for my flight.

Great Children’s Books for Moms and Dads

Books for Moms and Dads

Disney-Hyperion sent me a whole mess of great books for free to read and review. #ad This video is a preview of all of them as well as when they come out for sale.

I love reading to the kids. It is one of my most favorite things to do with them. It is a rare occasion, though when Andrew is up for a book even though I get a ton of them to read to him and many are really funny. He loves the silly and absurd. Of the books that I talk about in the video below I personally requested “Night, Night, Groot” because I love the Guardians of the Galaxy. The books i cute and funny with many other Marvel Super Heroes making cameos. Take a look at the video and then below that I have a list of each book and how to buy or pre-order them on amazon.com (with my affiliate links and prices lower than what I tell you in the video.)