What did I want for Mother’s Day this year?  A pedicure!  Yes, I’m excited about a pedicure because life is so busy that it can be tricky to find a little time for something that may seem a simple luxury or a warm weather necessity!

Ok… so I wanted more than that (there is nothing wrong with that, right?).  Since we moved out of the NY area, I’ve missed the energy of the city so much.  I decided that we could spend the morning in San Francisco, and meander around Stow Lake.  I figured that Anusha would enjoy going on a boat and enjoying watching the ducks.  We took a paddle boat, which was a first time experience for me (and one I would not want to repeat!).  We saw lots of ducks… even the little ones… frolicking in the water, and birds.  It was fun.

Lunch was a selection of savory crepes at the local Crepevine before a quick stop at Jumba Juice for a smoothie on the ride back home.  Anusha had such an exciting morning that she was fighting sleep in the car.  Actually, let me rephrase the latter part of that sentence: WE tried to keep her awake on the car, but she eventually fell asleep 5 minutes before we reached home!  Of course she woke up when I lifted her up from the car seat and then we battled to get in nap-mood for about 45 minutes.  And that was half the Mother’s Day fun.

While our little girl napped, I embarked on the pink cupcakes I had been waiting to bake for a while.  Some folks say I am crazy to bake on my day *off *, but I say why not- if that’s what I love to do!?  So bake I did, and these raspberry swirl cupcakes turned out to be so yummy even Mike approved!  Anusha nibbled, and had some frosting (to my delight!).

Mike offered to make dinner, and I didn’t object.  I requested a fish tacos with a mango salsa… a recipe I had been patiently waiting to try for a week.  When dinner was all gone, Anusha soundly in bed, and the dishes done, Mike and I sat down and sipped a delicious glass of red wine – my favorite organic bottle from none other than WFs!

Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, and all the other great moms out there!

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