It was a great Mother's Day for me!

I am so lucky to have two very smart,  beautiful and kind daughters.  They make me so proud.  

Samantha is an honors student and student ambassador at her college.  She is a sophomore and is working towards her Masters degree in Occupational Therapy.  She works at least 20 hours per week as a cashier at a local car wash in addition to the 17 credits she is completing this semester.  On top of that,  she volunteers at a local rehab facility 4 hours per week.  She is also a wonderful role model to her 10 year old sister Emily.  

Emily is a gifted 4th grader with a heart of gold.  She is passionate and sensitive and loves to write stories.  One of her stories was chosen to be in a celebration called "The Author Tea" at her school.  Emily will read her story to teachers, students, parents and the principal at the celebration next week.  She looks up to her big sister and is a wonderful role model to other kids.  In addition to Emily being gifted, she has ADHD.  We do not medicate her at this time.  Emily is able to keep her ADHD under control with behavioral techniques we learned from an occupational therapist & behavioral counselor.  Her teachers have been very supportive with respect to Emily's ADHD.  She thrives in the classroom as a result. Samantha decided on Occupational Therapy as a career after job shadowing Emily's therapist in her junior year of high school.

For Mother's Day,  my beautiful girls pooled their savings together and bought me a gorgeous penguin necklace.  I collect penguins and this necklace is awesome.  It has black & diamond stones in a sterling silver setting - I love it!  We all went to Applebee's for dinner with my DH, my mother in law and Samantha's boyfriend. I had Asiago Steak, it was from the 550 calorie menu.  I only ate half because the steak hurt when I swallowed it.  But....We shared a Triple Chocolate Meltdown for dessert!!!  OMG - that was gooood!  Later that night I scarfed down half of Emily's leftover grilled cheese, some popcorn & a tootsie pop - WTF???  I also had a slice of pizza for lunch earlier in the day.  Not sure why I'm eating like this - but I need to get it under control!  I weighed in on Saturday and was down 4.2 lbs.  I was happy considering I only lost .4 ounces the week before.


I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend!