Mother's Day, Belated

So this past Sunday was Mother's Day, which we spent down in Florida (as most of you know - since the only people who read this are the same people we were visiting at the time).

Why is it that the moms (on their calendar-designated day of the year) always spend their time in the kitchen, welcoming family and friends to the house, and spending time with their kids (how is this different from any other day, by the way?)...while Father's Day is typically meant for dads to sit back and relax while everyone else makes sure they don't have to do anything?

And speaking of spending time with the kids...

For Mother's Day this year we splurged and had Katy surgically attached to my hip last Thursday once the whole vomitus projectilus kicked in. Thankfully they were able to separate us by the time we left the hospital Tuesday afternoon using an oatmeal cookie and an Elmo video.

For a tangible present, Matt came up with this gorgeous necklace from Red Envelope. The top layer is mother of pearl with two Chinese characters on it, the bottom is silver etched with the translation "MOTHER AND DAUGHTER". Beautiful, isn't it? And appropriate.