What I Wore Sunday: Mother's Day Edition

The outfit:

Cardigan: Target (a few years ago)

Cap sleeve sweater: Banana Republic (thrifted)

Skirt: Gap (thrifted)

Sandals: on sale at Target yesterday!

Necklace: gift 

Earrings: gift from my husband a few years ago

I'm wearing my glasses because the pollen is in high gear here, my friends. I have been so sniffly and puffy this week, I decided to give my eyes a break from contacts this morning. I guess that's what we get for the last few weeks of gorgeous weather! 

This is my first official Mother's Day. We celebrated last year, when I was enormously pregnant (see below) and still not allowed to go out, but I feel like it's a real holiday this year.

This is from around Mother's Day last year - same sweater!

We got to go to brunch with my parents after Mass, which went better than I expected although we forgot to bring Emily and Erin's baby food with us. They were limited to goldfish crackers and tastes of banana muffin - I think they were unimpressed. Or maybe just not as hungry as I expected. They behaved pretty well, though. Their Mass behavior this morning gets a B from me, since both girls were fussy and we ended up pacing around a lot, trying to calm them down. It's to be expected from babies, I  suppose, but they are getting harder to calm as they get closer to being toddlers.

Ironically, the homily today was about sacrifice - both that of Christ on the cross and the sacrifices inherent in raising children. I suppose one of those would be teaching little ones to behave during Mass and keeping them calm. I don't know that I feel as though it's a sacrifice as much as doing the right thing, but I guess as compared to the alternatives it would be. For the most part, we've been pretty lucky with our girls, as long as we go to a Mass with some background noise from other kiddos!

I hope all you moms and moms-to-be out there are enjoying your Mother's Day!

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