Pre Mother's Day Adventure

Greetings y'all ;

Mowgli gave his mom an early Mother's Day Adventure today. We'd planned on returning to ORNC for " Music in the Woods" but much to his mother's glee he opted for one of our old go to adventures. Since it was Mother's Day weekend I gave him money to buy her something. 

We enjoyed a trip to the Waverly Farmers Market. That's always a good trip. We visited the Curry Shack . They've known Mowgli since he was a bump and were surprised to see all three of us. We wandered around and little man walked up to the greens table and stated I'd like one half pound of spinach please. He's a creature of habit. At one point he said " mom you wear beautiful ear rings I'd like you to look at this table" . They browsed and she found two lovely pairs. He was hilarious explaining the price points and the designs to her. My little man . 

We wrapped up there and headed to Bookthing , another one of our favorite haunts. We scored some awesome reads including Kon Tiki, Shackleton's Boat Journey and a biography of the Wright Brothers that Orville Wright helped write. We wandered back to drop the books off and grab a little nosh.

Refueled we started walking to the Baltimore Museum of Art ( BMA ). I love that walk and museum. As we strolled along his mother commented on our witty repartee and banter. She suggested we take it on the road.I realized it's true. Countless times we've had passers by laugh at our dialogue . We aren't trying to entertain we just have bouncy banter filled with multiple meaning words, the lovely and alluring alliteration and absurdity. Even I forget I'm talking to a lad who just turned nine years old. His vocabulary is amazing.

We walked through the BMA garden before finally going inside. You gotta love a world class museum with no admittance fee. I could spend hours immersed in the collection of Matisse and the incredible mosaics. On the way out Mowgli took his mom to the gift shop to finish off the the money he had. They chose a very nice mug. He picked out a wind up balsam wood plane . Naturally we went to the field across from the museum to test it. Yay more science !!!

We ended up at Maxie's for a few slices and to rest our weary bones. 

You know I feel pretty lucky to gave such a experiential and inquisitive lad. He even dressed up for Mother's  Day . He was a perfect gentleman and so polite.  Such a humble and respectful young man. I am so proud of him. He sure does take a shine to responsibility. 

Now back to his verbal and language skills , which are not his lagging skills. He is seriously funny and witty. I have to  remember he's just nine years old but is deep and well rounded. He's a natural leader. I feel extraordinarily lucky to be a part of his life and witness his amazing growth. 

On a final note we stopped at Trader Joes where Junior Mint bought me Sunflowers. He asked to stop at Goodwill. Seems he wanted to get a vase for the the flowers . He chose a blue vase, came home set it up and proclaimed "Happy Mother's Day pa" Shucks ! Early today he said " I love you pa and I love you mom.  In fact I love you the same and that's ok " 

Thanks again for reading our daily letter to the world .