Mother's Day was delightful!

Mothers Day was wonderful! There were flowers blooming, birds singing, a soft warm breeze blowing, and the sun was shining.  Needless to say, it was gorgeous!  We got together with family for our annual Mother's Day Barbecue.  My parents hosted the event.  They had cheeseburgers and hot dogs, barbecued pork spareribs, teriyaki  chicken wings and cold salads.  The special Mom's menu included a fabulous lobster casserole, and strip steaks with mushrooms and onions. The luncheon was all topped off by a beautiful Italian Rum Cake and pastries with ice cream.  The ice cream was hand packed from Brighams* of course, one of Boston's oldest finest ice cream companies.  My folks even supplied chocolate " Jimmies" for the children. If you are not familiar with what Jimmies are, then you are not local.  The rest of the country calls them "sprinkles", those little candy bits that people decorate their ice cream cones with, for a little added flavor and crunch.  Here in Boston, the chocolate flavored sprinkles were used as a fund raising novelty to benefit children's cancer, through the Jimmy Fund.  They charged, I think, a nickle extra for Jimmies on your cone.  I think it was a great idea and the name stuck.  Personally, I even call the multicolored ones, Rainbow Jimmies. It just sounds much cooler. You can't get away with saying "rainbow sprinkles" with the Boston accent, it just doesn't sound right.

                                                               Yummy pastries!

 Pretty flowers!  There was color and whimsy, everywhere, not to mention butterflies but I couldn't get any nice pictures of them.  I just love Spring!!!

                                                          These smelled amazing!

 The children were having so much fun checking out Grandmother's chickens.  It actually looked like they were in the coop. Too funny.