A Mother's Day

My brain is seriously scrambled trying to keep everything straight for end-of-the-year stuff for the kids!  Our calendar is packed with multiple items for pretty much every day of the last two weeks of school.  Blogging may be lagging a bit as we have stuff happening a lot of evenings as well.  :(

BUT, to back track to the weekend, I can't let another day go by without documenting the best Mother's Day ever!!  :)  Just what made it so great this year?  Well, aside from my ALWAYS low standards and expectations, I think this was the first year that certain children took it upon themselves to do something for me of their own free will and volition!  It was epic.  Also epic?  The juxtaposition of the absolute freak out meltdowns that ALSO occurred intermittently throughout my big day.  Haha.  At one point on Sunday morning -- after I had already been showered with cards and love and admiration -- every single kid was crying or fighting or trying to attack someone, mere minutes after finishing Scripture Time and family prayers and hugs.  I was literally laughing out loud to see the cartoonish scrambling going on around me in a circle.  I felt like I was in the middle of a Tom & Jerry episode, where the cat and the mouse are chasing each other around in a circle that kicks up a cloud of blinding dust.  It was nuts. 

 

Mother's Day 2015

But, mostly it was still a great day.  Even though Scott's allergies are always KILLING him this time of year, he went above and beyond to try and make sure I was celebrated the whole weekend long.  We got yard work, planting, and mulching done on Saturday morning (thanks to help from the missionaries), and then in the afternoon we went out to eat for an early dinner without the kids.  Sunday morning brought me my bevy of creative cards and the evening ended off with Grace voluntarily giving me one more hug and an "I love you" at bedtime.  She literally called out to me to "wait!" as I was leaving her room, so that she could jump up and give me some love.  That Grace.  Our ever-surprising surprise.  She was also the driving force behind all the younger kids (and herself) producing my assortment of sweet cards.  :)

 Alex drew me a rainbow and a "muddy puddle."  Hahahaha.  Not pictured are the 3 other muddy puddles he drew for me on another "card."  :)

 A Grace Original Poem

 Sophie brought me my hat afterwards, to help me relax.  Hahahaha.

All in all, it was a good weekend!  Stay tuned to see if I can catch up and recount all the end-of-year happenings that have already happened and will be happening over the next several days...

 My flowers from Scott

 Dinner Relfie.  Haha.

{And we can't forget the Cards/Projects made at school:}

 Ethan thinks I'm the bestest mom ever!!  This was refreshing news.  :)

 AND he thinks I'm so nice to him!  I really should frame this and hang it in my room.

 

 And to close, here is the most self-aware and touching letter I've ever received from an 8 year old:

"Dear Mom, I love you because you are awesome.  You always are so nice.  When I'm mad, I don't mean all the things that I say, I just need to let the anger out, and I really do love you.  You try to find time to do fun stuff with us all the time.  Like when we went to Great Wolf Lodge.  You buy food for us and clothes.  You are the best mom ever and the nicest!!!"

Until next time!