MOTHER'S DAY

Wow, Mother's Day is tiring! I was up late last night putting hearts up all around the downstairs that the kids had decorated yesterday and cleaning the kitchen a little bit so that I could arrange the table with a picture frame and flowers I had gotten for Roz. Then I was up at 6:30am and not too much later I was with the oldest making breakfast to take to her mom in bed. I even dipped strawberries in chocolate for her. Then we brought their mom breakfast in bed, gave her all of the presents they had made in class and then sang "I'm so glad when 'Mommy' comes home" (Daddy's Homecoming), "Mother, I love you" and "I often go walking", Rosalind had never heard them before so she loved it. But the best was that after that I went to my room because I wasn't really needed anymore so I'd thought I'd let them have family time... so I went in my room and I could hear everything. The 5 year old went downstairs and then she came back up saying something about hearts and saying over and over that her mommy needed to go downstairs, so finally she gets Roz to go downstairs and I could hear everything because Roz really liked the hearts and then when there were a lot in the family room, Kitchen, and hall she was amazed that there were soooo many (tell me about it! I put them all up!)

Then she went in the kitchen and saw the flowers I had gotten, Lilacs and Roses, I could hear that she liked it and that she loved the little frame by it...it made me happy that I had made her happy! Earlier in the week I had made Caroline ask her what her favorite flowers where and she had said lilacs, then she added that she also loved roses. Well I called the flower place and asked them if they had any arrangements with lilacs and she said she could make whatever I wanted, then she said she would even add roses if I wanted...SOUNDS PERFECT!

sorry you can't see the picture, it's Roz and the kids... Here's the pic that's in the Frame...

Then I started cleaning the kitchen and trying to prepare stuff for dinner and dessert that night. Sadly I didn't help as much with dinner as I wanted to, but only because I didn't really know how to make most of what she wanted! So I made a Strawberry Spinach Salad and cut up Strawberries and Rubarb for a Strawberry Rubarb pie that Rosalind later put together. We also had Steak and Mashed Potatoes, yummy!

Then later tonight I got to talk to my brother Jason whose on a mission in Portland, Oregon. He gets to call home on Mother's Day and Christmas and so my family calls a conference line because we're all spread out, so we all get to talk to him! I miss him soooo much! But he sounds great and sound like he's having a lot of amazing experiences!

Well now it's after midnight and I've been awake for 18 hours and I'm dead! I need my sleep because I have work tomorrow! I hate to say this but I'm glad Mother's Day is only once a year, course I won't be saying that when I'm the Mother and need the appreciation!!!