Mama's Day

It was, by far, one of my most favorite Mother's Days.  I don't like the hype of Mother's Day.  I don't want huge presents or breakfast in bed.  I don't like to be waited on, my family becoming servants to me.  On Mother's Day I only ever want thing:  To be together as a family.

We are always going in a million directions throughout the weeks.  Jonathan has this responsibility, Ethan is playing or doing homework, I'm pulling Blythe out from one pickle or another.  So on Mother's Day, every year, I sleep in and we stay in our pajamas or sloppy clothes for as long we want.  We skip church and just spend the day together.  It's my favorite thing to do.

Usually the boys are scurrying around cleaning or straightening, and this year was no different.  And that was nice.  When they knew I was awake, everyone came in with my gift.  It was a bag of Dove chocolates and a card.  Blythe loved the bag of chocolates.  Not to eat, but to play with.   Jonathan gave me a first time Mother's Day card, which I loved, and had the kids sign it. Even Blythe:

I love Ethan's neat, "manly" writing.  Then there's Blythe's wild scribbles.

We invited Grandma A over for dinner.  I made (yes me!) a great dinner that was late by about an hour (stupid recipe) but came out delicious.  Lots of people have wondered why I made my own Mother's Day dinner.  Well, all I can say is that Jonathan has many, many talents -- but cooking isn't one of them!  If I want to eat something I can enjoy on Mother's Day we either need to go out or I need to cook it myself!  I love cooking, and he is delighted to clean up afterwards, so I call it a deal.

Throughout the day, Ethan would disappear.  We thought he was playing downstairs and Jonathan would get a little scoldy with him.  But after dinner I was presented with Ethan's present to me:

It says: "Of all moms I chose you. I love Mom!" and my favorite part, it has a Lego boy and a Lego mom hugging each other!  My heart just melted.  I love Ethan so much.  

I never knew how much I could love my children.  Every single morning I am grateful to wake up being a mother and every night I count my blessings for them.

Happy Mother's Day to me.