It was another great Mother's Day for me this year!! I will write it again... I am blessed. Just being with my boys is a gift in itself. I got many of them this year though. I received not 1 but 5 home-made cards with deep heartfelt 5 and 7 year old phrases, all cute and miss-spelled of course. Benny boy made a locket out of a painted match-box and yarn, completed with his picture in it. I was surprised with roses in the morning from my three boys, we went to church with my family and had a wonderful lunch where we got to spend some time with my mother. We spent the rest of the day hanging out at the pool relaxing and ended our day with my favorite... frozen yogurt. Benny had a "Muffins with Mom" event that only kindergartners get to host. Stink did it last year with me and made a lovely Mommy Facts page where honest answers were broad casted in the class... whether you liked it or not. So that's when the whole class got to hear that Mom "sleeps all day". Lovely. So I was thrilled to see what this year brought, so here it is:
This is Benny's mommy facts. Again, this year, the question of what mom does during the day was read aloud to class along with what I like to do for fun. So according to my Benny Boy I watch TV all day. Great! So sleeping and watching TV all day is what my boys think I do when they are at school... oh how nice that would be if it were true, if they only knew. So I am going to put my boys to work and use the Mothers Day coupons I received to take the trash out, wash the car, wash the dishes, put toys away, and get the mail. Then maybe I will get to watch some TV and sleep one of these days. :) Although I have to admit I didn't feel so embarrassed after hearing what another girl said about her mom. She put down that her favorite drink was soda, which what was on her paper. This honest kinder out loud says "But you like beer too mom!" Luckily it was loud in the room and only the surrounding ears heard.
Benny sang "Take me outta the bath tub" in take me out to the ball game tone with his class, so cute.
It was a wonderful day, not all that much different. I still scolded my kids for things and broke up brotherly fights. The difference that made it special is remembering how lucky I am to have great kids, and what a blessing it is to be a mother to them. Things are different for us now-adays and I don't have the time I used to with them being a single parent and the life that comes with that. But even though with that feeling of I can't give my kids what they need all the time, I still feel like a great mom... and I'm doing my very best.
The Easter Bunny was so thoughtful this year that the boys got a Derek 
