Mother's Day in Review

This year's Mother's Day was a good one for me (i.e., no irrational behavior), so I'm hoping that my crazy Mother's Day fits are behind me. We got together to celebrate Mother's Day for my mom with the whole family on Saturday (can you believe I didn't take any pictures?!).

{This photo is from last year's Mother's Day}

Robyn really did all the work (maybe that's why it was pleasant for me) by taking my mom's planters to the greenhouse to get planted and by preparing the roast for our dinner. She even made the rest of the food assignments so we didn't have to email each other back and forth a million times to work that out (I hate that part). I told her she should make a commission off of us when we contribute to the planters, and I really think she should, especially since it kept me from going crazy this year.

The Sunday celebration for me involved breakfast in bed (biscuits, bacon and a cup of ice) delivered by Randy and the kids. Landon returned several times with a towel over his arm (waiter-like) to see if I needed anything else.



The kids were very excited for me to open my gifts, so as soon as I was out of the shower I was summoned to the table to open them. Landon bought this cookie while he was at the store with Lori on Saturday (I'm assuming he used his own money). Both kids made me cute cards, and then Randy had a bag with several little gifts in it.

He filled it with my very favorite Lindor Truffles (the milk chocolate and the peanut butter kinds), the Mr. and Mrs. Smith dvd (oh la la) and two pairs of earrings.


I love the earrings and was shocked to see the little, silver hoop earrings which are almost exactly like the ones I wrote about on Saturday. These have a tiny, silver ball dangling from them and are oh so cute.

Whitney brought me this little pot of flowers from school (she'd hidden it until Sunday). She had Mod Podged the fabric pieces onto the pot.


She also gave me this card she'd made at school, and totally cracked me up with the poem inside.

"My Moms cockeis are go! (cookies are good)

Orange is your color!
Talking is fun with!
Hoping to have a hug!
Entering your heart!
Really I love you more than dad!"

I'm always teasing Randy about being a rock star dad and getting all the points with the kids because I'm the tough one and he's the fun one, so I could not have been more shocked or thrilled with the last line of her poem. (Even though I don't think it's true.)

Whitney was following me around dancing and singing about Mother's Day, so I had her try to recreate it for the camera. She's too funny.

It was a good day at church as well (even though I had to do Sharing Time) and I got a nice nap in the afternoon and a tasty dinner in the evening. It's so much nicer not to be psycho on Mother's Day!

**Did you have a good day?
Do you love kid poetry?
Are you ever crazy on Mother's Day?
Do you like that dvd?**