4 posts tagged “mothers day”

The kids made me cards this year.  I don't have a scanner that works with this laptop, so I can only type in what they wrote.  I am including the spelling and punctuation they used.

The Youngest, in his ten-year-old penmanship stuck with a simple greeting:  "Happy Mother's Day" on the front with a huge smiley face and "Happy Mother's Day Mom" inside, with a tiny drawing of me beneath and then "Love [his name].  On the other side, he drew a huge mom smiley face.  And there is yet another smiley on the very back.

At school he made a drawing on black construction paper and colored chalk with my first name on the front.  His teacher told the kids to write two words that describe their mom on the back; he wrote "forgiving" and "encouraging".

Makes me believe I am perhaps doing something right!

The Middle's card begins with "Dear Mom" sprawled across the front.  Inside is inscribed:

Its mothers day.
Sit back.
relax,
enjoy yourself.

After all, today and your birthday are really the only days we acknowledge what you do for us.

On any other day, we don't ever think twice about how much you do for us.

All I am trying to say is, thank you for what you do for us.
Thank you for putting up with our crap.

And most of all,
thank you for loving us!

Love, [his name]

Because without you, we wouldn't be here.

The Daughter wrote me a note:

Dear Mommy,
    HAPPY MOMMY'S DAY!  I know how much you like cards, but I decided to write you a letter.  I never was much good at following directions :-).  I just want to say, I love you and I truly am greatful for everything you do for me.  You really should be paid for what you do.  Thank you for putting up with me year round and still having me even thought (she meant though) I didn't wanna come out.  Show's my personality, eh?  I love you.
       Happy Mothers Day,
                [her name]

Sure, they drive me crazy some most days, but I wouldn't change being their mom for anything.

I am blessed.

What is the most creative gift you have ever given or received? 
Submitted by Nacwolin.

You would think that since I submitted this question, I'd have a ready answer!  Ah, but you think wrong.  I thought about what I would write when I submitted the question, but that seems like ages ago, and now I can't quite remember what I wanted to write about. 

(Yes, I am blonde.  And?)

So, let's see.  Most creative given....  Probably Rob's 30th birthday party.  I decided a few months in advance that I would have a surprise party for him.  I started plotting with a good friend to have it at her place, which was much more accommodating.  This was during our college days when money was pretty tight, so that was my idea for his gift.  But being the curious gal that I am, I asked him what he wanted for his birthday, with it being a decade marker and all that.

"A party.  I want to have a party since we will probably move this summer."

Grrrrr.

Long story short, I told him we were having his party on a Saturday night at our friends.  I also told him that we had a ministry team meeting on Friday night at their house as well (we were part of a group that traveled to churches and spoke, played music etc., once a month, so this was not a weird thing to him - we had a trip coming up a week or two after that).  Only the truth was, the party was Friday night after all.

He was totally clueless.  He walked in expecting a meeting and heard a rousing "SURPRISE!!!" instead.  He did not expect it - at all.  It was awesome.  All night long he looked over at me from time to time and said, "I can't believe you got me."

Most creative received...  Rob is much better at being creative than I am.  The one that comes to mind first was Mother's Day a few years ago.  Each kid gave me a Starbuck's gift card with the same dollar amount as I had been their mom in years (did that make sense?).  I thought that was a really neat idea, and one I'd have never thought of.

Oh, and how could I forget how he gave me a birthday/graduation/engagement gift simultaneously while singing a song?

But that is a story for another time.