What a lovely Sunday! It started a little early for my taste when Brady shook my shoulder to present me with my breakfast in bed: a bowl of yogurt and Grape Nuts cereal, just as I'd "ordered" the night before. I didn't, however, order it to be delivered before the crack of dawn, so I thanked Brady with big smooches and snuggles and told him I'd eat it when I was ready to be awake (figuring Molly would wake soon anyway.) Molly's gift to me was sleeping till nearly 7:30 though! Yippeeee! By the time she woke up and I was ready for breakfast in bed, the hour old bowl of certainly mushy Grape Nuts wasn't appealing to me (and I'd learned that Brady had used plain yogurt, not fruit yogurt) so I asked Brady if he'd mind trying again. He happily obliged and headed downstairs for take two. I heard some commotion as the boys tried to decide who got the soggy cereal and through the mayhem I learned that Brady had made my second bowl with ... you guessed it... plain yogurt. So I just hollered downstairs and asked him to add a teaspoon of Splenda to it and it would be just fine. When he came upstairs he'd managed to pawn off the second bowl of plain yogurt to a brother and was proud to present me with my bowl of pineapple yogurt and crispy crunchy Grape Nuts! With a teaspoon (or so?) of Splenda. D'oh. Go Brady go! Third time was the super sweet charm. (Brady also gave me a very cute "MOM" keychain and card that he made at school.)
Willy convinced the boys to entertain and look after Molly so "Mommy" could get some extra rest. How thoughtful of him, right? Oh and look at that! Willy got some extra sleep too! What an unexpected benefit for him! Ben came up and knocked on our door twice just as we were falling back to sleep. The first time was to give me the gift he'd made at school, but the door was locked and Willy told him to wait to give it to me a bit later. Then he came back a few minutes later and asked something that I couldn't understand because of our ridiculously loud bedroom fan. Willy answered "Yes" to Ben so I asked Willy what Ben had asked for and Willy replied "I don't know. All I heard was 'mmm hmm ummm hmmm" I laughed REALLY hard. A good laugh is always a welcome addition to a Mother's Day! (Turns out Ben was just asking if they could watch a movie. Fortunately for us, that's all he was asking for!)
When I rolled out of bed around 10:30 (!!!!!!) I asked Ben if he wanted to give me his gift but he was zoned out in front of the t.v. and completely oblivious to my presence. (Note to self: time to do something about the t.v. zombies in our home.) I headed to Ward Council meeting, only to find that it had been canceled due to Mother's Day. D'oh. Back home for some yummy nachos (that I didn't have to make!) for lunch. Yay for Willy treating me to a no-cooking day! Ben did finally present me with his gift... a personalized poem using the letters of my name for inspiration. SUCH a fun gift! Check it out.
My favorites are "Inflorescence Mom" which he said means something to do with gardening (?!), "Pashinate Primary President" (just because I love the spelling and alliteration) and "Monsterous Cleaner" which I can only assume means I turn into a beast when I'm cleaning... Well played Ben. Well played.
Then off to church we went where, thanks to a tip from our good friends, I blended right in with the other mothers decked out in beautiful Hawaiian floral leis. Our friends let us know that mothers are given flower leis for Mother's Day and that at church all the mothers would be wearing them. Willy headed to Walmart late last night to get me a lei so he wouldn't be the only one to have neglected the mother of his children. Willy actually got TWO leis so I could choose my favorite. One had my favorite color (purple) and one had my favorite flower (carnation). Because Brady routinely asks us all "What's your favorite color?" (peppered in among other favorites like "What's your favorite animal?" and "What's your favorite food?" and "What's your favorite 'what's your favorite?' question that I ask?") the fact that Willy knows my favorite color is not surprising. But the fact that he remembers my favorite flower tipped the scale for me and I chose to wear the red carnation lei (and I gave the other to my good friend who is on a plane right now headed back to the mainland because of her husband's next assignment.
) I felt so special wearing my fresh flower lei today and it was SO cool to walk into the chapel and smell all the flowers being worn! Sure enough, all the women had leis! It was a beautiful sight! Church went well, and despite having to cover for two no-show teachers in Primary, Primary went well also. The kids had a lot of fun during music time when the music leader let them help write a new song for the moms to the tune of Popcorn Popping. The lyrics they came up with went like this:
I woke up this morning and what did I see?
My mom making yummy breakfast for me.
Mom had made me such a nice surprise,
Toast, eggs and bacon right before my eyes.
I can give my mom a great big hug
And a kiss on her cheek so she feels so loved.
Today's a special day, so I want to say,
I love you! Happy Mother's Day!
How adorable is that?! The kids did well and got to go sing it to their moms at the very end of Primary in the Relief Society room. The song was VERY well received (the moms burst into applause when the kids were done singing! Not entirely appropriate, but the kids were pleased as could be hehehe.)
After church I busted out the tripod to get a pic of me with the kids (and me and my lei) since Willy had to stay after church for some clerk business. (We'd been home for 8.2 seconds and they were all already stripped of their church clothes and dressed in PJs for the night by the time I got the camera out!) I had a long and wonderful chat with my own Mommy, and then we had a nice relaxing evening at home as a family. Willy made a yummy pork loin dinner with Nana's Potatoes and salad and I got to just chow down with no effort involved with preparation! Loved it! Happy, happy day!
Hope everyone had a lovely Mother's Day!
Comments (2)
Sounds like you had a great Mother's Day! Kudos to Willy for cooking all day-that's pretty impressive. We missed seeing you all at Mom and Dad's.
I looked at this before and cannot believe I never commented. I love the ecstasy happy. I am impressed with how great they all made your mother's day.