I Forgot to Mention This

When I posted about Mother's Day recently I forgot to add pictures of the, shall I say memorable, card Grafton made for me at church.

The front is a cute picture of grapes that Grafton colored in.

The middle is nice too. I'm not sure exactly what he was drawing, but I know it was colored with love!

And then there's the back......

Grafton drew me a pooping dragon.

This one is definitely a keeper!

Mother's Day 2010

Mother's Day has always been a big deal in my family. For as long as I can remember my Step-Dad and Pappa would cook a delicious meal for my Nanny and Mom and my sisters and I would help serve them by setting the table, refilling drinks, passing out dessert, etc. Now that I have joined the "mom club" it has been wonderful to be on the other end and get to be spoiled for a day rather than doing the serving.

Mother's Day this year started out with Vince and I working in the nursery during 1st service at church, and then we stayed for 2nd service so that I could hear our pastor's wife give her annual Mother's Day message. After church we headed to my parents house where an incredible meal of salad, chicken enchiladas, beans, and rice was already waiting on us. (My Step-Dad and Pappa prepared it while we were at church.)

We spent the rest of the afternoon visiting, watching the kids play, opening Mother's Day presents and eating pie.... We didn't even leave until 9:00!

I throughly enjoyed celebrating this special day with the amazing women in my family!

A Mother's Day Story

A few years ago a friend of mine sent me this story and I loved it so much I've read it every Mother's Day since.  Now I get the privilege of sharing it with you.

Enjoy!

Mother's Day- Why my lips stayed chapped

So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently died.

Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit on him

and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all day long 

on this mat in our bathroom.

Well we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years old, 

3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really loves chapstick.

LOVES it. He kept asking to use my chapstick and then losing it. So finally 

one day I showed him where in the bathroom I keep my chapstick and how 

he could use it whenever he wanted to but he needed to put it right back 

in the drawer when he was done.

Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around and try

to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My two boys

are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to nurse my little

one at the same time I am putting on my make-up. Everything is a mess and

everyone has long forgotten that this is a wonderful day to honor me and

the amazing job that is motherhood.

We finally have the older one and and the baby loaded in the car and I am

looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally round the corner

to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was applying my chapstick

very carefully to Jack's . . . rear end. Eli looked right into my eyes and

said "chapped." Now if you have a cat, you know that he is right -- their

little bottoms do look pretty chapped. And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to

mind.

And the only question to really ask at that point was whether it was the

FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth.

And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds 

us that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little creatures,

there will always be that day when you realize they've been using your 

chapstick on the cat's butt.