To all the Moms who give the hugs, make the dinner, fold the laundry, check the homework, fix the boo-boos, drive to endless sports practices, make the cookies for school, change the diapers, calm the fears, give the good night kisses, read the books, enjoy the tea parties, dry the tears, say I love you, rock the babies, sweep the floors, and do all the things that Mommies do - THANK YOU!
Have a Happy Mother’s Day!
Traditions are the glue that hold many families together. I’m not sure how so many of them start, but they do and often take on a life of their own.
Our Mother’s Day tradition is one I look forward to each year. On the Saturday before Mother’s Day, my husband takes the kids and they visit my Mom’s nursery and pick out my annuals for the garden. On Sunday morning I get breakfast in bed and then get the whole day to putter in the garden, plant all the beautiful colors, and give my flower beds a fresh outlook on life.
I just took this picture of my side flower beds. All of the perennials are back and looking good. All it needs now are some bright daisies, wave petunias, celosia, and impatients.
What are your Mother’s Day traditions? Do you get breakfast in bed? Go out for lunch? Do your kids make you something special? Or is it just another day in “paradise” as they say?
I know it is Friday and my kids need a break when not one of us gets out of bed even close to on time. I think we would have all been content to sleep the day away today. The good news for the kids is that next week is Spring Break. No getting up eary. No homework. No structure. We are all ready for it.
We are going to my Mom’s on Sunday to celebrate Easter. They have a large farm and it is the perfect place for my kids and their cousins to usher in Spring, look for Easter eggs, and spend quality time together.
We always have an egg hunt and my brothers do the egg hiding. Each of the kids has to find their own eggs - ones specifically marked for them - for example, my son may have to find only eggs with a green dot on them. My brother’s kids have celiac and can not have certain candy so this helps us make sure that they only eat what they can eat. It also let’s the guys know if they can hide certain eggs high, low, hard or easy.
Unfortunately I think it is going to cold this Easter, so the sandals, flip flops, and springy outfits might just have to wait for another day.
If you are a mega-procrastinating Mom like me and need some last minute Easter ideas, let me share:
So, here is to a great weekend for everyone. I hope you get a chance to spend quality time with the ones you love and that the kids find lots of good stuff in their baskets.
Happy Easter!Â
When it comes to decorating your kids’ rooms, what is your style? Let them paint the walls and decorate according to their own taste or are you partial to white walls?
I was reading about the Princess Room at PlayLibrary.com and decided to share some pictures of my 8 year old daughter’s room, too.
It’s just paint. It’s just paint. These are the words I kept repeating over and over in my head as I rolled the first strip of deep magenta on my daughter’s wall. It was so bright and took about three coats of paint to really look good. I kept asking myself what I was getting into.
The next wall got painted purple. And the two end walls - they were a silvery blue. When I started the project, I could not imagine how awesome it would turn out. We pulled her wild paint scheme together with the Betsy wallpaper border and accessories from Bombay Kids (like the .
Needless to say - this room ROCKS and will grow with her nicely through her teens.
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to school they go! I just couldn’t resist. We had a wonderful holiday, recharged our inner batteries, and enjoyed lots of quality time with each other. But like all good things, it’s not meant to last. The kids were getting bored - I could tell that even they crave the structure and predictability of their normal lives.
So off they went on the bus today (well, I have to take one to preschool this afternoon), ready to get back to their school work, friends and activities.
Did I mention that this mommy is ready for life to return to its’ normal schedule, too? All I have left to do is take down the tree and the holidays will officially be over.
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