Living in the Land of Changes....Yuck!

So..I have been pretty awful about blogging on here. I started this blog as a way to record my thoughts, experiences, and adventures to share with my three girls. I am not a scrapbooker nor have I been fairly good at recording all of their "firsts" in their baby books...much to my demise. So I thought this would be my way of recording all that stuff plus stories about them! Well...I am determined to be better. I am determined to take the time. And quite honestly, I hardly have had a moment to spare in the day. Harper hardly ever sleeps and when she does my dirty house is yelling at me. Not my blog. And when I get as busy as I feel we have been, I rarely get inspired to write something. And when I get as busy as I feel, I rarely stop to savor my sweet babies. I rarely stop to savor their sweet smells, their sweet sayings, their sweet voices, and their sweet repetitive actions (ie..Harper taking apart every puzzle she can get her hands on..). Ok...let me be honest...I HATE being busy. I HATE not savoring every aspect of what is seemingly frustrating at the time (wiping Finley's rear 10 times a day!..well ok, I don't want to savor that!), knowing that it will be over before a blink of an eye.

I need a perspective change...and I need it quicky..because...well...life is not going to slow down any time soon. Life is changing ever so quickly...

And yes...it is changing because my little baby is not so little anymore (her 1st birthday is this month) and because my first born is in 1st grade, and because my 3 year old is going to be in kindergarten in two years....but that is not the only reason it's changing. It's changing because I am going back to work. Well...just part time...but still...this is going to be a big change for me. I have to be honest that I have really struggled with this aspect of working...even if it's just part time. I.don't.want.to.miss.a.moment. I savor every little aspect of my days with them. And even though I am only working 2 days starting out, I know I will crave those little babes those 2 full days. But I feel like right now this is what I need to be doing for our family. For our girl's future. And for my own future. My dear precious children, please know that life is changing because I want the best for your future, and I will do my best in trying to prioritize this new lifestyle. I have had two great opportunities present itself to me--one is a counseling/skill building job which helps me obtain my counseling license and the other is a teaching job (intro to psychology) at a community college. Once I start teaching, I will be working 2 full days and 2 half days. Who knows...I may really enjoy taking off my mommy hat for awhile and having time in the grown up world. It is a great opportunity for me to decide which career path is best for me for when my babes are all in school (teaching or counseling). God has given me these great opportunities in a poor economic time, so for that I feel very blessed. If anyone knows me, they know that I don't like change. I mean I am someone who won't even change my sheets on the bed for fear that the seasons will change too quickly...ha! Please pray for us as we all adjust to this new change.

Well, in other news...Reese started 1st grade. She seems to be having a fun time. She has trouble getting going in the morning, but when she comes home from school she is usually very happy. There was one day in which I got a call from the school nurse saying that Reese had an earache. Now this is rare...Reese never has problems with her ear. She had no fever, nothing. But we had had a bad morning that morning so I knew it was more emotional then physical. I went up to the school to give her some tylenol and when she saw me she just burst into tears. "Mommy I want to come home! Please Mommy!" Oh it broke my heart to send her back in that classroom. She was so homesick. But I didn't want her to think that everytime she misses me or when something doesn't go her way she gets to come home. She ended up being fine the rest of the day at school, but it broke my heart.

Harper is officially crawling. She started right at 11 months. She is so cute. She takes her sweet time getting to wear she wants...just like her personality. She do things in her own sweet time. She is still my cuddler. LOVES to hug. LOVES to snuggle. I LOVE it. It breaks my heart she is almost 1 year old!! But she is so much fun. Now that she is mobile it does make life pretty interesting..and yes...BUSY! She has only fallen down the stairs once (thanks Finley for not shutting the door!), but praise the Lord she was fine. Scared me to pieces though.

Finley is still Finley. She is "out there" man! :) I love it. She is 90% in her own little dream world. I love seeing her imagine and boy, does she come up with some duzzies! She is my dreamer...and I hope she never looses that. I decided not to send her to preschool this year. I want all the time with her that I can get before the cycle of school starts. We are doing some preschool at home together. I also signed her up for dance (pics to come when that starts!), Cubbies for Awana, a Cooking class at the Y, and a tumbling class at the Y. I am sure we will keep pretty busy!

And now, I have a ton a pics that I haven't posted yet. I promise..I am going to make a resolution and be better blogging...I wanted to do it every day orginally...but lets just go with at least once a week now!

My Girl and I at the Balloon Festival..

Harper LOVED watching the ballons in the sky!

Daddy and his girl!

Mimi and Grandpa came for a visit during the State Fair..it was fun having him here and getting a picture with both set of grandparents!! We are blessed we are so loved!

Our cousins came for a visit as well. They all had some fun flip flops!


Look whose crawling!!! It's precious...she is very methodical in her crawling...slow and steady but still enough to get her in plenty of trouble! HA!


She's getting so big so fast!!

Her fun smile...I love how she wrinkles her nose!

Ok...blogger is not uploading my pictures right now which is highly annoying...I will try again later!

WATCH ME!!!

Voices echo in my mind
You know, the small pitched kind?
They are the words I hear all day long
The voices swarming my head form some sort of song
"Watch me!" they say loud and clear
For these days are soon drawing near
These two words are often said
From 3 sets of lips at sun up until bed
"Mommy watch me!" Reese bellows from the other room
Oh, just another pointless silly face, I assume
I turn my head her way
Annoyed that she interrupted me, I hate to say
There she stares laughing and eyes crossed
"Wow how cool," I huffed, mad at precious time just lost
Not five minutes later, I hear those two words again
This time they are from a little girl named Fin
"Watch me!" she delights
Too excited for me to put up a fight
"Quick honey, Mommy's busy" I say
With that she starts twirling without dismay
"Wow how pretty!" I exclaim
And then go about my work without a shame
Two minutes later two little voices pipe in my ear
"Watch us!" they scream and what I see sends me to fear
Two little sisters and Harper twisted up in a ball
"Stop it you two! Leave her alone!" I call
They leave the room with tears in their eyes
"We just want to be with you," Reese sighs
Striken by guilt, my heart skips a beat
With this new realization, I take a seat
With those two little words comes meanings galore
Not looking for ways to ignore me more
"Watch me!" really means "Notice me!"
And "Do you like what you see?"
"Watch me!" means "Am I important to you?"
I should have stopped what I was doing if I only knew
It goes by way too fast
And these days will long be past
Glimpses of the future flood my mind
With those same two little words of the same kind
"Watch me!" Reese says on her two wheeled bike
"Watch me!" Harper says while taking her first hike
"Watch me!" Finley says on her first day of school
"Watch me!" Reese says as she swims across the pool
"Watch me!" Finley says as she drives her first car
"Watch me!" Harper says while going to college afar
"Watch me!" rings in chorus as they are all dressed in white
These are the days I will long for with all my might
These days are so fleeting and fast
Only my memories of them will last
So with every spoken "Watch me!"
I will stop and watch as if the whole world can see!
Because, my 3 little ones, you are important to me
And every little move you make unlocks my heart's key

Finley playing tball!

WATCH ME JUMP MOM!

Oh Harper...how big your little toes are getting!

Who just wouldn't want to squeeze that belly! Lotsa love there!

WATCH MY SILLY FACE MOMMY!

WATCH THIS MOMMY!

WATCH THIS MOMMY! And see my pretty sticker earrings?

Finley you are getting so big so fast!

Whose your boss??

Well it took me over 6 years to figure it out. To finally have my ah ha moment. It happened at 2:30 am this morning. "AAAAWAAAAAHHHHH" rung from down the hall and startled my dream of eating a huge chocolate cake with a moulten lava center (oh blast it!). I sat straight up in agony. I thought not so pleasant thoughts, and it hit me. I am a slave. I know I am a "domestic engineer" refining our next generation (wow that sounds glamourous huh?), but I have a boss. I have a big boss. And at 2:30 am I have a mean boss.

Yep, Harper bosses me around like no other. One could say that she "owns me". Some whimpers and wails from this little 8 month old, and I am running around in submission appeasing all that "her majesty" is requesting...ahem...demanding. So at 2:30 am I mutter under my breath certain phrases like, "Harper..you are too old for this.." "Harper this is naughty behavior", and "Oh Harper, can you please just give me a night off?" Much like how I feel many of us would respond to an overly demanding boss. We all have had one of those at one time or another haven't we? Well, Harper and my other girls for that matter meet this description of a demanding boss to a tee. Well, I guess except for a few areas. So here is my list:

Things I do and Say to my boss that you couldn't get by with in the "real world"

-I could never tell my boss how I love her chubby thighs

-I could never get by with kissing the cheeks of my boss about 100 times a day

-I would never allow my boss to suckle certain body parts in order for survival

-Telling my boss a few times a day that "she stinks"

-I could never just feed my boss cheerios in order for her to "shut up" for a few minutes

-Making silly faces and jumping up and down will not make your boss break into a belly laugh

-I could never (nor would I EVER) wipe my bosses private parts....

-I would never let my husband give cuddles to my boss

-I may get fired if I try to explain to my boss about wiping from front to back...

-If my boss happened to pass gas, I could never say, "OH DOES SOMEONE HAVE TOOTERS TODAY?"

-If I smelled something "fishy" I could never pull open my bosses pants to check if they "left a surprise"

-And last but not least, I most definitely would not tell my demanding boss how unconditional my love was for them.

Where is time going?

Boy, starting this blog I was determined to do better at my blogging..which I love to do. But then the month of May hit...and it hit with a vengence. We had my birthday, then we had Reese's birthday, then my inlaws were here for a week followed by one of my best friends from Ohio came in the day they left for almost a week, then I had two cake orders to get done, then my Parent's 40th wedding anniversary, end of school activities for Reese, and then a trip to Disney World. Whew...I am exhausted. And I have no idea where the month of May went to. So for the post, I won't get us all caught up on our activities but I'll try to get the jist of everything up until DisneyWorld, which we just got back from.

I'll start off with Reese's birthday party. Boy...do I consume myself with party preparations, cake baking/decorating, and trying to make it perfect. For about two weeks I consumed myself with this. I wanted EVERYTHING to be perfect for my newly crowned 6 year old. She wanted a Scooby Doo party. So I thought...hey instead of the typical "Scooby Doo" cake pan cake, I'll just design my own Mystery Machine Van for a cake. Well...I think I got myself over my ol'head with this cake. It made me realize that I am not the cake artist that I thought I was. Let's just say that the Mystery Machine looked like it had been broke down for quite some time and many of the tires were out of air...oops! But oh well..Reese LOVED it and that is all that matters.

So in preparation for the "kids party" (we were having a family party later that evening), I was hurriedly making cupcakes and treats a few hours before the kids were to arrive. I noticed some ants crawling on the counter. Oh well, I thought, I don't have time to mess with being a bug control. I am a party planner right now! I did get rid of the ants (just a few might I add) I saw on the counter, and moved my work area to a different location. Still trying so hard to make it perfect (and boy do I get so emotionally into this stuff...it's insane really..), I worked up until the last minute. The party was to last 2 hours. I had them do a "mystery scavenger hunt" to find the missing birthday gifts, dress Steve up as a "mummy" and then have him chase them around, and then have a contest with Scooby bone snacks. Oh and I pinata...(but of course I forgot all about that at the party....oops!). I thought for sure all this would keep us busy for 2 hours. Um...not so much. All that kept them busy for maybe...um....45 minutes. And then we had the cupcake incident. Well...me and my pefectionism was definitely crushed when I passed out the cupcakes and I heard one kid say, "YUCK! There is an ant on my cupcake." Horrified I stepped in to see what was going on when another kid piped up, "YUCK there is an ant on mine too!" and then another.....and another.... Yes...I was horrified. Needless to say even after the ants were gone and new cupcakes handed out, no one ate theres. And then there was still about 45 minutes left until the party was supposed to be over...and we had done EVERYTHING. So I had to be creative and come up with more games last minute. I only had a few "I DON"T WANT TO DO THIS. I'M BORED..." SIGH..... So much for my perfectionism. You would think I would learn by now that nothing will ever go as planned.... Reese did have a great time though...and really, truly, no matter how much I stress myself out over these things, this is what truly matters.

Here are the kids with their "spy glasses" on. They were hilarious! I got such a kick out of seeing the kids put these on before their scavenger hunt!

Even Harper had to get in on the action! HA! She even kept them on for awhile!

Her fun sparkler candle! This was before anyone saw the ants. They were happy here...5 minutes later...not so much! HA!

Here are the little ones dressing steve up with toilet paper like a mummy. He was such a good sport. I had him do all the "monster roles". The kids loved him chasing them around!

I am sad to say I didn't get any pics of when my inlaws came. We had a great time with them thought and can't wait for them to come back. And then my roomie from college came. We had a great time...Lisa came as well...and the trinity was back together again. These are my 3 best friends from college..and I'm so lucky to have such great friends. We will always be the best of friends and I am so thankful for the days we got to spend together. I wish Megan lived closer. She is pregnant with her third little boy...hmm..maybe some marriage arranging is in order! HA! We had a week filled with lots of girl talk and shopping! :) And they got to see Reese play soccer and the girls just loved having both of them stay with us for the week! :)

My cute little soccer player on her last soccer game!!!

Well I now have a 1st grader. I can't believe it!! We had her kindergarten celebration at the end of the month. They don't have a graduation so this was kind of their thing to end the school year. It was so cute. Reese was the hostess for us in her class and served us cookies and lemonade and then they sang us songs and she received her certificate. We are so grateful that Reese had such a great teacher with us moving in the middle of the year. She was great for Reese and helped Reese adjust.

My big 1st grader...it was so fun to see her classrom and all the progress she has made this year! I even got to go on a field trip with her and her class to Living History Farms. I didn't take any pictures though. It was fun to be able to spend lots of quality time with her this month.

Then I was consumed with making two more cakes. One for my parent's 40th wedding anniversary and one for my friend Lori's little boy who turned four. They were fun to make!

The Happy Couple with their cake! So thankful my mom was feeling well enough for this dinner!

I am not used to making boy themed cakes..ha!..so this was my first attempt at a Spiderman one. This was a four layer cake with the colors-red, blue, black, and red as the color of the layers.

And then how could I not post pictures of the other loved ones in my life. So here are a few...

To my 6 Year Old...

To My Precious Firstborn on her 6th Birthday,

It is almost 6 years on the dot that you were born as I write this. I wasn't a Mommy until 10:40pm on May 14th when a precious baby girl was placed into my arms. My heart would never be the same again. My heart never knew how much joy could it hold. Holding you in my arms, 6 years ago was one of the best things I have ever experienced in my life. You made me a Mommy. You changed me. You changed me into something I had always dreamed of....a Mommy, a caretaker, a nurturer.

I am so proud of who God is making YOU. And I remember His promise, "That He who began a good work in you, will finish it until completion!" What a great promise as I watch you grow up. You are the sweetest child I think a mother could have. Today as I was making your birthday cake, you came up to me and said something along the lines of, "Mommy, thank you for working so hard to make my birthday so special and making my cake so cool!" Wow...that comment made all the sweat and stress I had over that cake so worth it.

You are always so quick to help me. This year has been a huge year of transition. You transitioned from preschool to kindergarten. Going to school all day was a huge change for you. And for Mommy. Oh, how Mommy misses being with you all day. Then you transitioned into being a big sister again when Harper was born. Wow...have you ever been a God send to Mommy during that transition for Mommy. You were complete and utter JOY and helpfulness to me as I was adjusting to having a new baby in the house. I couldn't have gotten through it without you. God used YOU in my life for this, Reese Elizabeth. Thank you for filling my heart with joy and encouragement during this time for Mommy. Wow...who knew God would use a then 5 year old:) And then you went through the transition of moving...and then going to a new school. This was by far the hardest for you. Adjusting to the new school was hard...and it was so hard for Mommy to watch. But things quickly have changed...and now I see you once again thriving at school. I see the other kids asking to play with you at recess and my heart soars. They are beginning to see the Reese that I know. The Reese with the alluring personality, the contagious laugh, and the compassion for others.

This year you have learned so many new things. One of the biggest things you have learned is to read. I love listening to you read and see you developing a love of reading. It is amazing to me how fast you learn! You are also learning equations. Just think...at the beginning of the school year you didn't even know how to count to 100 by yourself. Now...well...that is a piece of cake. And then, even more important to Mommy, you have learned a lot of Bible verses and finished your first Awana book!! Learning God's Word is the most important thing that you could memorize and apply to your life. I love to see how excited you are about learning your verses and going to Awana. God will use this wisdom you learn in your life Reese. It is a testimony to you Mommy...I need to memorize more!

Happy Birthday my sweet Reesie Piecey. You mean the world to me. I am so proud of you and can't wait to see what this next year brings...and how my joy will even increase with you in my life! :) I love you!!

Love,

Mommy

You Know Your Old When...

• You have three children..
  
• You can't leave the house without visiting the potty...and that is for you..not just the kids..
  
• When you are in your pjs at 7:30 and in bed at 9pm and you consider that your ideal night....
  
• You have GINORMOUS purple bags under your eyes...that never go away. I could travel a long way with these bags....:)


• If you go out to eat, you tell your husband you need to leave and be at the place at 4:30pm because it just gets too crowded after that...


• you just can't believe "what high school girls are wearing these days..." ( boy, I sound like my mom!)


• the one night you stay up past midnight you pay for it the rest of the week...


• And you realize you have no life outside of Facebook. (Yes...I admit...sometimes I get obsessed with reading People.com or Facebook so I can read about other people having a life....ha!)
  
  

Ok..I admit it. It has taken me about 1 1/2 now to actually admit it. Here it goes....I.AM.THIRTY.YEARS.OLD. Wow...that was hard to say. I have been dreading this birthday for a long time. And it came on May 1st...and it has just taken me this long to come to grips with it. I had decided I will forever be in my 20's but then looking at my life and my list above, it appears I could pass for well.....an 80 year old!! Oh well...they say that the thirties is the new twenties. Let's hope that's the case.

I do have to say that my husband gave me the best birthday I have had in a long time though. I woke up, greeted with kisses from my 3 girls (that's enough to make my day!) and my handsome hubby. Then Steve gave me my cards with a schedule of my day. He had planned it all out...every minute and every dollar!! :) First up...a massage and facial that was to last all morning. He gave me a giftcard for those that even included the tip on it so I wouldn't have to worry about a thing. What man thinks of these things?!?!!!! The massage and facial was divine!! 2 hours of total relaxation. That hasn't happened in a long time. Then shopping with my sister in law for the rest of the afternoon. Shopping without kids...well that is enough to put me in heaven!! :) Then at 4pm I was to be back at the house because he had a little surprise party for me! He had it all decorated--balloons, etc. Except..it was all in black! :)

I kept calling turning 30 the day of mourning, and he, of course took it to the next level. Ummm...take a look at this cake he ordered for me:

A Coffin cake! How awesome is that?! And it was Red Velvet which is one of my very favorite flavors! It was so much fun! We had a great time, and Steve went over and beyond for me. I love that man so much. Now I have got to get thinking about his 30th birthday. Now that I am "his Old woman", I have a lot to live up to! :) HA!

In all honesty though, turning 30 has been a hard one for me. 30 sounds so old to me. And I really realized how quickly life is going by (not to be a Debby Downer or anything! HA!). I have heard that people generally feel a lot more "settled" in their 30's. And I am hoping that is the case. I have felt very unsettled these past few years. And I am not totally sure why. I sure love being a Mom to my three beautiful girls and I wouldn't ask for anything else. There is nothing greater then that. But to the outside world and those who have never been a stay at home Mom, they may feel that I haven't accomplished much in life (in material standpoints anyway). I am 30 years old...never have been incredibly established in a career, never have had the time to volunteer extensively, never had time to write my book (ha!), and don't even have the time to take a nap although every day I desperately want to! So what does my resume look like? Well...let's just say to the average hiring manager in this economy....well, I may barely get a second look. That's right...I have a masters in mental health counseling, a 4 year college degree, and a couple of years experience working in that field...but it has been many years. Now my resume would look more like this:

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OBJECTIVE:

To get through the day without losing my patience, getting poop on my hands, actually getting to eat a hot meal, and fitting a shower in somewhere.

EDUCATION:

Honey...I got as much education as I needed on these dates:

May 14, 2004

Feb. 25, 2007 and

Sept. 29, 2009

Passed these books with flying colors:

The Hungry Caterpillar

I Love You Forever

Good Night Moon

Llama Llama Red Pajama

WORK HISTORY:

2004 to present - COOK

I cook everything from hamburger helper to macaroni and cheese..and the occasional pacifier that I forgot I left in the pot. I have dealt with very difficult "customers" which in turn has made me very creative in "hiding ingredients" into your normal every day kinds of food. My philosophy..if you don't eat it, you go hungry. This realization and "rule" I set has helped establish consistency and order in my kitchen.

2004 to present - MAID

To avoid killing myself on Barbie's head on the foot of the stairs, I am constantly picking up toys that are flippantly thrown about the house. This goes from the occasional teddy bear to the maxi pad box that was found in the master bathroom that made it's way to the front door. I am skilled in all kinds of removal services: stinky waste removal, crusted boogie removal, grimy hand print removal, and the bad attitude removal. I do not specialize in dust removal, however. Nor will I have anything to do with an iron.

2004 to present -TAXI DRIVER

If you have a soccer practice, soccer game, or carpool for school, I am the woman to get you there. I have set a record for delivery time-Leaving with passenger for soccer at 5:55 and arriving 10 miles later to the soccer field at 6pm. Beat that Azar (my NYC Taxi driver's name!)!!!

2004 to present - NURSE

Rectal thermometer watch out. If my baby feels a little warm, I rush to my trusty friend, the rectal thermometer and check it out. My nursing ability ranges from kissing a "boo boo" to applying pressure to the chipped tooth that is squirting out an incessant amount of blood. I can accurately describle various forms of poop, including but not limited to myconium, diarrehia, and the "whoops I ate too much food coloring" poop. I do not do throw up.

2004 to present - REFEREE

With three girls, I am quickly able to call out an INTERFERENCE as I see one. Pinpointing face masking is another speciality of mine. Fair is my name and no bull crap is my game. I am quickly called into cat fights on a daily basis which usually includes scratching, name calling, and unsportsmanlike conduct. Many pentalities are given out during a given day.

2002 to present - FINANCIAL ADVISOR

My speciality lies in budget grocery shopping while being distracted with a runaway toddler and a crying, pooping baby. Trying to stretch the dollar with coupons and knock off brands is hard, but it is rewarding. I am still working on the old budget in the area of budget mall shopping though.....

2004 to present - STORY TIME LADY

I don't even need to look at the pages of the book, Llama Llama Red Pajama to tell you that story. I have even discovered the art of reading a "longer" book in 2 minutes by "speed reading"...HA!

2004 to present - HAIR STYLIST

I have three girls...need I say more? I have the pig tail and the french braids down to a science.

2004 to present - FASHION ABUSER

Ok, ok...I know it's not ok to wear sweat pants in public, but they are so comfy!

REFERENCES:

Reese - age 6

Finley - age 3

Harper - age 7 months

Please notify me if you will need to contact them. I'm not sure what they would say. I would need to rehearse their response in advance. Thank you!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

I talk a really good baby talk. I also can scream so loud in the house that the neighbors across the street look out their windows to make sure everything is ok.

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Ok...so soooo what that in "world's standards" I have not been career successful in my thirty years. So what that I haven't used my degree to it's full potential. So what that I don't make any money. I know that I will never...and I mean never regret this time I have with my children. It goes by so fast and it is something I will never get back. I can always go back to my career when they are older, but I can never go back to helping develop and train my children when they are young. My days may seem monotonus to some. My days my seem insignificant to others most days. But to me...they are fleeting. They are glorious. For God has given me the best responsibility I could have ever asked for in my 30 years. Raising children. Have I accomplished a lot in 30 years? That would be three YES'S--Those three sets of blue eyes that peer up at me and tell me how much they love me every day. I am a rich 30 year old woman!

Mother's Day

To my 3 beautiful daughters on Mother's Day:

There is nothing I treasure like being a Mother to you. It has been my lifelong dream to just be a Mom. God fulfilled something greater then I could ever ask or imagine--He gave me three little girls. I wake up with joy just thinking about you. Just the thoughts of you fill my heart with joy that I didn't even think was imaginable. Reese--thinking of your tender heart, nurturing spirit, and that little aggressive soccer player makes my heart melt. Finley--thinking of your witty sense of humor, your curly hair (or cuwley haiwr as you pronounce it), and your cuddles warms my spirit! And Harper--just the thoughts of those chubby cheeks and that sweet smile breaks my heart into a million pieces. I thank the Lord for all of you. You all make it so easy to be a Mother....(well on most days! HA!).

I love you!!

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Reese got me the best Mother's day gift that she made at kindergarten. She paper macheted a bowl and put coupons in it. Then she wrote on the coupons what I could redeem:

A Big Hug Coupon

Getting my Laundry done by Reese Coupon

One Day She will Listen Coupon (hmmm...?!?)

Making me some hearts coupon

Then she wrote me a card. It looked something like this:

To Mommy

My mommy is prite (pretty). My mommy helps me pic (pick) up my room. My mommy helps me when I get a boo boo. Happy Muthr's (Mother's) Day.

Love,

Reese

Can I tell you that is priceless to me!! That is way better then anything money could buy! :) It made me feel very special.

Another thing that made this Mother's Day so special is because I was able to celebrate it with my own Momma! :) I haven't been able to for the past 5 years because we were in VA. And then...well...after she had her heart attack it makes me so grateful for every day that I get to spend with her. AND I am so thankful that I got to spend this Mother's Day with her. She is my inspiration for a mother. I just keep thanking the Lord for being able to spend this Mother's Day with such special special people He has blessed me with!! :)