Mother's Day!
Goodness me. The month of May can be a doozie can't it? We are doing are best to survive all this end of school year craziness and everything else in between. Only two more weeks left.
Can NOT wait.
We sorta gave up on the full blown Mothers Day Tea Party that we've done in the past...although I managed to throw together a simple, mini celebration for moi and the girlies. Funky cheeses, prosciutto on a baguette, blackberries, crisp flat bread with taboule and sweet sticks.{thank you Costco}
These look like flower petals but they are actually really tasty vegetable chips.
Love the girls that call me mom and the little quirky things that we have in common.
Little Brie has a little thing for scavenger hunts. like me. She made one up on Sunday and sent me off. The first clue said go to the place where we go to go poo. haha. oh and it is stinky! she added. Funny kid! She gave me pretty purple flowers in a decorated can she made at school. She's my Old Maid, Go Fish, Uno Partner!
My Hannah Banana..... she's the one that likes to watch an occasional Dateline Mystery with me. and I get a kick out of that. I don't know why I find those shows so fascinating, but I do. They can be a tad creepy so we get creeped out together! We gave up earlier this year on all our previous favorite shows...American Idol, Amazing Race and the X Factor. The first two I have followed for YEARS, so I find it a bit surprising that I don't really miss watching them. Well....maybe seeing Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell on a regular basis *wink* but that's about it. She also lets me read WWII Children Survivors of the Holocaust type books to her. We've read 5 together since last summer.
My Emmsie....love her. But the poor thing witnessed and endured my worst mother moment on record last week. I sorta blew at her. Big time. I don't think I've ever done that before. To that magnitude anyway. And of course it was a just a few days before Mother's Day, which made me feel even more like crap. What kind of mother am I? lol {far from perfect, that is for sure.}
She wrote me the sweetest note on Mother's Day. She is good at that. Did you know she and I could single handedly devour and finish off a pan of peach and raspberry fruit cobbler? We sorta like that stuff and the only ones in the fam that do. She and I love the Friend Magazine. She reads every issue cover to cover and then tries to save it in her collection. {she has years and years worth}. To this day, if I can get my hands on it, I still love reading the Children in the News section.
My little Kate
She and I have taken up ant watching together. We like watching those little critters. She'll lie on the sidewalk on her belly and I'll plop right down on the sidewalk with her and we ant watch...She is saying words like amazing, beautiful and delicious. It kills me. I love her so.
She makes me ponder this question. Do you ever wonder if you are a better mother, or at least a more effective mother to your younger kids versus the older? Or the other way around? There are things I adore in every stage of a child, but I have to say the toddler stage is a little more challenging and harder to relate to for me than some of the other stages...Not that I would change a lick about her or wish away her toddler-ness..its gone all too soon anyway... but I think I would take 5 teenagers in the house over 5 toddlers. Call me crazy!
Ready for church
The first to call me mom, Kyleigh!....is always listening to her iPod. That, and leaping and skipping down the hall or out of her room. I don't do that haha but we do both love music! No secret there, but it dawned on me that we really share a love for beautiful music. I'm talking orchestral/symphonic songs that are really dramatic..like ones you'd hear in an epic movie trailer or something. Not so odd for someone my age but I find it interesting for someone her age to already have such a appreciation for that type of music.
My sweet mom! Keep us both away from yogurt covered almonds!! She is such a great example of complete devotion to her husband, children, and the gospel. I know she is always praying for me and my family's well being. All her kids paid tribute to her by writing a letter to her for Mothers Day to put in the newly released Mothers of Faith book.
I wrote a big old happy list of memories that I have of my mom from over the years. She's a wonderful mother..... 
{I can barely put this book down. It is THAT good. Such an uplifting, inspiring read if you are looking for one.}
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