My Mother's Day

So maybe if I get my Mother's Day post in before the end of the month does that still count??

I realize that it's past Mother's Day and I'm just now writing my post about it. I've put some thought into this and what I wanted to write.

Here's what I came up with....

"The Ways my Children Show Me They Love Me"

Janelle: She folded 2 loads of laundry, made sure the house was picked up, and had the dishwasher running one night while Todd and I were out late. I was so surprised it literally took my breathe away.

Rachel: By sharing her musical talent. She loves to sing, play the piano and occasionally will practice the violin where I can hear it.

Julie: She takes the younger kids outside and plays with them after she gets home from school so that I can start on dinner, clean up the house, or just relax for a bit.

Russell: His love/hate relationship with reading. He'll sit down and read if he's asked to but he doesn't like to do it without being reminded. He surprised me when I showed up at his class's Mother's Day program. The class was reciting a poem about the school year when I got there. Russell and a girl from his class later took turns narrating the book "I'll Love You, Forever". There is one part toward the end when the mother calls her son to come and see her because she's getting old and she starts to sing the song to him that she's sung to him his whole life. "I'll love you for always, I'll love you forever". Russell did a solo here and finished the story. He loved reading that day. What a sweet young man I have!

Christian: He plays my favorite game (Ticket to Ride) with me while the babies take a nap. Out of the 2 games a day we play, he beats me at 1 out of those 2 games. He's such a smarty-pants. The game says for ages 8 and up and he figured out how to play it.

Hannah: Her request for kisses and hugs before I leave the house. She also likes to hand me clean clothes out of the laundry basket to fold. Sometimes faster than I can fold.

Spencer: He shared his favorite snuggly blanket with me. One day I was taking a nap after the kids got home from school. One of those, I have a headache and just need to lie down for a few minutes nap. Spencer came to find me shortly into my nap. When I asked him what he was doing, he asked me if I was going "nigh-nigh" and then handed me his favorite blanket to sleep with. Breaks your heart doesn't it?

My Mother's Day wasn't filled with gifts and goodies.
It was filled with LOVE.