Pink cookie

Now that school is out, I've had the privilege of more time with this lovely.  Good riddants to late nights of homework and school activities!  A few days ago, she was having a rough day full of "adulting" as she calls it.  Pink cookie from Nordstrom to the rescue.  This used to be her special treat  when she was little, when she wore smocked dresses and saltwater sandals.  Only two more years with her living in my house full time.  I could just cry thinking about it!

To be known is to be loved

Hello blog world!  I hope you had a lovely weekend.  This Mother's Day, i was gifted with the cutest, most thoughtful gifts.  I'm not a roses and candy kind of girl.  In fact,  roses are my least favorite flower.  The smell - yuk.   But tulips or gerbers or lily of the valley - swoon!  Anyway - Bart is an awesome gift giver and it occurred to me that its because he knows me.  To be known is a gift in and of itself.  To know that I would love a Frozen Pepsi after church, to know that I would love a personalized umbrella (because the kids always take the umbrellas and then leave them in the school lost and found!).  To spy the Letter Party Garland at the Land of Nod and know that your wife would love it - that's being known!

I am a very lucky wife and mom.

Mom's Day

It is super fun having a pre-schooler around Mother's Day.  You get to go listen to Mom's Day songs sung very loud and off key and of course, get darling little crafts that you will keep forever.

The funny thing about this questionnaire is that most moms at the preschool would be insulted with "My Mom is 45 years old".  But because I am the geriatric mom there, he guessed 4 years under!    I am the old mom at preschool, the somewhat old mom at the grade school, the middle of the road mom at the middle school and the somewhat young mom at the high schools.  Gotta love big Catholic families!  Also, for the record, Toy Story 3 is the worst and we never watch it!

I am so honored and thrilled to be the mom to this curly cutie.  Even though I told him yesterday that he needs to turn the corner on good listening because he's almost 5 and 5 years old is the sweet spot.  And to that, he roared at me.  Hmmm......  good thing I love coffee filter butterflies and painted flower pots!    A beautiful mother's day to all moms, grandmothers, aunts, Godmothers and especially those of you who feel inside that you are meant to be a mom but whose arms are still empty and waiting.  I've been there and I'll pray for you.