Mother's Day

I had a wonderful weekend. At first I wasn't sure what kind of weekend it was going to be. Friday night as I was reading Sam his bedtime story and the sun was shining through the window right on us while sitting on the couch. Sam takes a look at me and smile and I smile back. Then he looks at me more closely and starts giggling. I looked at him and smiled and asked him what he was giggling at. He looks more closely at my face and says, "You've got a mustache!" and starts giggling again. Well, at first I was horrified and then started giggling myself because he was taking such great delight in the fact that I have a mustache. Needless to say, after putting him to bed I visited the bathroom and promptly took care of that issue.

Saturday, Dwayne let me sleep in and when I finally rolled out of bed we worked together on getting the kids' rooms cleaned up really well. We emptied all the little cubbies, toyboxes, under the bed, etc. and put all the blocks in their correct box, put all the puzzles back together and just put all the toys back to rights. We also took the time to move the furniture and vacuum under it as we are starting to have fleas and I want to get them before they get real bad. We also weeded out the toys that are no longer played with, broken, or just no longer practical in the home. Dwayne's work has a fundraising garage sale coming up so we had a nice place to dispose of all the toys no longer wanted. Trust me, our kids are loved and even with the 2 boxes of toys going to the garage sale they are not lacking in things to play with. The children spent the rest of the day rediscovering their toys and played pretty quietly in their bedrooms.

Sunday, I got to sleep in again. I thought that was very nice of Dwayne and I soooo appreciated it. I actually slept till 8:30. That is so late for me, it was crazy. As I got up he was finishing up my eggs for me. He made me breakfast! He also did a load of dishes and switched laundry around all day, including folding and putting away. That was the best gift he could have given me. I'm pretty lucky that he helps me with these chores often enough that he knows how I like them done and where most stuff goes. There are always things that could have been done a little different or better (namely pots and pans and counters) but I just smile and try to remember the few things I don't have to do later. We spent the morning gaming and then when Evie woke up from her nap, I got to whip out my Jo-Ann's coupon and as a family went to visit the fabric store. I'm in the process of making my first quilt for Sam and needed a few more items. It cracked me up when we got there though. In the far end of the parking lot, a father and son were tossing a frisbee back and forth, and I saw no less than 4 men sitting in their vehicles waiting for wives who were obviously enjoying their Mother's Day in the fabric store too. We came home and Dwayne made dinner. We had already discussed what he was going to make and how to go about it the day before so I didn't have to worry (too much) about the process. Overall, I had a great day and it was so good that all of us were healthy again and the kids were even on good behavior.

This morning I woke up and looked at the mess in the kitchen and the laundry still left to be done, and toys scattered about and sighed. Smiling to myself, I reminded myself that I wouldn't trade it for the world because for so long I never thought I would be a mom or even a wife for that matter. Now let's see if I remember that gratitude when the kids start fighting................