Mother's Day

This Mother's Day was extremely special. I don't know why, because nothing really made it any more significant than any other Mother's Day. The week leading up to Sunday was filled with festivities put on by the kids at their schools. Paige made me a very cute invitation to a Mother's Day Tea to be held in her classroom and Cole made me a similar invitation to join him in a Mother's Day Brunch at his preschool. Luckily there were on separate days, and even luckier than that was that both dates flanked my work days, so I was able to go to both! Yay!

Wednesday afternoon at 1pm was my Mother's Day Tea at Paige's school. Her teacher is a Mister, he is not married, and does not have any siblings... so for him to come up with something this wonderful speaks mountains of this man who is teaching my daugher in first grade! (By the way, it is always ladies first in his classroom... for everything from getting in line for lunch to being dismissed from class). The class had arranged their desks so that they faced a make-shift stage. As the mother's arrived, we were asked to find our child's desk and have a seat. On each desk was a Mother's Day card made by my angel-baby just for me. Inside it said all the reasons she loves me. I hate to brag, but mine had things like, "you spend time with me, you are beautiful and you are always there when I get sad or hurt." I heard the mom next desk over giggle as she read hers, "I love you because you bought me a Wii." I had to stifle a laugh myself.

The children then filed in and sat in their spots on the stage. A powerpoint slideshow played in the background while the kids sang to us songs about mom's and sunshine that they had been working on for weeks. It was so cute! Following our little concert, the kids served us punch and cookies and then we were able to take our child home early for the afternoon, or join them for the rest of the day. I spent some time with Paige and her friends on the playground and then we went home. It was very special! Bravo Paige! And Bravo, Mr. Lindahl.

Friday morning came and I was up and dressed and ready for my brunch with Cole. The church atrium where the brunch was held was filled with round tables robed in white table cloths that had floral centerpieces. There were carafes of milk and juice on each table, and it looked more like a wedding reception than a brunch in a preschool. Cole and I found a seat next to his buddy Tanner (the Tanner from my class, as he fondly calls him) and his mom Jenny. Ms. Shannon (the fabulous preschool director) opened the morning by saying a blessing and then reading to us from a book about mommies watching their babies grow up too fast. Thanks, Shannon, I needed a good cry! Then the little ones filed onto the stage and performed some cute little songs for us . . . more tears! After their little concert we were excused to the smorgasboard of donuts and breads and fruit. What a wonderful time.

All of this, and Mother's Day isn't even here yet? Sunday morning came and Robert planned a lovely day for me, my mom and his mom all to be together. The kids served me breakfast in bed (just a few homemade tidbits) and then once our mom's arrived we enjoyed Mamosa's and conversation. We had reservations at the Parkway Grille for brunch at 1130. Parkway Grille is a neat little place over by our house that has pool and darts, an amazing bar and great service, but the food - - - oh my, the food there is so delish! Robert, knowing how much I love it there, learned that they had a special menu for Mother's Day and made sure we got to go enjoy! I can't remember if I ordered the seafood omelet or the country quiche, but I know I had both because I split each with my mom. It was a wonderful day spent with my kids and my amazing mother and mother in law!