Happy Mother’s Day!

The kids all got up this morning and told me “Happy Mother’s Day” and gave me hugs and kisses – right after I told them to get back in their room and not bug me about breakfast. My kids are so sweet. John told me later on, “I love you, my precious Mommy.”

Mother’s Day is often a day that I reflect on the job I do as a mother. I remember one day crying because I felt like a terrible Mom and John (always my cheerleader) said “Mommy, you aren’t a terrible Mudder. I love you!” I guess I just want to make sure that I’m not scarring them for life! Yes, I am going to be influencing them but I want it to be good. I sure do love those little arms around my neck and the little slobbery kisses they give. I love having them tease me and spending time with them doing “fun things” as they say, like playing games, coloring, all the things you get to do as a Mom.

This last week I taught Jamie how to jump rope. He would stand in front of me and as the rope came around I would yell “jump!” He caught on quite quickly! Elizabeth tried and managed to jump over the rope once but it hung up on my legs so that was it.

Friday we went to the zoo. We had so much fun! It had been several months since we’d been so everything was new for the kids. We went to the snake house and they oooo’d and ahhhh’d over all the huge snakes and other reptiles. Afterward we stopped through the gift store. Wouldn’t you know, they were clearancing their stock to make room for the new stuff for this season (which starts on Memorial Day weekend). There were these stuffed snakes that the kids have been asking about for a year now that were on clearance! So ever since Friday, they’ve been carrying those things around, sleeping with them, and generally having a wonderful time with them! James’ and John’s snakes were a particular kind (some kind of rattler with a rattle on the end of it’s tail). Ethan’s and Elizabeth’s snakes were just multi-colored. So we named them – Ethan’s is a purple spotted tickle snake and Elizabeth’s a green spotted burpy snake. Elizabeth hugged hers and said “I love my burpy snake!”