So, I'm the person that waits until the last possible moment before I get my moms mother's day present because I concentrate on what the kids make for her versus what I get for her. And let's face it, my mom only wants a card from me anyway. So card done, I started wracking my brain for what the kids should get her. For Christmas the year my kids were 5,4, and 2 or maybe one or two years older we took a portrait at my job which was then Wal-Mart portraits and then took it to a shop call Hometown threads and had a blanket made with the kids picture on it. I think that was the pinnacle of gifts from kids right there. I mean it was sooo much better than the "Best Mommy in the World!" mugs and the cheap strung beads necklace that I got her when I was a kid (Did you ever notice how your kids gifts to your mom are sooo much better than the gifts you gave your mom?)
So this afternoon, I was at work when my eye fell on the hand print mosaic kits that you're supposed to use when your child is a newborn and I thought "hey! I'm only eight plus years late but my mom will LOVE that!!" So I got three. Unfortunately I have to go back tomorrow and get more of the mold stuff because Kayla put her hand all the way to the bottom of the mold gel and it says not to because then you won't get the lines in their hands. I did Olivia's this afternoon and not only id we get the lines on her hands we got her nails because the way she put her hands in and the way the plaster set, it look like her hand is coming out of the plaster It's fricken awesome. I am going to paint them and make them glossy with the can of sealer I bought last year by mistake. and then the kids are ging to write their name, their age, and the year on then and Sunday we are going to have my mom cry... again.
In a way, I love mothers day. I have a never ending stream of handmade cards, and songs, and things made from Popsicle stick and paper from my kids courtesy (sp?) of their school but even though I don't keep the stuff all year round, I love it. Gaudy and tacky as it may be I love it.
This year I plan to celebrate Mothers day in bed. Oh get that look off your face! This is my first weekend off in three weeks and I am going to sleep until my eyes refuse to stay closed. I might drink too.
I need to go eat. Oy! The things we do for a single day!
Single and Blogging is hungry!
