Momma

I am so blessed that these little rascals are the beings that made me a mom. Each one brings different challenges and adventures, but most of all, they give me unconditional love and lots of it!

The Spud loves kisses - don't be fooled by his expression in this photo!

Aww, the Drama Queen just told me how much she loves me. And her dog. Which she would love even more if it were a REAL dog, Momma!

(The Beast refused under any circumstance to pose for a picture with his momma. sigh. oh well!)

As usual, I was completely spoiled by my family and friends this Mother's Day weekend. Saturday night, the Nerd took me and some family out to Chevy's (my favorite Mexican restaurant ever!) and surprised me with a gift certificate to Dosha Salon and Spa. :) I can't wait to get pampered there. The kiddies picked out the card all by themselves - a Toy Story card that plays "You Got a Friend in Me", naturally. Of course, they have already hijacked the card and have been playing the song non-stop, much to the utter enjoyment of their mother, who loves hearing the same four lines of a song over and over again! (not)

My in-laws gave me some pretty goodies for my dining room - a tablecloth, candles, and a napkin holder all in my favorite blues and browns...

I was most blessed to be able to be in the house of God on Mother's Day. Walking into church together as a family, the children proudly clutching their Bibles and waving to the preacher, was my best Mother's Day gift! To see my children's Sunday School teachers loving on them was a joy to this momma's heart.

Oh, and The Nerd treating me to Thai food last night and then cleaning the house certainly did not go unnoticed!

I hope all of you had a lovely Mother's Day as well!

Not Always a Mini-Me

In many ways, the Drama Queen is a mini-me. She can talk a mile a minute and fill you in on the most mundane of details. If you let her, she will describe to you the entire plot of a movie she just saw or a really funny story she just made up. She is just like her mother!

She also loves all things artistic and is in her element when you give her crayons, markers, paints, and blank paper. If you give her a pair of scissors, she is in heaven; and I would venture to say that in a few years (when she is a little older), she will swoon if you give her a hot-glue gun. Yep, she is just like her mother!

The Drama Queen gets excited about the smallest things and is very appreciative of them as well. "Thank you Momma for giving me carrot sticks for lunch" and "It's so nice of you to share your house with me" are classic Drama Queen statements. Uh huh, she is just like her mother!

But when I take her to a birthday party full of little girls, princess stuff, games, and cupcakes, she freezes. She hides in the corner and plays by herself. She doesn't join the others in their activities unless prompted several times. On the way home from the party, she will talk on and on about how much fun the party was and how much fun she had playing with the other girls, even though I know she didn't even venture close to them. This is NOT like her mother! I would be the one in the center of the group, playing all the games and being the loudest.

But the Drama Queen is NOT me! (thank goodness). And so I push down all those impulses to "make" her join in the group and be more social. I let her be who she is (without being rude to our host, of course). And secretly I'm a little glad she is a bit of a wall-flower in these social situations. When I hear the mom next to me hollering at her kid to "be nice to the other kids or else" and another mom asking her child to "please lower the volume now!" , I am relieved that all I have to do is watch my calm and obedient child play quietly and happily by herself.

Ha ha , so definitely not like her mother...