80's on the 8th......Mother's Day

It's funny seeing Mother's Day relived as an adult as my own kids do things for their mom that I did for my mom when I was their age. And a lot of times it's not necessarily even for mother's day but they'll make things in school and bring them home and tell her they made them for her. We still have a few creations floating around the house that I made and what made me think of it was my oldest two boys were comparing the clay faces they had made in art class. While they got good laughs out of making fun of each others and pretending to drop them; it gave my wife a heart attack because she truly cherishes their efforts. But for this past week they have had specific projects in school to do for their moms.

I remember as a kid making poems, pottery, cards and various other items sometimes with a packet of flower seeds to be planted for my mom. This week my youngest son brought home a customizable flower pot with interchangeable I Love You Mom sayings. My oldest wrote his mom a poem because that's what they are covering in school....it may or may not have made her cry I didn't see. And my middle son used his artistry to make a home made card. What my wife didn't realize was that our 2 yr old daughter had made her a card earlier this week but she makes them all the time with her markers and colors and they get hung on the fridge for a little while until they're replaced by the next one. Well Elli wanted to go get her card when she saw her brothers giving theirs to mom.

It's now become tradition that the kids and I plant their mom flowers for mother's day which these last few years have been spent on the soccer field. But I do get varying amounts of help which I'm sure I was the same way as a kid....I was more than willing to help until I found out how much work it actually was or that I got bored. Luckily with 4 kids I can usually get enough effort out of each of them to get the job done.

So thank you to all you mother's who love all us kids...big and small. Now if we could just get Father's Day moved to during the school year so we can get cool stuff done for us.