A Terrific Mother's Day

I had a fantastic Mother's Day today and would like to thank my family for providing me with such a lovely day. This morning, the children and I surprised my mom by showing up at her church. She is in the choir and saw us, she took a deep intake of breath! It was the best. It was even neater because as we waited for the service to begin, several people came up to say hello and I introduced ourselves and told them why we were there and they felt like they were part of the secret.

Then I came home and my seven year old fixed me a healthy choice meal in the microwave and poured me a soda. Then the kids and I watched a movie, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, while I played racing games on my Nintendo DS. Then my sweet husband and children took me out to eat at the Chinese Buffet. I had my picke of places, and that was the high on my list. I would have liked to go to another place where there was better sushi, but there was nothing there that the kids liked, and I would have felt terrible having my Mother's Day dinner like that;)

Then we came home. I got out my puzzle felt, sat on the back deck and worked on a puzzle for about 1 1/2 hours while we talked about our upcoming beach trip. I did the few dishes from today while my son played the piano, then I spent a couple of hours playing Paper Mario on the Nintendo Wii. All of the things I did today are things I enjoy doing, but never have time for.

Thanks, guys! I feel relaxed and loved and special and I am ready to hit the ground running tomorrow:) And that's a good thing, because we have a busy, busy, busy week!