I think I'm just going to cancel Mother's Day next year, for all of our benefit. This morning started with Kid#1 mysteriously and randomly going into Kid#2's room at whatever early morning o'clock to steal his blanket. Then Kid#2's alarm clock mysteriously and randomly went off at 7:30am. Both Kid#1 and Kid#2 deny responsibility. Let's just say I believe Kid#2. In any case, this completely robbed me of my Mother's Day sleep-in, which I had been coveting as I'd been sleep-deprived all week, and expect to be sleep-deprived again all this coming week.
Then Kid#2 planned a Mother's Day scavenger hunt in which I had to find three cards and several bits of paper, each with one letter on them, that spelled out "Happy Mother's Day". It's a really sweet and creative idea, but not the energy I wanted to put into Mother's Day, especially after missing my sleep-in. However, I did do the search and admired his extravagance and creativity. Three cards was pretty cool. (Ok - that little bit I don't need a re-do on. And Kid#1 gave me a very funny plaque that he bought and it says "Don't make me use my crabby mommy powers". It's getting a lot of laughs on Facebook...)
Both kids managed to have to use the bathroom during my shower, so it wasn't exactly a relaxing experience - fluctuating water temps at each flush and the requirement to keep up civil conversation through a shower curtain. They were, however, decently behaved during church.
After church, I suggested lunch out and we went to a local breakfast diner sort of place. Kid#2 ordered Orange Crush and pancakes, and promptly threw it all up at the end of brunch. Seriously. It was coming out his nose. He is now resting at home and says he feels "75% instead of 25%" so I suppose that's something. My relaxing afternoon involves going grocery shopping. At least I will be by myself. I'm hoping for an early night as I have to be up at 6am tomorrow morning.
I hope your Mother's Day was substantially better. I think this is all highly over-rated...
