ME: (sitting on the toilet upon first waking up)
MADELEINE: Happy Mother's Day! So Mommy. I was GOING to make you an elephant figurine, but I ran out of time, so I made you something ELSE instead.
ME: Okay.
MADELEINE: (running off and returning with a card) And Mommy, we made you something at SCHOOL, but it's just a SCHOOL thing, so that's why I wanted to make you something else.
ME: Okay. Let me finish going pee.
I moved from the toilet to the sink and began brushing my teeth.
MADELEINE: So here's your card-
ME: Mmmhmmmppphh.
MADELEINE: We made them-
ME: Hang on, honey. Lemme finish brushing my teeth.
Once I was done in the bathroom, I went to the couch to receive the school-made card and a home-made flower in a plastic cup. And that's not ALL Madeleine did for me! She decided to leave me little presents around the house, like a yellow plastic Easter egg with "Crack Me!" taped to the front and a scrap of paper saying "Happy Mother's Day!" inside. I also got a note paper with music notes on it saying "Feeling sad? Well, you should be glad." Let me tell you: this kid spoiled me.
Julia really went above and beyond by making me a slide show about all the things she appreciates about me. It was truly touching, although I wasn't able to thoroughly read each slide until I looked at them as individual still shots, since Julia had the pacing set so fast on her presentation. But even without reading through each slide I was overwhelmed with gratitude, and it was even better when I got to really sit down and get every detail!
Here's a snapshot of the various homemade gifts I received:
I'm one lucky mommy! Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!
You sure are a lucky Mommy! You are loved very, very much, even by this Mommy! XO
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