Mother’s Day

Not only was Jim at work on Mother’s Day, he was at work the whole day before and spent the night at work as well. But it’s not called Wife Day, and I was very happy to be home with my kids without much going on. Jim did make me a wonderful lunch on Saturday before he left for work, and took the kids shopping for Mother’s Day gifts for me earlier in the week in a spare moment, and had them sign a card, and had my favorite bracelet fixed at the jeweler, and organized a night out… and I definitely feel loved and appreciated.

On Saturday afternoon, JT and I did a sewing project. It was his first time using a sewing machine and he really got into it. After we finished his marble bag, he spent a lot of time just making more stitches on scrap fabric. He even stitched a T on a piece of football fabric for his cousin, Travis. 

The finished product!

I surprised the kids after dinner and bath with a fun plan: watching a movie in our bed, followed by a sleepover with mom. We have neeeeevvvvver done anything like this. Haley and I have never slept in the same bed, let alone the same room. I avoid her noisy, flinging sleep habits so I can be the best mother possible in the morning. 🙂 But I thought this was a good chance to sacrifice a little sleep for a fun memory, so we did it. This is how the bed looked at 4 AM. I’m not sure how people who co-sleep are functional. I suppose they get used to it.

This is what my view looked like at 6:57 AM. “Good morning, Mom, the sky is awake.” Melt my heart. Then I told her she had to wait 15 minutes for me to wake up a little.

We met my parents for a picnic lunch at Point Defiance park and enjoyed the sunshine.

After a good nap and a winning kickball game, these three husbands surprised their wives with a babysitter (all seven kids at our house) while we walked to a local restaurant and enjoyed an adult night out with friends, which was wonderful. Here we are walking to dinner, obviously having a good time already!