My Best Mother's Day

This year was my best Mother's Day.

It started early in the morning by Jon asking me what I would like for breakfast. I said "We can have cereal." He said "No, you can pick whatever you want." So I said "German Pancakes (knowing I'm the only person in our household who makes them - I just wanted to see what he would say)." He said "OK." That was the best. I gave him the recipe and he made us German Pancakes. It was so thoughtful of him. My favorite part was watching him assemble the ingredients and review the recipe.

The kids made me special cards that they had been waiting for a few days to give to me:

My card from Dean (aided by Sidney).

My special ornament and note from Wells.

A card for me, made by Maren.

Sidney made me a 3D card and a few other Mother's Day items.

We attended Church and the children sang some of the same songs I loved to sing to my own mother when I was growing up.

After that, the girls performed in "Lard" by Barrett Lindsay-Steiner. "Lard" is a spin-off of the movie "Grease". All of the actors/actresses play the role of pigs coming back to high school after summer break is over. Barrett is so witty and he comes up with all of his own script, music and lyrics. It is truly enjoyable to watch the kids in Barrett's plays. He had a rose for each Mother in the audience.

Wells proudly held our place in line before they let the crowd in.

Maren, played Kathy, one of the students at the high school. She was a bit worried about her performance and was afraid. She remembered all her lines and her fear was not noticeable.

Sidney is becoming quite the little actress. She was very convincing in her role of "Barbie" one of the popular girls in the school. She seemed to really enjoy her experience.

Me with my girls.

Jon's Mom and Dad came and watched the performance and it was nice to spend time with them.

Then . . . . . .

That's not all! For dinner, Jon prepared a Mother's Day dinner of Mahi Mahi, Steamed Broccoli, Basmati Rice and Chilled Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce. It was delicious. The kids made the cutest efforts to set the table and it was so sweet.

Sidney's special shrimp arrangement.

Needless to say, I loved Mother's Day this year.

Fan Mail

So, as you may know from the posting a few times ago, Sidney was recently in the school Variety Show. The day after the Variety Show, I was so surprised when I picked her up from school and she told me she had received 12 letters from her classmates regarding her performance. Every letter was so delightful and complimentary, we loved them all. With permission from Geneva's Mom, we are sharing one of our favorite letters. I absolutely love the details that show Sidney's Grandma (Nana Pat) playing the piano for her, and the friends both in the audience and on the sidelines cheering her on.

School Variety Show

Sidney was so cute. She said to me a few weeks ago, "Mom, this year I'm going to sing the song "Maybe" and reveal my talent to the world."

Later, Sidney told me she received many compliments. One of her favorite compliments was from her class teacher who said "Sidney, you did a great job. There were some boys sitting in front of me and they said "Wow, I didn't know Sidney could sing like that."

Please excuse my lack of video stability, Dean (2 yrs.) bumped me a few times.

Simple Laughter

Sidney says "Mom, you are such a wonderful parent. I mean you plan all these activities for us and let us do all these wonderful things in life. I just . . . really feel that." I say "Sidney you are being so nice to me. . . tell me more. . ." Then we both had a good laugh together.