mother's day notes

my boys have always been so good about making homemade cards and love letters. This mother's day didn't disappoint. Zack cut his picture up and hid a difference piece in every room of the house. I was out of bed way too early searching for each piece. To my good fortune, he gave me "hot and cold" clues AND scratched my back the entire time I looked. (scratching my back was another one of his gifts and he decided to kill two birds with one stone :) When I only had one piece left to find, I decided to circle around the house, prolonging the back scratch... mostly I just wanted to hear Zack squeal longer (his arm hurt!) Eventually, I found them all and put the puzzle together.  I love it...

These drawings also got taped up in my bedroom on Mother's Day morning..

Luke was super creative with his card this year. it just kept going on and going and going. Just like his love for me......... (he got tired of coloring the hearts because his marker ran out :) and I don't blame him, they were super, duper big!

On Saturday night I mentioned something about the best kind of Mother's Day gift would be sparkling clean bathrooms. Ben eats up stuff like that and made SURE they got done. I love the example he sets for his brothers. He divvied up the responsibilities and our three bathrooms were sparkling in no time at all. Zack was in charge of all the mirrors, Luke cleaned the counters and toilets and Ben and Simon took the showers and floors. These pictures warm my heart more than anything else. Love them.

and last but not least, these are the questionnaires the boys filled out in primary... Ben and his friends were really trying to be funny.  His answers are a lot nicer than what they were discussing to write down. i.e. "My mom is as pretty as dirt."  I watched him giggling with his friends while filling it out and I love the silly stage he's in.  I appreciate that he says I am good at "having fun".  I can't think of anything I'd rather be good at.

I love Luke's answers.  Especially how I told him "to be nice to people" and "My mom laughs when my dad does something funny."  That is so true...

Zack's teacher wrote his for him.  He makes me laugh so hard.  First of all, he is so illogical when it comes to numbers.  He really did think his Grandmother was 90.  When I laughed, he felt silly and then said, "I mean, 80?"   21 isn't bad.  He was right on the money with my job.  That is exactly what I do every.single.day.  And I LOVED the "wash behind my ears" comment.  I am always telling him that :)

I really loved reading these surveys from all the children in the ward. I added some of the sweetest in the ward newsletter, but there were SO many to choose from. My favorites were:

• My mom relaxes by tuning me out.
• My mom is as pretty as Sister Friendly (seriously ugliest costume ever, so that answer cracked me up!)
• My mom is really good at laying next to my dad.
• My mom is happiest when we leave her alone.
• When my mom shops, she likes to buy milk.
• My mom is really good at making my dad late for things.
• My mom always says to go away. 
• My mom is as pretty as Elmo.
• The smartest thing my mom ever told me was to unload the dishwasher.
• My mom always tells me to believe in Heavenly Father.
• My mom likes to relax by having no babies.
• I love my mom because she calls me Bubs.
• My mom tells me I can do anything.
• My mom is really good at playing pretend.
• My mom is as pretty as a cheetah (also a pumpkin, munchin and the temple, which was my fave!)
• My mom loves to wear a wedding dress.
• My mom is really good at being nice.
• My mom's job is to keep me safe.  

If you want a blank copy of this Mother's day questionnaire for next year, let me know and I will email it to you.  Also, let me know if you want to read our ward newsletter.  I have been slacking since Roma was born, but I really love my calling. I absolutely LOVE, love the ward family we have.