Do These Kids Make Me Look Crazy?

Let’s talk about Mother’s Day.

Best. holiday. ever.

I pretty much spend the entire day saying stuff like, “You know, it’s Mother’s Day. You’re not allowed to argue with each other on Mother’s Day”, or “I don’t have to play 17 games of Wii Bowling in a row because it’s Mother’s Day and I want to watch all the DVR’d episodes of Glee and Good Luck Charlie while you sit here quietly and brush my hair.”

And because I’ve spent every year training my children to have complete respect for this hallmark holiday, they totally do this.

Because they love me.

And because I eat a lot of chocolate on Mother’s Day and I only share if they do exactly what I want.

Anyway, the Mother’s Day festivities started on Friday morning with “Muffins with Mom” in Savannah’s first grade classroom.

Look at what she wrote:

For those of you who are too lazy to squint and read it, it says, “My mommy is the awesomest. She is funny. My mom writes funny storys. She is a fun singer. I love her so much.”

I know, right?  She should totally start blogging.

And I got a plant that’s miraculously still alive three days later. It’s cheated death by over two days, y’all.

From Declan, I received an adorable picture and a collaborative book called “All About Mom”.

This consisted of his teacher “interviewing” all the students about their mothers and consolidating their answers into a class-wide book.

Question 1:  Why do you love mom?

Answer from Declan: “Because she likes to do fun stuff with me.”

Most interesting (truthful) answer from peer: “Because she buys me toys.”

Question: What is your mom’s favorite things to do?

Answer from Declan:  “Cooking.”

(Um, what?)

Interesting answers from peers: “clean the house”, “she likes to drive” and “she just likes to buy earrings.”

Question 3: What is your favorite thing to do with mom?

Answer from Declan: “Jump on the trampoline.”

Most interesting answer from peer: “play superheroes and action figures”

Question 4: What is your favorite thing for mom to cook?

Answer from Declan: “pancakes”

Question 5: What is the perfect gift for mom?

Answer from Declan: “She wants candy…buttercups”

(Note:  This is true. Reese’s Peanut Butter cups are my favorite.)

Most interesting answers from peers: “cake”, “a Hannah Montana shirt”, “new flowers because every kind of flowers she gets die”

Question 6: What does your mom do at work?

Answer from Declan: “She helps people for them to do good listening so they don’t do bad listening”

(Note: This is true. I tell him that I’m a psychologist who helps parents teach their kids to be good listeners.)

Most interesting answers from peers: “She has two offices. She has an elevator. There’s a room where there’s a TV.”, “She buys something at work.” and “She plays on her computer. She eats snacks there. She works in North Carolina.”

Question 7: How tall is your mom?

Answer from Declan: “Tall…she’s really tall.  Just tall.”

(Note: I’m 5-1.)

Question 8: How old is your mom?

Answer from Declan: 35

(Note: That’s true.)

Question 9: How does your mommy take care of you?

Answer from Declan: “She helps me so I don’t do bad stuff.”

(Note: That’s partially true. Sometimes I accidentally teach him bad things, like how to use the word “crap” appropriately.)

And finally, they both got me this beautiful necklace:

Best Mother’s Day ever. I feel so blessed to have these darn kids.