Lillian's Mother's Day Tea

Friday was a very special day for Lillian at her school.. It was the day of the Mother's Day Tea. Lillian was VERY excited! I, myself, was really looking forward to this day as well! I purposely skipped breakfast that day, envisioning a morning of being pampered and served a delicious tea snack by my child, all while watching her sing songs to me and giving me her gifts with love... Let me just say it was not the morning I was expecting...

We arrived in the classrooom only to be divided into four groups... We were to go around to four different "stations" which we had to do with our child.. Station one, dress-up game.. The kids got to dress their mom up (YAY....).. Station two, snack making.. We got to help the kids make THEIR snack for the day (we do this EVERY day..).. Station three.. storytime.. We got to sit down and read our child a book (again, we do this at home..).. Station four.. Flower assembly.. we got to help our child assemble a teeny-tiny, itsy-bitsy bouquet of flowers.. Then it was time to find our child a seat and watch them eat THEIR snack.. Moms didn't even get to eat or drink anything.. I was STARVING!!! OK, by this time I was thinking the day was pretty lame and was ready to leave.. But there was the present to look forward to!! My favorite part!!! FINALLY it was time for the kids to hand us our Mother's Day gift... A plate that they made just for us... A keepsake to let us know just how much they love us!!! I unwrap my plate with such excitement and anticipation! And this is what I see...




A beautiful picture of Lillian.. with her DAD, with her DAD's green "the money pit" project truck in the background... A beautiful picture indeed! Drawn with love, and her father LOVES it! (so much so that he has asked me about a zillion times if I blogged about it yet... he wants to share... He thinks it is HILARIOUS!)

So that was my Mother's Day Tea, sans the tea... Now don't get me wrong, there were some nice parts to the day.. Lillian wrote a letter to me letting me know how much she loves me.. And we got to spend some quality time together... And on the actual Mother's Day the kids all gave me handmade cards and breakfast in bed, all made with love (before I went outside to work on landscaping all day..). It truly was an accurate Mother's Day celebration.. Being a Mom is all about sacrificing yourself to make others happy.... and that is exactly what I did... Happy Mother's Day!!!!