Mother's Day

We started off the Mother's Day Weekend, with a tea party for the mom's at Jake's school. (Jake refused to call it a tea party though, because he said he doesn't like tea.)

This is his picture that he drew of me

This was a little survey the kids did on their moms. Here are my thoughts...
*Favorite Food: Pasta - Not sure why he said my favorite food is pasta? We actually eat
very little pasta.
*Favorite Drink: Yucky Drinks - HA! I died laughing when I saw that. Anytime I'm drinking
something that I don't want to share with Jake, I just tell him that it is a yucky drink that he
wouldn't like. I didn't realize I said it so much!
*Favorite Place to Shop" Wal-Mart - Every single kid in his class put Wal-Mart. Ha! 

The school also made a booklet with questions answered from the kids. Here were the questions & Jake's answers:

1) What does your mother look like? Jake's Answer: She looks like Emma Bush. My Emma's eyes are green and her hair is brown, I guess.

2) What are some nice things your mother does for/with you? Jake's Answer: She plays in my room with my train table. I play outside with the soccer ball... and football... and basketball... and scooter. We go to the beach and saw some fish and whales and sharks and dolphins and it scares me. (Emma's thoughts: Jake & I have not played with his train table in over a year. We do play soccer, but his dad is who he plays football & basketball with. And we ride his bike every afternoon, not his scooter. But the funniest was the beach part. He is talking about when he went to the beach with my parents. A small school of fish swam by & completely freaked Jake out. But there were no whales, sharks or dolphins.) 

3) What are some things your mother likes to do? Jake's Answer: She washes some clothes and works out and she goes run and drives her car.

At the Mother's Day tea

The kids made crowns for their moms

Which Jake insisted on wearing

On Friday, Jake & I headed down to Prattville to see my family.

Two peas in a pod - Jake & Marrell

They kept buckling each other into an old baby rocker.
Marrell did not like this game.

Jake did like the game

Do not ask me why they have no clothes on 

On Saturday, we celebrated my mom's birthday. Happy Birthday Mom/Nana!!

Nana with her oldest 3 grandchildren
We missed you Woody!

The sweetest part of the day was after lunch, my dad brought out my mom's birthday cake & the grandchildren sang Happy Birthday to her. It was so sweet to hear their little voices singing happy birthday to Nana.

After lunch & cake, the nice clothes came off & the play clothes came on (and believe me, these play clothes are a dozzy!). Why? Because the kids said the needed a mud bath. Which in translation means they want to go play in the creek beside my parent's house.   

Marrell in her Dollar Tree Spongebob hat. Ha! Love it!!

Exploring

Jake insisted on laying down in the creek

Marrell & Maddox

Gran & Jake

Late Saturday afternoon, Jake & I headed back to Birmingham.

Can you say wore out?

On Sunday we all went to Church

So thankful that this little guy made me a mom

Mimi reading Jake a book

We spent Sunday afternoon on the patio just hanging out 

Perfect way to end a wonderful Mother's Day Weekend

 Mother's Day is such a special day. It's a chance for me to honor my own mom & tell her thank you plus a chance to reflect on the blessing that has made me a mom. But I also know its a hard day for some. If you have lost your mom or have a broken relationship with her, I'm sure mother's day can be a hard day. And especially for those women out there, that want so badly to be a mom, I can't imagine the feelings that would come with mother's day. I pray for those women and hope one day that their wish will come true.

I became a mom quicker than I expected, but it has been the greatest blessing that I have ever been given. I cherish the fact that I have a little boy that calls me mom and its something that I don't take for granted. His hugs, his kisses, his love is the greatest gift that he could ever give me.