A Very Happy Mothers Day

This Mothers Day, our Mom woke up to a jab in the eye by Dax trying to put on her glasses for her. Even before she was awake. "Happy Mothers Day, Happy Mothers Day...."They sang. Joey had even written and practiced a special song he created just for this day. Mom had her own special performance of his Mothers Day song. Nobody was more excited for this Holiday than Joey. And Dax too, but only because Joey was. Below you will see the stash Mom had awaiting her downstairs. Over the past 2 or so weeks, Joey has literally been counting down the days. He has been bringing home presents he had made each day at school, even when no one else in the class wanted to. For some reason (that he just could not understand )the kids at school only wanted to do one or two total. Not the 15+ he brought home. 2 or 3 each day at a time. Many pieces of masking tape went in to wrapping these projects. At home I would have to "not look" at what he was doing before and after school each day, as I handed him tape, stickers, writing utensils, ect. with my eyes closed and back turned. He had also made some very nice letters for each of his grandmothers. Mom was also not allowed to see these either until they were sealed in an envelope, and awaiting a stamp and address from mom.

On the top right you can see some of the remnants of the wrapping paper and below it are the gifts that were inside. Cut out rainbows, butterflies, colored pieces of paper, you name it...it could have been in one. Together with his class he made the tissue paper mosaic butterfly place mat on the lower left. Up top was some of his letters, including one from his Primary class. Oh, and also a Personal Navigational Device (aka..GPS System) that is a joint Mothers Day/Fathers Day present from the family.

To the left is the picture he made in Primary. I don't know what mother is talking about though. It says "My favorite thing about my mother is when she plays video games with me". His current mom doesn't even know how to work the game player. Maybe it was a wishful thinking thing. He also decorated a picture frame in church, but it's not pictured.

Here is the BEAUTIFUL butterfly place mat, and some close-ups of the presents.