Today was one of the most simple Mother's days that I've ever had in my 6ish years of being a mommy. I woke up sick as hell at 4am, and finally, asked Dayton to get up with me and keep me company around 7am. I fed Phoenix, Dayton got the older two some breakfast and took a shower. Then, he gets out, goes outside (in the POURING rain) and gets something out of the truck. He comes back to the door, pokes his head in and calls ZoeJane to the door. She goes, and gets this thing from him...turns around with the brightest smile on her face and brings me a brown paper bag, colored and stapled closed. She had been keeping this bag, and what was in it, a total secret. She'd mentioned having a surprise for me a few weeks ago, but she told me that I couldn't have it until Mother's Day. It was something they were working on at school. Apparently, she brought it home on Friday and her and Daddy decided to stash it in the truck. So, I open this bag up ever so carefully, and pull out a rolled piece of paper (well, two) with a ribbon tied around it. I open it and one paper is a "World's Greatest Mom" certificate. It said that she loves me because I'm her only mommy. The other is a letter where she had to fill in the blanks. It said she loved me because I'm her only mommy, and she likes it when we play games together, and she thanked me for teaching her how to play games. Then, there was a purple card. On the inside, it says "I love you because you are my only mommy. I will love you for all my life. I will get you a cake for your next birthday. Love, ZoeJane". ((OMG, the SWEETNESS!)) And finally, I pull out a small terracotta flower pot, painted in a way that only my baby could paint it. It took everything I had not to cry at how sweet it was that her teachers and her made these little gift bags for us, and that my baby had written such sweet things. A few hours later, Dayton goes to Walmart and returns with a purple flower for me to plant in my pot, a card, and M & M's (because he said it just isn't Mother's Day without chocolate).
So, yes, I was exhausted and sick (I may be on the verge of death. I haven't decided yet). Yes, it was a total washout outside. But it was the BEST Mother's Day that I ever could have asked for!
<3 <3 <3
