A Kind of Frustrating Mother's Day

It all started a couple of week ago. I got an email from an online card company offering free Mother's Day cards. All you had to pay was shipping. I figured I wouldn't be able to do better than that especially for personalized cards with our pictures on them. I went ahead and ordered two. A few days later one card showed up. Then I saw the charge on our account and it was more than double what they said it would cost. I emailed the company to see if the other card was on it's way and what was going to be done about the cost. I received a reply saying there was a problem with the card and they were taking care of it and I would get the card that had the problem. That did not answer my question so I again emailed the company asking them to clarify. The reply was even more unclear than before. In short I only got one card, but they did fix the charges. So then my dilemma became do I take the one card I have to my Mom since I was going down to be with her OR do I send it to Glenn's Mom and hope the other one gets here before we leave. I couldn't decide what to do so in my frustration I set it on the table and decided to make my decision closer to the time for us to leave. My decision was finally made that I would take the card to my Mom and send Sharon hers as soon as it arrived. In all the rush to get things together and on our way I left the card on the table. Neither Mother got a card from the slackers! Sorry!!

Mother's Day itself was a bit unhappy for me. I spent the day either curled up on the couch or in bed. I wasn't able to help with the dinner prep or even enjoy all the yummy food. Sorry to all the sisters, Mom and Lindy who did all the work without any help from me. As the day progressed I got worse, but we had to head home so off we went. As we made our entrance into Heber I needed Glenn to make an emergency stop. He was in the far left turn lane and the cross traffic had the green light. I couldn't wait for our light to change so I ended up leaving a deposit along the road as we waited to be able to move. After he was able to turn off the road and hide me from the many vehicles that got to watch the spectacle, a Sheriff pulled up along side him and said that he just wanted to make sure that we didn't get hit. It was such a thrill!

So I truly hope that every Mother out there had a much better Mother's Day than I did. Every Mother I know deserves to be pampered and taken care of every day, but most assuredly on this one special day of the year.

Since I was totally unable to do anything I didn't get any pictures of the Mother's in my life or of the girls playing outside. I guess that's a good thing though since JUSTIN ended up spraying them with the hose and he had to bring a wet sobbing Zoe into me for comfort. So as his punishment he will be babysitting my kids again! It doesn't pay to be mean!

Why?

Why do kids always latch onto the most annoying toy in the toy box? And where do these obnoxious things come from?

Oh, that's right. From me! Duh. Why don't I learn?

I know you all wish that you could be at our house right now. We are getting a run down of all of Maggie's promises she will make if we let her get out of bed to do all the things she refused to do before going to bed.

"I promise that I won't pick up Zoe anymore"
"Please Mom this is my only chance to do it"
"Please, please, please, Mom"
"I'll stop crying if you let me"
"I promise, I promise, I promise, and I won't break the promise"
"I need a drink"
"I need to use the bathroom"
"Can I please use the bathroom?"

Yeah, it sounds all sad and pathetic now, but the fit leading up to the punishment was something you would see on Super Nanny. A show that she has watched with me a million times and has commented on the kids bad behavior and how they shouldn't act like that. Apparently it's alright for her to act this way. Rules don't apply to my girls. Their super special!

Zoe just came up and kicked my chair. I love the two year old attitude. She's well on her way to following in her big sisters footsteps. How excited am I?

And yes, to all those out there wondering, I am the meanest Mom...EVER!! You can all thank Super Nanny for my new found meanest and parenting skills. If you have issue with how I parent take it up with her!

Drive-In

Saturday was the primary activity day at Mom and Dad's ward. Since Camille was going Maggie decided that she wanted to go too. They were having a "drive-in" movie so they all made cardboard box cars. They were all so cute. Here is Maggie in her creation. "the Magster".

Everyone got settled in their parking spots and were served popcorn and drinks.

ENJOYING THE FLICK

Random

Do you notice anything different? Besides the massive bows taking over her head?

I was invited to attend the baby shower for my friend Lindsey. Her Mom made this adorable cake. I will have to be stealing this idea. We are excited to meet the newest Bowen soon.

Every Thursday morning the Library has story time for kids. I have taken Zoe a couple of times and she has so much fun. After the first story the kids get some sticks to bang together while they dance with the story lady. She is so fun. The kids love her. Zoe got a few more sticks than her allotted two.

Such concentration and skill

Tapping her tummy to the music

Pure talent!