Taking the Scenic Route

My first ever kid made Mother’s Day Card

He wrote “I *heart* you mom” and drew a house (not sure if it because he is really into drawing houses right now, or because I was at home when he made it, or his interpretation of “make a mother’s day card to take home”, but it is cute.)

And the flowerpot he made for me.

The note he wrote on my mom’s mother’s day gift

Showing my mom the flowers he made at school for me.

Showing Grandma & Grandpa the radishes he has growing in a bare space of lawn in the back yard.  (remember the evile box of dirt?  Some of the radishes actually lived!)

and then my camera batteries died.  ah well. 

It was a lovely, lovely day.  We had a barbeque, played with the kids, talked and generally just enjoyed each other’s company.  It was the first time in more years than I can recall that we were able to give my mom a gift and it was really a good feeling.  It was a Bambi statue for the garden I spotted months and months ago that was way out of our budget.  It went on sale, and eventually got to a price that we could manage and I jumped on it.  Bambi has always been my mom’s favorite movie ever, and she loves her flower garden, so it was the perfect, perfect gift for her.  It has been living in our garage since days after we moved here.