Mother's Day 2011...Or "What Your Kids Really Think About You"

Hopefully the Moms reading this had a nice Mother's Day.  I enjoyed a nice day with my boys.  I've cracked the code for happy kids: a trip to the beach!  They were happy, I was happy watching (and catching a few waves with a Boogie Board!), all was well with the world.

The boys each brought home really cute Mother's Day gifts from school on Friday.  I'm such a sucker for handprint art from my kids!

Timmy asked me to turn his Mother's Day card to me into a Handprint Identification Panel for his room. So that only he could enter/exit, and not his brother. Okay, why not?  What else was I going to do with a Mother's Day gift from my son?

That's my handprint on the right, so I could access Timmy's room to empty his trashcans and take care of his laundry.  Otherwise he would have been on his own for those chores :-)

Each boy also brought home these question and answer sheets. They filled in the blanks answering questions about Mom.

I won't show the whole thing -- since it has things like my age and my favorite colors. You guys don't need to know all that.  But here's a sliver of each boys' assignment, which is a glimpse into what they think about me.

An excerpt from Jacob's assignment.  The first question and answer absolutely melted my heart.  The second one...well...I guess it's a sign that perhaps I need to get off the grid a little more often.

From Timmy's assignment.  If you can't quite decipher it, it reads "She likes to clean and shop."  I guess I'm glad Timmy thinks I like to clean.  Not sure I want him thinking I don't like cleaning...even though I don't care for cleaning that much.  A necessary evil.

The other questions and answers were all very nice.  Jacob's answer certainly has me assessing the laptop fused to my lap, and whether it's time to back off a little.  I think so.

So if you see less of me online, this is probably why...