Mother’s Day

Thanks to my great family, I had a wonderful Mother's Day.  I was wondering what it would look like for us this year since Finn has spots and blisters all over his body and Mia had a sore throat and low fever last night.  I knew we wouldn't be able to go anywhere since Finn is in the last day or so of being contagious and I was wondering if we would have a sick bay on our hands today with either or both.  Fortunately no. The kids were acting great (but Finn still looks really bad). And even though we had to stay away from people, that didn't keep Mark from making sure I didn't have to work in the kitchen today - we all piled in the car and went and got take out for lunch (Finn does not do well cooped up so at least getting out in the car was a good break from it all, even if it did mean just going for a ride and staying in his car seat the whole time).  Nothing worse than being on house arrest when all you want to do is be around people and running barefoot in the grass.  No dice, buddy. Sorry.

I woke up to the kids bounding into the room with gifts and cards.



Flowers to cheer up my bedside (and One Thousand Gifts for my new bedtime reading). Sorry about the tea-stained coaster, but it's evidence of my mommy-time treat: tea and a book.

And possibly the best cards ever this year.  They totally speak to what is going on in their lives right now. (Having a husband who works for a greeting card company has its definite perks)



From the princess girl. And can I just say that there's nothing sweeter than finding MOM, written in the cutest three year old handwriting, on random pieces of paper and on drawings throughout the house?



From the spotty boy. (Mark added the spots.)

It was good to get something that made me chuckle about the whole thing - even if it was so painfully close to the truth. I have to admit that it's been hard to see Finn with this hand, foot, mouth thing.  It's amazing how bad he got it and according to every other person I've talked to who has gone through it, he has it so way worse than anybody has ever seen.  It's hard to look at his skin and know the best way to treat it. Fortunately, he's acting like it's no big deal and is carrying on like nothing is wrong.  I'm really not sure how. If it were me, I wouldn't want to be moving around or be touched. We'll be spending a while at home

Even though Mother's Day looked different for us this year, we still had such a good day as a family.  We rested, didn't do any work at all, played lots with toys, read books, put together some puzzles, and watched some fun shows together as a family. I'm so blessed to be a mom to these kids.  The hugs and kisses they gave me today remind me why this is the best job in the world, even on days when I'm caring for a sick child or dealing with strong opinions from the 3 and under crowd...