As I mentioned
Mother's Day was a hot mess
And I basically fumed
about it mostly internally for a week .
And then I decided to
move on and accept all their apologies and forgive .
So Sunday they all
redid Mother's Day and called it Tarina day . It was really nice . Everyone was
on their best behaviour all weekend and they all had lovely cards and a super
great gift that they all came up with :
Family time chargers:
3 separate chargers for their phones for my room so that when it is family time
at the cottage they can charge their phones far away and be out of sight . ( vs
the usual I can't put my phone away as need to charge it ! ) the chargers are
all labeled with a family time sticker too ( ok ok so maybe it was not fully
their idea but we all pretended it was )
Anyways best gift
could get ( although would have preferred it a week ago )
Hubby got me an
amazing suitcase that is perfect for my business travel
and really special
. Also an iPad holder to watch movies on the Bali bed and some wristbands for
the gym so the kettle balls stops bruising me when I swing them
Then they all made a
really fancy brunch ( eggs Benedict asparagus bacon toast hash downs fruit )
and the boys each gave me a long massage which was heavenly . Beauty is giving
me her hot chocolate mommy daughter treat in a few weeks when her 35 extra hrs
of dance a week are over !
We had a great family
jacuzzi and watched a totally funny comedy together about families .All in
between lots of study hours and all of us working around the cottage to get it
ready for spring
What stuck with me
was just the love and what was written and drawn on beauty's card . The way
bears card was rainbow written and must have take forever to write and how
chase ... Was just chase and massaged me while talking about if he could have a
party .
I loved being held
and kissed by my husband .
I loved hearing how
proud of my career they all are
I just loved being
with them
It won't be a huge "thank you!!!!!"this year -but it will be " I am thankful" And mostly grateful that my kids learned an important lesson in life about holidays and the importance of them-and were able to have the opportunity to fix what was broken through their deliberate actions and intentions
