The Excitment of Motherhood

For Mother's Day I wanted to send my Mom a card. So I strapped the Boss in his Sash carrier and off we went. He fell asleep before I'd walked from the car to the store, so he was no help. As it turned out, I didn't need any help. I spotted the card right away.

On the front of the card was a mom sipping her coffee looking very relaxed while the baby tears apart her purse, the dog knocks over a vase, and the kid plays ball in the house. The quote on the front says that her life got more fun when she started calling her tensions, excitements.

The neighbors cows making our drive to school more exciting.

I'm the oldest of ten so it is a given that my mom had plenty of excitement in her life...and still does. I didn't fully appreciate it though until my family started getting more exciting. Now when the Monkey resists the healthy offerings at dinner and accidently spills her milk on the floor, I know dinner just got more exciting. When the Queen rolls her eyes after being told to put up her clothes, the evening takes on an exciting energy. When the Boss decides that his butt must always be at least four feet off the floor or in the nursing position, it is going to be an exciting day. And when my husband stomps across my newly mopped floor in his dirty barn boots, my life just continues to be exciting.

My sister's children making her evening a little more exciting.

So I want to say hats off to all those mothers out there and their very exciting lives!

A Note From the Boss

Playing dress up with the Monkey.

I know all about exciting situations. Look at me up there. The Monkey has dressed me up in blue sequins. I don't think boys wear blue sequins, do they? Oh brother! What if one of my friends had seen me. Oh, how humiliating....I mean exciting. Mom help me!