Big Brother presented me with his Mother’s Day gift this morning. They made them in pre-school so, since he doesn’t go on Fridays, today was the big reveal.
Lookie.
Cute, huh? There’s a marigold seed planted in the pot and Big Brother’s face in the center of the flower, where you see a white circle of paper. There’s also a very sweet poem on the back of the picture about how he, too, grew from just a tiny seed but my care and love (and truckloads of mac and cheese) made him grow as big and strong as he is today.
I was touched. Hugs, kisses, thank yous all around.
Then his teacher handed me the accompanying card and, with a smile, told me that Big Brother’s card was one of the most memorable. Which brought his second teacher over, also smiling, to tell me (and I quote) “There are no secrets around here.”
Oh, dear Lord. I opened it:
Let me just zoom in on a little gem for you.
What a sweetheart, no? Ratting me out for dyeing my hair.
Good thing he’s just the kid of the blue-eyed mailman or Husband might be upset.
Gotta run.
Chores to do and dishes to sort! Wooohooooo!!!
Confessions of a Serial Swooper 
hilarious
hehe…been there, done that. In Kinder, the Big Ballerina made a picture of BSD and me TO HANG ON THE WALL for Open House. They were supposed to say something about each of us. Others said, “my mom bakes cookies” (I do that all the time…no mention) or “my dad coaches my soccer team.”
Ours read, “My mom likes to take showers and do her hair.” WTH?!?! BSD at least got, “My dad goes away and brings back presents.”
You are not alone, Clairol Girl!
“take showers and do her hair” — LOL! so awesome.
freakin’ kids. they kill me.
Yes, these are priceless! There was a Mother’s Day Tea at my son’s preschool on Thursday. As all the moms waited in the hallway, we got to peruse the portraits the kids had painted of us and read their little questionnaires. When asked “What is your favorite thing to do with your mom?” a lot of kids wrote the endearing comments of, “I like to ride bikes with my mom” or “We like to play in the yard.” My son wrote, “I like it when she takes me to the toy store or to Target.” Ouch. So much for all that quality time spent playing together. Buying stuff is obviously much more important. Must stop all non-necessity item purchases immediately!