Hananuka Day 3

Gavin's back of envelope.
He made sure to remind me what age I am now. I will thank him later for that.

Front of envelope. Back of card. Front of card. Laney's front of envelope.
She and I are sporting some nice "blinkers" as she calls them. Front of card. Totally Laney in its colors. Canon's card. Canon's envelope.
If I had to guess who did this envelope I would guess Canon in a second. Not only is there scribbles all over it but large circles and little C's. Canon's signature coloring skill.

Penny's card somehow went MIA before it got delivered to me. I suppose it will be a welcome surprise once it turns up.

Random side note:
The other day when I received my first card Gavin asked what I was reading. When I told him it was my Hananuka card he asked what Hananuka was.
My only response was "What family have you grown up in?

Mothers Day

Sometimes I look at my kids and wonder how I got here.
Celebrating Mothers Day, that is, with 4 kids.

I got some lovely cards from the kids and some little things that they colored.
Laney filled out this card at Preschool.My mom's name is Hannah. (check)
She is 22 years old. (I was once. I am no longer. Sigh.)
She weighs 22 pounds. (I did once. Like, I don't know...31.5 years ago.)
Her favorite color is green and blue. (Check.)
Her favorite food is lettuce. (That is how I maintain my slim 22 lbs.)
Her favorite thing to do is washing dishes. (Perhaps because I am always doing the dishes it has now morphed into my favorite thing?)
I love her because she had long hair. (Notice the past tense on that?)

Canon did this little hand stamp in primary. I love that it is little.
I love that it is messy.
I love that it barely resembles a hand.
I love that this is just what I would expect from Canon.

Gavin had a couple of things for me for Mother's Day.
Like this awesome picture. Laney said when she saw this "Mom is that a smile?"
Gavin said "The sun was in my eyes."

He also made me this poem.Roses
Violets
Sugar is sweet
and I love you.
Love Gavin

Mothers Day is like any other day. Mostly.
I still feed, wash, dress, shush, and love our kids.
The one big difference: I don't have to change a dirty diaper.
The kids don't understand that they should be more obedient or more quiet or happier.
I suppose I wouldn't want them to do that.
Because then when I wake up the day after Mothers day to a little boy with a ruptured ear drum it seems normal.
Being a Mom has become second nature to me and I think that is how it is suppose to be.

It's Our Own Fault

Well mine mostly.

Canon lately has been wearing a crown around the house that Laney made.

He wears it all the time. He has also taken up writing on the walls.

Our other kids never did this.

Somehow we knew that if any of our kids colored on the walls

it was going to be Canon.

It really is our own fault.

We did name him

Canon.

I See Some Potential

In preschool Gavin did a life sized outline of his body. That is a face only a mother could love.
When we asked him what the orange coloring on the left side of his face was he informed us that it was his neck bumps.
It now hangs on the wall as art.