We are so enjoying the finished (almost) basement. I let the kids have lunch down there last Monday. It was fun to eat around the little play table together. They girls hung their Frozen posters in the play area under the stairs. Annie and Tommy especially are loving the little kids space.
Cinco de Mayo was a busy day in our house. Jeremy signed up to bring a dessert for the annual work potluck. I made him a tres leches cake because it was one of his favorite things from his mission. And we decided to decorate it with kiwi and strawberries because those are the colors of Mexico's flag. The cake was gone in less than two hours. I am always amazed people like this cake. I don't like the texture and I think it doesn't have a lot of flavor, but I'm glad it made Jeremy and his coworkers happy. They told him he should bring in another cake the very next day. He told them his wife is too busy.
After getting the cake out the door, I had to get myself and all the kids ready for school. Lily was dancing in her Spanish immersion assembly first thing in the morning. All the kids in her class painted their faces the colors of various flags from Spanish speaking countries. Lily's flag was Columbia. She wore the face paint until bed time - and still had a slightly blue nose the next morning even after lots of scrubbing. Her dance was great. She knew it better than anyone and had good rhythm too. She was so excited to have us there for the performance. I was impressed with the entire assembly. All the immersion classes K-2nd grade participated and did a dance, song, or skit. Kudos to the teachers for all their hard work.
After the assembly, I was preparing to go home. Lily's teacher asked if I could stay to help with the Cinco de Mayo rotation stations the rest of the morning. Two moms who had signed up backed out at the last minute. I told her that I had to keep my little kids with me and she assured me that wouldn't be a problem. Well......it was!
I was assigned the pinata making station with two other moms. Each child was given two paper snow cone cups and a handful of candy. We were supposed to help them fill one cup with candy and hot glue the mouths of the snow cone cups together to create a small pinata. Then the kids were allowed to decorate the pinatas with tissue paper and glue.
The cups would not glue together! We were running around the classrooms and supply closets looking for making tape or duct tape to keep the darn things together. Then the kids kept eating their candy and making a mess of the tissue paper. Two of the classes were so rude that one of the moms made them put their heads down rather than assemble the pinatas. Tommy was eating the candy and leaving partially eaten pieces everywhere. Annie was upset that she couldn't go with Lily to rotate through all the other stations so she followed me around crying for almost two hours. Then Tommy kept getting into the blocks and puzzles in the classroom and spilling them all over the floor. I felt like a crazy person for three hours. I was so happy when it was time to go home.
All of us went home, had lunch and took a little rest. Happy Cinco de Mayo to us!
Tommy is in love with this little vehicle that belongs to our neighbor boys. He can't steer very well and gets stuck all the time, but he sure loves to try. Lily wants to ask Santa for one of these this year for Christmas. We tried to tell her that Santa might not be able to deliver such a big, expensive gift. Her faith in Santa's abilites could not be swayed. She KNOWS his elves can just make one. Ugh!
My favorite part of the week was a Mother's Day brunch in Lily's class. I'm amazed they let me back in the school after the messes Annie and Tommy made on Cinco de Mayo. The moms donated foods for the brunch. Lily made little finger sandwiches with me that morning before school. She was so proud to pass them out to her friends. I also bought some brownie bites at the store. Lily made me a placemat, a book, and a salt dough hand print. I left Tommy and Annie with a sitter so I could just focus on Lily that morning. She appreciated the private time with Mom. We had a wonderful little tea party.
Friday night Daddy and Tommy braved the Fathers and Sons campout. The weather was rainy and windy. Jeremy was in charge of the dinner - which meant I was in charge of all the shopping and prep. The landowner who let the ward camp on his property raises horses. When Jeremy showed up to get the fires going for dinner, a bunch of horses came running to investigate. Tommy wanted to get near the horses, but Daddy was concerned Tommy might spook them with his squealing and quick movements. So Bubba was confined to a camp chair until the horses left. Tommy ate his fill of orange soda, Cheetos, watermelon, and cookies. They both came home dirty and tired. I guess that means it was a successful campout.
While the boys were gone, the girls did puzzles, played games, painted our finger nails, and snuggled to watch Sleeping Beauty. Notice the big gash on Annie's chin? She was playing tag with some friends and one of her buddies accidentally scratched Annie's chin while trying to tag her. The scab is huge. Hopefully it will be healed soon.
Sunday was Mother's Day. Jeremy was determined to give me a morning off. He brought me breakfast in bed and the kids all climbed up to help celebrate. Tommy helped himself to my bacon and oranges. He also opened my presents for me.
I really love my mother necklace. It has a birthstone jewel for each child in our family - even little Peanut who hasn't arrived yet.
Tommy didn't want to leave me alone to read my new book and eat my breakfast so he got to be my companion in bed. He loves my new necklace - probably because I rarely wear necklaces, so it's exciting and different to him. Jeremy played with the kids all morning and got them ready for church too. I met with the bishop to ask to be released from one of my callings. Two callings plus three little kids and a baby on the way was starting to take a toll on me. He was sad to release me as choir director but I know it's the best decision for this season of my life - especially while Jeremy has a leadership calling too. I cried a lot while the bishop and I talked, I love music so much but it is hard to nurse a baby and be on time to choir, run an hour long rehearsal, and be ready during sacrament meetings for musical numbers when baby needs to eat. I did it with Tommy and it made me a little crazy. I hope the ward choir will understand.
This was the first Mother's Day that I got to watch the girls sing with the Primary. I was the Primary pianist for all the years Lily and Annie have been in Primary so far. It was great to finally sit in the congregation and see our darling girls' faces. It is great to have so many reasons to celebrate on this holiday after many years of sadness. Even in the midst of the craziness, I know we are truly blessed!
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