Mother’s Day Weekend

My week-end started out with a bang and ended on a sweet note.

Friday started off uneventful.  It was laundry day and it was wet and dreary outside.  THEN, the Fed-ex guy came.  The day became like a mini-Christmas.  My package contained a Wii unit with the sports bundle along with two games and a Nintendo DS Lite along with three games!  My four year old was so exited.  He kept saying, "It’s like Christmas.  Maybe it’s going to snow later today."  (One of the Wii games, Mario Party 8, has already become my husband and son’s new addiction – those two are such competitive gamers!)

Saturday was fun too.  My husband’s family (his parents, his brother’s family, his aunt and friend) came over for a pre-Mother’s Day dinner/gift exchange.  I’m very fortunate in that I really like my mother-in-law, so it was a good time.  This was the first time that my father-in-law had played the Wii (we’ve had our own unit since last year).  He chose to play baseball with Michael (my four years old).  Michael wins (of course) and tires him out in the process.  He then proceeds to beat his uncle in boxing.  (See, it’s not just me – he is really good!)  Then, to teach him some humility, my husband beats Michael in tennis.  Michael’s grandfather was like, "That’s right. He (Michael) needs to learn that he can’t win everything.  I was just laughing, because Michael had tired out his granddad and uncle.

Sunday was nice and uneventful.  I received some really sweet gifts and cards from friends.  I received cards and "the day off" from my husband and sons. It was exactly what I asked for and exactly what I (thought) I wanted.  At the end of the night though, I asked my husband, "Really, you didn’t get me a gift?" (Now, note that I told him several times that I didn’t want a physical gift because he was paying to get my blog redesigned.)  He said, "Kim, I guess you learned a lesson today.  You talked yourself out of a gift."  I couldn’t do anything but laugh.  He was right.  For the record, the next time I WANT A GIFT! 

Then, I thought about it.  My Mother’ Day was great.  I have great, healthy kids and a loving husband who made sure that I didn’t have to: cook a meal; dress a kid; change a diaper; wash a dish or anything else that I didn’t want to do that day AND I got to take a nap in the middle of the day – how great is that?!  So, all in all, this ended up being one of the best days ever.