a mother learns, grows, loves.

i woke up on mother’s day last week to a very quiet house.  this is not usual.  our daughter is usually up by 7:30am singing, or dancing (or whining), but nevertheless- always making some significant clamour.

i peek out the front window.  the car is gone.  hmmm… now just what could they be up to?

certainly a pleasant time to make a hot cup of coffee and sit and read email and actually get to read through an entire email or drink an entire cup of coffee without any interruptions- hurray!

my email pops up with a picture message from incrediblehusband’s cellphone.  there’s my toddlergirl holding a gigantic bouquet (meaning 8 bouquets!) of tulips! 

they came home shortly after i received the email and proceeded to make pancakes with strawberries and whip cream, bacon and fluffy white cake (a favourite of mine). 

as we sat down for brunch toddlergirl asks with the most sincere eyes if we can listen to “jhack jhohnshon pwease?”  it seems the “banana pancakes” song must be played whenever we eat pancakes

i had a lovely mother’s day.  the first mother’s day that was extra lovely and didn’t include any mother’s day rants (my regular readers shall remember from last year).  deep breath.  no rants.  life is looking up. 

thanks to incrediblehusband and toddlergirl for a special day!

 

to better things,

steph