Day 97: Mothers Day

Mothers Day! The one day aside from my birthday in the entire year that there is no question that I get to sleep in. Unfortunately early church disrupts that every other year, but not this year. There were no early meetings for Shawn in honor of my sleep schedule. My kids tried extra hard to be obedient in honor of me today. Jack even kept the ear drum shattering screams to a minimum today, sweet boy. Alivia took extra care to wake up really really early this morning (which I'm blaming on Lucy's ballet yesterday and the damage it did to her sleep schedule), but like a good man, Shawn woke up with her at 6:30 and came down stairs.

I was served breakfast in bed. Oh wait, no I wasn't, but I was given that option. Shawn asked if I wanted breakfast in bed or if I wanted to eat down stairs with the kids. I opted for the later for 3 reasons. 1- Our bed is new and I don't want to hurt it. 2- It's more comfortable to eat at a table, even if you have a breakfast tray. and 3- Alivia was napping in our room at breakfast time, and her naps are a sacred thing not to be toiled with.

Church was great, there were some really good talks given. One fairly ironic thing that happened at church today is that I took Alivia out to feed her during Sacrament Meeting to find that the Mother's Room was locked. Seriously? The mothers room locked on mother's day? That felt like an injustice. The problem was fixed before the end of church, but I want to know why no mothers in the other ward before us fixed the problem. I mean I had to nurse Alivia in the empty Relief Society Room hoping no one would barge in on me before it was fixed. It was a little awkward.

We enjoyed a good dinner tonight as a family, the kids and I made and decorated a chocolate cake. Yum. The kids colored me pictures and Shawn got me a massage for Mother's Day. Can't think of anything I'll enjoy more as I'm spending long hours day in and day out just trying my best to keep up on all the crap I have to do. I don't get to sit and watch TV anymore, except for when I'm folding laundry, and I'll be honest, that doesn't happen near enough, just ask Shawn. Reading books? What's that? When I have a minute to read a book I fall asleep out of sheer exhaustion. Someday I'll enjoy a book again, but I don't see it happening any time soon. A massage will be INCREDIBLE! if I can stay awake long enough to enjoy it. Man, I've got to get Alivia to sleep through the night to make things a little easier on me.

All and all it was a great day! I have wonderful kids regardless of how much they sleep. My husband is the best, sorry if you think yours is but you're wrong, you really just are. Now I need to go call my mom and wish her the bestest day ever.Life is good.