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Tupperware ~ Mother's Day ~ tired ~ labor ~ mud bath ~ weeds
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Hello! How was your Mother's Day weekend? Mine was good. I wish I could say the same for this week, but this week has been stressful, and I am tired. No matter how much sleep I get, which is never much, or how much coffee I drink, I have been tired all week. Add to that that fact that despite having over a month until she turns three, Gigi seems to have officially become a threenager.
If this is a sign of what the next year is going to be like, I am officially not ready. On Mother's Day, I told her she was worth the sixteen hours and forty-nine minutes of labor, and I think she took that as a challenge. This week she has tested my limits and shown me a whole new side of parenting. Luckily, a mom's heart has a limitless ability to love. As crazy as she has made me this week, I still feel like she was worth every single second of labor.
On the Saturday before Mother's Day, we went to Orchard Supply Hardware, and Gigi made a flowerpot for me. She painted it and planted a flower of her choosing. She chose a purple flower. It is beautiful, and miraculously, she finished it without looking like she took a mud bath! While there I purchased a Camellia bush, to plant in the memorial garden I am creating for Kateri. I plan on starting it this weekend. I need to pull quite a few weeds, remove some rocks, and start planting some seeds and plants. The Camellia bush will be put into a large pot. I am thinking I will buy a terracotta pot, and allow Gigi to paint it, just as she did my Mother's Day pot.
I chose the Camellia bush, not just because it is beautiful and attracts butterflies/hummingbirds, but Camellia was on the list of names I had considered for Kateri. It just seemed so fitting, when I stumbled upon it at the store, and I just knew I needed it for her garden. I will be sure to share pictures of her garden with you guys once I finish it. I am currently searching for a statue or two for it. I have not found the right one yet. I feel like I want an angel. I am just not sure yet. I hope I can find just the right one.
Hello! How was your Mother's Day weekend? Mine was good. I wish I could say the same for this week, but this week has been stressful, and I am tired. No matter how much sleep I get, which is never much, or how much coffee I drink, I have been tired all week. Add to that that fact that despite having over a month until she turns three, Gigi seems to have officially become a threenager.
If this is a sign of what the next year is going to be like, I am officially not ready. On Mother's Day, I told her she was worth the sixteen hours and forty-nine minutes of labor, and I think she took that as a challenge. This week she has tested my limits and shown me a whole new side of parenting. Luckily, a mom's heart has a limitless ability to love. As crazy as she has made me this week, I still feel like she was worth every single second of labor.
On the Saturday before Mother's Day, we went to Orchard Supply Hardware, and Gigi made a flowerpot for me. She painted it and planted a flower of her choosing. She chose a purple flower. It is beautiful, and miraculously, she finished it without looking like she took a mud bath! While there I purchased a Camellia bush, to plant in the memorial garden I am creating for Kateri. I plan on starting it this weekend. I need to pull quite a few weeds, remove some rocks, and start planting some seeds and plants. The Camellia bush will be put into a large pot. I am thinking I will buy a terracotta pot, and allow Gigi to paint it, just as she did my Mother's Day pot.
I chose the Camellia bush, not just because it is beautiful and attracts butterflies/hummingbirds, but Camellia was on the list of names I had considered for Kateri. It just seemed so fitting, when I stumbled upon it at the store, and I just knew I needed it for her garden. I will be sure to share pictures of her garden with you guys once I finish it. I am currently searching for a statue or two for it. I have not found the right one yet. I feel like I want an angel. I am just not sure yet. I hope I can find just the right one.
(Camellia Bush pic via Google)
So, how was your Mother's Day? Did you celebrate? Not celebrate? Did you receive gifts? I would have been happy with anything... a new vacuum, new Tupperware, a rock... I was grateful for my wonderful card and my flower.
This is my flowerpot and card from Gigi! :) Can you see why I love it?!?
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I love the symmetry. You are honoring Kateri and Gigi is honoring you.
ReplyDeleteIt's a really beautiful time for me right now. I'm feeling a peace I've never felt before.
DeleteI remember the fun of Mother's Day when the kids were little. This Mother's Day we took our little dogs for a special outing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea to create a memorial garden and to include Gigi in making it beautiful! Love her flower pot.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly, Colin was more challenging when he was three than at the infamous terrible two. You'll be fine, though.
C painted a watering can for me at daycare. I don't garden but I sure appreciate the effort since he is not into crafts, unfortunately.
We mostly celebrated mom here at our house. At 80 she has seniority. I've been dealing with gallstones for the last few weeks so I haven't felt like celebrating anything.
ReplyDeleteThanks for using my words and sharing your Mother's Day with us all. Whit is adorable and these days it seems they become teenagers quicker and quicker! My grand daughter is 5 going on 25.
ReplyDeleteGigi did a fantastic job painting the pot! You are blessed. I'm glad you had a good Mother's Day. Don't worry too much about the threenager... it do shall pass.
ReplyDeleteso glad you had a wonderful mother's day, sorry about the bad week though. They really know how to challenge us, don't they! I spent Mother's day running in the rain, AJ finished his kid race, but my knee gave out...still a greta day
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