1. I had whipped cream on my oatmeal this morning. Delicious.
2. Mother’s Day started off with the glamorous acts of: scrubbing dried doggypoo off of Jay’s shoes with an old toothbrush (we don’t even have a dog), and changing 2 poopy Rose diapers during the first 20 minutes of church. It was one thing after another all day…
3. Mother’s Day was hard work this year! With Primary sharing time, a presidency meeting with a wailing Rose, an emotional no-nap Jay, cooking a big family dinner, cleaning up the huge heap of dishes left from the family dinner (don’t worry-- Husband helped), and more Rose-care, it wasn’t really MY day of peaceful relaxing bliss. I guess that’s how it is being a MOM—plenty of work to do, even on Sunday! But then I read a little note “from Jay” that Jeff transcribed…
…and it reminded me that all the hard work is worth it! That was my one Mother’s Day gift, and it was just perfect. Jeff wrote it out in Jay talk, but I know it was from him too, and it made me feel special. It’s a list of reasons that Jay loves his Mah-nee (as he calls me). It melts my heart when I read it.
4. I’m so thankful for MOMS and all the good, hard, often-unnoticed work that they do. My Mom is the best, and my kids will be lucky little duckies if I can even be half as awesome as she is!
5. Here’s Rose telling me Happy Mother’s Day in her own little way.
6. Saturday I went to the high school track to see how fast I could run a mile 3 months after having a baby. With lots of sweating and gasping for air, I ran one mile in less than 7 minutes—6:57! Whew. The post partum “fitness test” that I invented after Jay was born is: 1-mile, (w/7 minute recovery), 800 meters (w/4 minute recovery), and a 400. On Saturday I made it through this “test” ok, but two days later I’m still stiff and tired from it!
7. Here’s another Shaina-tidbit for you: It was a sunny day on Saturday, and our car was super warm inside. After I got a 4-lb package of bacon at Costco, I didn’t want to just leave it in the toasty car to go bad. So I did what any sensible person would do—I crammed that 4 pounds of bacon into my already-bulging diaper bag, and took it into Joann’s fabric store with me. I never thought I’d go fabric-shopping laden with a large pack of bacon!
8. And now for an exciting tidbit, I found this dress for only $13! Score. It actually fits and I can nurse discreetly in it thanks to the deep V-neck and my sweet nursing cami. Bring on the wedding reception, Brad and Dani!
tidbit #9: Rose and I did a little Shakespeare re-enactment the other day (except we used our fists instead of our thumbs)…
“Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
--I do bite my thumb, sir.
Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
--No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.”
4 comments:
Shaina, you're hilarious. Sorry your mother's day wasn't more relaxing, but that note from Jay was adorable! I caught a few words in it...
First, I love your haircut. And I looked at the link of your nursing cami. Very cool. Do you like it? That is one thing I really want to get this time around and it seems like a good one.
LOL, it's so true, you're still a mom on mohters day too! And that includes the noramal duties. You are such an amazing mother and those little ones of yours, no doubt, make it ALL worth it :)
Now I feel terrible that I didn't do the dishes! Sorry, that was super lame of both me and Jasen. I promise to not leave your house after eating a meal that you prepared for me without leaving the kitchen clean again!
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