(Skip to the 3rd paragraph for the non-depressing part of the blog post.)

I think that Mother’s Day is my least favorite holiday of the year . . . a day to remember that my Mom is no longer here with us and now also a day to remember that we live 19 hours away from my mother-in-law and have to “celebrate” with her over the phone instead of in person.  I know God has a purpose for taking my Mom home to be with Him when He did and I know we chose to move 19 hours away to live up here, but this holiday is much harder than others!

So,  I dreaded the day the entire week before, but managed to get through the day without too many tears.  Tom was working on Mother’s Day, so the girls and I had a pretty normal day and then we celebrated as a family on Wednesday.  This actually worked out well as I was over the Mother’s Day depression and had moved on and could enjoy being celebrated by my wonderful husband and 3 beautiful daughters. 

Dinner on Sunday evening – the girls made decorations for the table and we had sparkling cider with our dinner

Cheers!  Ashley was using a Mickey Mouse water goblet for the first time and was very excited.

So Wednesday morning was Spa day at our home.  Tom and Sage made some apple pancakes that I asked for, for breakfast.  Then they had  a beautiful basket for me with lavender lotion, soap, room spray and tea and shortbread.  I was then “pampered” with a manicure given to me by Sage, and a pedicure by Molly.  Ashley kept grabbing the nail polish as she wanted to be part of it, but 21 months is probably a little too early for nail polish.  (OK, 3 is too young, but Molly really had so much fun and I chose such a light color you could hardly see it.)  Tom made us a wonderful tea for lunch and then I was able to volunteer in Sage’s classroom for the first time that afternoon.  It was a great Mother’s Day!

I know what you’re thinking . . . Wow!  That sure looks relaxing.

They were so excited to do my nails.

I just saw this picture for the first time tonight.  Here are the questions that come to my mind:

What I was thinking giving my 3 year old nail polish?  (just kidding – she did a great job!) 

When did I get old lady feet? 

Where’s the self-tanning lotion to hide the things that need to be hidden?

I wonder if Tom would like a spa day for Father’s Day? 
(Just kidding honey!)