I have had a fabulous Mother's Day.

Yesterday the kids and I loaded up and headed to the Grandparents' homes.  It was a lot of fun...as usual.  We had dinner at my Daddy's parents'. Aunts, uncles and cousins were all there.  Several were "missing" but it was still nice.   We visited, and joked around and had a great time.  The only downside was that Grandpa wasn't feeling very well at all. 

After that we headed 3 miles down the road to visit with Mama's parents.  We were able to visit with Mama and Daddy and Audrey and Abby at both stops.  My "other" Mom, my aunt,Teresa, was there too.  It was wonderful.  My Aunt T has always been such an amazing part of my life and the lives of my children... it is never the same when she isn't there.  So getting to spend the day with my own Mama...and then getting to see my second Mom....plus both of my grandmas.....life was good.

And today....no disappointments. I slept late.  Woke up to 2 sweet children telling me happy Mother's Day.  Shai told me as she was finishing up The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.  Matt told me as he played a video game with his Daddy.....but they told me...and they meant it. 

We took all of our books back to the library...and got a slew more.  Trying to find something "age appropriate" yet at Shai's reading level is proving to be a chore.  Too many books that she is ABLE to read are all about girlfriend/boyfriend relationships, jr high/high school melodrama, etc.  I've put a request out to all the homeschool families that I could think of that might have a suggestion.  *Fingers crossed*  We left the library with our arms full and our tummies rumbling....so we headed to the restaurant.  I got to pick...since it was Mother's Day.  We went to Olive Garden.  Yummers. It was very good.  I had my eye on a nice desert...yet once again was too full to consider it...and still brought half of my meal home in a box. 

My Mama called as we left the library.  She and Daddy were on their way to the hospital.  Grandma had finally convinced Grandpa to go to the ER.    He has been having difficulty breathing again and has been very weak.  ( Update: The doctor thought it might be congestive heart failure but it isn't.  His kidneys are only at 50% and his blood pressure was off.  His blood work made the doctor state that Grandpa could have another heart attack at any time. I am more than a little worried about all of this. ) So throughout the evening I was checking in with them. 

After we ate we headed to Bricktown.  Our goal was to catch a movie....but then we decided we wanted to ride the little boats in the canal.  We'd never done that before..and my cousin keeps telling me how much her boys love it....so off we went to find where we get our tickets and climb aboard.  Come to find out, you can get on at any number of places!  lol   Thank goodness...b/c we chose the WRONG direction to start walking to try and find tickets.  We learned some history of Bricktown...heard some tornado stories...and watched the ducks as we motored by.  Oh, and everyone on the boat sang  Happy Birthday to Shailynn under the Wishing Bridge!

Finally, we had them drop us off in front of the movie theater and we went in to watch Iron Man.  A few minutes into the movie...I'm thinking this wasn't such a good idea.  I was very thankful that BOTH kids had wanted to sit beside me....b/c my hands shot out like darts to cover their innocent little eyes. Amazingly...neither fought to see.  Beyond that....there were a few "ewwww" scenes where they covered their own eyes.  At one point Shai says, "Mom, you are squeezing my leg!" I apologized and told her it was my natural reflex when I see something gross.  She giggled at me.  After those first few things, it turned into a really fun movie.  We laughed a lot and Shai covered her ears a lot...there was a lot of loud action! 

And then.....we headed home.....and found  a new baby in our fish tank.  Again...only one.  So I'm THINKING that the single babies that we find....are the only ones that have survived while HIDING long enough to be able to emerge for us to spot them.  I just don't know.  We now have 2 babies in the "nursery" ....although one is about 3 times the size of the other.....and both are still too little to be turned loose in the big tank.

And now...everyone here is in bed, sound asleep.    (My parents are back home and my grandparents are spending another night in the hospital.)  I'm enjoying the peace and the quiet...and I'm loving the life I've been blessed with.

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