Happy Birthday last week, Mom! :)
Getting presents for parents is always a bit hard. You can't possibly buy them anything, because they have to be the ones to take you to the store. After several years, though, the same old handmade presents (drawings, cards, handprints) get old.
This year I made Mom some "coupons". One of them is for a "spa night" when I take care of everyone and she gets to take a pampering bath. :) Another was meal I cook (I make alot of lunches, but those are generally just sandwhiches-- this is for a full dinner).
You can see Will's present in the picture here. It is a balloon with a drawing of our house-- with a sold sign.
I forgot what Nick and Ben did... Adelynn made a card and sang a song.
A couple of days before Mom's birthday, I babysat while she went shopping. Marcus, of course, was a pain.
"Do you want to make a present for Mommy?" I asked?
"Yes! Mommy wrist!" (He loves to make bracelets for Mom and Dad).
Marcus picked out all the beads ("Wed, so wed Mommy couwer," which translates to, "Red, because its Mom's favorite color.") Then then made a necklace with a red string and a teddy bear bead. Everyone knows that Mom loves teddy bears. :)
And he drew a picture!
The sweetest thing Marcus did, though, was to give Mom a "Pize" (Surprise). While Mom was opening her presents from everyone else, Marcus started shouting and then suddenly disapeared. He came back with his "special box."
His special box is a shoebox full of his favorite things: a hat I crocheted him, a birthday card, a dice (?), a pencil, and a few other random objects.
It was so touching to see him give his box to Mom! "You share me," he said. "You my pecil tuff." (You get my special suff.)
And then, when he saw how happy Mom was, he ran off and got Daddy Bear-- his teddy bear. "Pize! Pize! Mommy, you me Daddy Bear!"
Here is Will with his first balloon-drawing (it popped)
Mom's cake! My first time doing a double-decker. And the last time I will try to do individual petals for icing roses. Big blobs of red work just as well, and they don't cramp your hand. :)
