S is for SURPRISE party!!

 For Spring Break I packed up the kids and headed to the exotic Island of Naperville, IL to visit the grand-parents. And it so happened to be my BIRTHDAY and who wouldn't want to be at their mom's to be spoiled? The only downside is the Mr. and my Sister could NOT be there. Because they both had ALREADY had their spring break so they had school AND work BOO! BUT they surprised me by driving down to the 'hood to celebrate MY DAY.  WOOT WOOT! AND the best part I HAD NO IDEA!

At about 2am I started getting these text messages

"Happy Birthday"

"TO YOU"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY"

"TO YOU"

"YOU LOOK LIKE A MONKEY"

"AND you SMELL like on TOO!"

I thought, oh how sweet, they are waking me up to text me happy birthday.
While this is going on, I can hear some stuff upstairs, and I shake Miss M (who is in bed next to me)
"Miss M, Miss M, do you hear that?"
"what, no, MOMMMM, go back to bed!"
"No really, do you want to come upstairs with me to see if someone is upstairs?"
"NO GO TO BED mom, there is nothing upstairs!"
She turns over goes back to bed... (yes, I know I am SO brave, have to shake my 6 year old awake to come to check out the house!)

 THEN I get a text...

"KNOCK KNOCK"

"WHO'S THERE?"

"HEY, when did Mom start locking her garage door?"

WHAT!?!?!? They were here! In the exotic neighborhood of Naperville, for me, for my birthday!!

What a wonderful HUBS and SISTER I have!

THEN, as if that wasn't awesome enough...I woke up to THIS....

 

 

Lovn' me some BED HEAD!

But the big hugs from Lil' G THE BEST!

Kisses and a lei 

 Miss A - hey, come on lets eat!

 Happy Birthday To MOMMY

 mmmm, PINEAPPLE

 DIG IN!

 Surprise BIG boy bed for Lil' G!

 YUMM-O! FIVE GUYS for LUNCH!

 and to end my fun day - I got to meet Brandon Mull the author of Fablehaven, Candy Shop War, Beyonders. LOVE his books! And SO fun to meet him and talk with him.

(my mom's husband took Miss M and Miss A to see the movie Hop so I didn't have to "drag" my kids along)

 "WHAT it's Rebekeh's Birthday!"

 and because we have a mutual friend...I got an EXTRA special autograph!

thanks for an amazing day Ohana!

They Say It's Your Birthday...

Happy Birthday To my Mommy - I LOVE you to the moon and back, and all the stars above. Love Miss M and Miss A (Little Dude helped too)

Some of my favorite things about you are

• you like making cards with me
• you help me
• you help Miss A
• you take me to the park
• I like picking flowers for you
• you make me mac n cheese
• you let me use your fun craft stuff
• you rock me to sleep
• you read to me and listen to me read
• I like it when you come to school and help out
• I like it when you help me with my homework
• I like doing projects with you

(from Miss A)

• going somewhere else with Grandma
• taking me to Taco bell to eat something
• i like to sleep by her and at night when I am scared with my pillow pet
• going to the library
• I like it when you make me rice and seaweed the kind that Daddy makes
• that you are my teacher
• that you sing to me
• that you read me lots of books
• I like that you let me play barbies

(From Little Dude)

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Mommy and Me

I Kinda think we look a like...

























1. What is something mom always says to you?
I Love you

2. What makes mom happy?
relaxing

3. What makes mom sad?

when I don't pick up my toys

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

tickling my armpits and talking in a silly voice

5. What was your mom like as a child?
like as tall as me - you know little

6. What is her favorite thing to do?
sleep (oh I wish I could do more of this!)

7. What does your mom do when you're not around?
dates in the movie theaters with my daddy
(wouldn't that be nice if I was on a date with my hubby every time
she thought I was away!!!)

8. What is your mom really good at?

helping me with projects (except when it comes to #9's answer)

9. What is your mom not very good at?
building a toy car
(I think she is referring to the transformer cars, I am not
very good at switching them back and forth)

10. What does your mom do for her job?
call people, type on the computer, do anything you want to do

11. What is your mom's favorite food?
salad and cereal
(hmmm, I wouldn't say that either of these are my top food choices...)

12. What makes you proud of your mom?
that she can do big things

13. What do you and your mom do together?
color and watch tv - we love to watch Wizards of Waverly Place

14. How are you and your mom the same?
today we are wearing white shirts

15. How are you and your mom different?
Mommy has freckles (she called them preckles) and I don't

16. How do you know your mom loves you?

because she tells me

17. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
Flat top (oh it IS my favorite place to eat!!!)

(I ran across this little survey on a blog I like to frequent and thought it was a fun idea
to do with Miss M)

Happy Mother's Day

Thanks Miss M and Miss A - for giving me my favorite title - MOM!

To all the Mom's, Grandma's, Aunties, Girls, Friends, Women, Sisters in my life, I hope you know how special you are! Happy Mother's day.

I have heard this poem a lot, but thought I would post it, I just love it!!

Before I was a Mom

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom -

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom

I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put him down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom -

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom -

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache,

the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,

before I was a Mom.