Mothers Day Tea Party

This year for Samuel has been an exciting Mother's day.  He has been talking about it for weeks.  The excitement really started a couple weeks ago when he brought home an invitation he made for me for the special Mother's Day Tea Party that would be held on May 10th at his school.  He had in mind what he wanted me to wear to the party and every night he asked how many more days until I would be coming to his school.
Today was the day of the party and it did not disappoint us in the least.  Samuel squealed with delight when I came into the class room wearing the dress and shoes he had picked out.  The class room had a "beauty salon" set up so that the children could make their mom's look beautiful.  Samuel was so excited to put some eye shadow on me, paint my finger and toe nails, and do my hair.  After the beauty parlor we had our snacks.  It was a wonderful day.  Samuel is such a sweet little guy and I am so thankful to be his mom.
Here are some pictures of him making me beautiful:

Painting my fingernails.  Samuel painted the right hand all electric blue, and the left had every nail has a different color!  My hair he did his best to clip it all back - that is a challenge with his small hands but he did great!




My painted toes!  Mind you, I really think I have ugly feet, but I am still posting this so tht we can always remember what a good job Samuel did.



Some additional thoughts:

Although this year it is shaping up pretty well, I don't really like Mother's Day. It is probably the hardest time of year for me. It is mostly related to losing my mom right after Mother's Day and because Mother's day is always the second Sunday of May there are years that Mother's day is actually on the anniversary of my mother's passing.
This year is the 20th anniversary of my mom's passing and that has been somewhat difficult for me. You would think that after 20 years it wouldn't be that hard, that I would be "over" it, right? This year I guess I have just come to accept that I will never be "over" it. I miss her and I wish that I had more time with her, but that isn't going to happen so I will deal with it the best that I can.
However, this has also taught me the powerful influence a mother has. She was with me for only 14 years, and yet what she taught me either directly or through example, has influenced almost every decision I have made. This lesson has made me a better mom because I do treasure every moment I have with Samuel and when I think of what a wonderful woman my mother was, I want to pass on that legacy to my son.