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Sunday, May 12, 2013

To All the Moms Who Know What It's Like....Happy Mother's Day

To all the moms who have ever curled up next to their little one and fallen asleep in a toddler sized bed....Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who have mastered changing diapers on your lap, standing up, in the backseat of your car or in an airplane...Happy Mother's day
To all the moms who cried when your baby had their first round of vaccinations and still wish you could always take their pain away....Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who carefully test to make sure their child's food is just the right temperature but never get to drink a hot cup of coffee themselves..Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who have left their crying child at school/daycare then gotten in the car and cried yourself...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who have ever thought their own child is the most beautiful, special, gifted child in the world...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who sometimes wonder if they can send their child back...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who laughed the first time your child repeated a bad word in the right context...Happy Mothers Day
To all the moms who have ever refilled their child's bath when the water gets too cool, but only allow themselves two minutes in the shower...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who have substituted their own child's name into a favorite fairytale or song...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who have played the part of the pacifier fairy, the tooth fairy, and the fairy godmother...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who have stayed up late packing lunches, baking cupcakes or finishing a science fair project...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who can read Good Night Moon without glancing at the page...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who know the tricks for getting Desitin out of hair, permanent Marker off of walls and the throw up stench out of the car...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who know when to stand up for their child an know when to sit back and let their child handle it on their own...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who have rested a hand on a sleeping child's chest to check that they are breathing...Happy Mother's day
To all the moms who have found a stolen pack of gum in their toddlers pocket and marched them back to the store to return it...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who give nose-nuggies and butterfly kisses and high fives...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who would rather leave their own suitcase behind than forget to pack a child's favorite Lovey...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who kiss boo boos, blow noses and wipe faces using their own saliva... Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who chauffeur their kids around to practices, lessons, and games so that they may be better versed in all things than they ever were...Happy mothers Day
To  all the moms who have forgotten on occasion to pick that child up at a practice, lesson, or a game...Happy Mother's Day


To all the moms who cheer on the sidelines at kid-pitch baseball games that drag on til dark...Happy Mothers Day
To all the moms who buy tickets to performances which take place in their own living and buy lemonade which they have made, from a stand in front of their house...Happy Mothers Day
To all the moms who can tell what their child's temperature is to the tenth of a degree without using a thermometer...Happy Mothers Day
To all the moms who have ever said "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"..Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who want to say "I told you so" but don't....Happy Mothers Day
To all the moms who wake up every morning wishing for 10 more minutes of sleep and no matter how many years they awaken early to little voices,they will never become a morning person...Happy Mother's Day
To all the moms who think a trip to Target by themselves is a mini vacation and all those who have left their shopping cart in the middle of an aisle to carry out a screaming child...Happy Mothers Day
To all the moms who know there is no worse sound than your own whiney, cranky, crying child...Happy Mother's day
To all the moms who know there is no sweeter sound in the world than when your child says, "I love you"...Happy Mother's Day!



Our Easter Ideas

"Happy Easter" read a banner I made to match the napkins and plates above the dessert table. The centerpiece was made of layered yellow and green peeps and topped off with similarly pastel colored candy robin eggs.  I arranged tulips in a narrower container and placed inside the larger vase. I made egg shaped cake pops dipped and white chocolate and decorated with pastel confetti and glitter. I also made coconut cupcakes and frosted with vanilla frosting. I set the cupcakes in an over sized muffin liner which I had glued ribbon from end to end to make an Easter basket for the cupcake.  The dinner table was set with napkins tied with a variety of pastel ribbons and a small wooden egg.  Some brightly colored eggs nestled in a Waterford crystal bowl helped set the scene.