Thursday, May 30, 2013

What I really wanted for Mother’s Day Letter


Ah, Mother’s Day.   A day for us all to turn our attention to mothers and celebrate who they are and what they do.   And a day for moms to truly focus on what it means to be a mother.  

This Sunday, we understand you’re likely planning something big for the rest of us – something that accentuates your motherliness.   What better day to be fully engaged in being a mother (and all that entails) than Mother’s Day?!?    Are we right??  Of course we are. 

You’re probably planning to cook a great meal, rearrange the furniture, clean, decorate, educate and fix things – all while wearing high heels and looking your best.   That’s not a bad plan.   But it feels kinda like any other day.   So this Mother’s Day, we’d like to help you out a bit by doing what we do best – telling you what we want!  

We want to be entertained!!

Specifically, we’d like to see a fashion show.   On Sunday.  

Time is tight, so you’ll need to act fast.  Tomorrow, you’ll need to rise early and leave the house (by yourself – you wouldn’t feel the full degree of fulfillment if we helped out too much), and not come back until you have exhausted (COMPLETELY) the contents of this envelope by purchasing new clothes.  Then we want you to put on a fashion show for us Sunday afternoon.   

We’ll do the food stuff on Sunday, because well, we all know how easy that is.   You just focus on being the best mother you can be on Mother’s day by giving us what we want.   A fashion show.   Make it happen Mom.

Love,
The people who make you a mom.

Best Seats

Blackhawks Win

Outside United Center

Chicago

Under the Bean at Millenium Park, Chicago

Beamans

The Beamans came to visit for the week-end. We had a wonderful day in Chicago!

Signature Room at Hancock Tower

Memorial Day Parade- Chicago

There is a girl reading in that tree!

An outdoor girl

Tate

That is one good looking 13 year old!

Just for fun.

Marissa watched our neighbor dash off to prom week before last. She looked stunning. So- we went and tried on a similar dress and had fun doing it.

Tomato Poblano Soup

It was just so pretty. Had to take a picture of it. Homemade.

Last T-shirt

Hated, hated, hated to get rid of my last college t-shirt. Snap a picture and into the trash it goes!

History Final

Garett's History Essay

Garett had an essay at the end of his history final. He did such a good job with it!

Fashion Show

The kids gave me a fashion show for Mother's Day. I had to go pick out the clothes and model them for the family. They would give me an 8,9 or 10 based on whether or not they liked them.

Homeschooling

I will miss it.

Me

Famous Graffiti

Outside Jo's in Austin. South Congress.

Rudy's

Dawn and I had a feast at Rudy's Bbq. Oh, I love Austin!

Frisky Little Swans

Austin

Dinner at Salk Lick in Austin with Dawn.

Math

It only took like… a week…. but…. finally got it!

Won

Yep… That's MY name they just called.

Raffle

Marissa. Hoping to win the raffle for a month of free family karate lessons.

CC Showcase

Marissa got to show off her art at the Classical Consortium End of the Year Showcase.

Math

Headache of my week…. solved!