Mothers' Day
Mothering Sunday. Here in the UK it was celebrated on the 10th of March this year. That goes to show how long this post has taken in coming! It didn't take me too long to think of a title, as Wendy's song always comes to mind when I think of mothers. The title 'Your mother and mine' didn't quite work - but the bit about the star is perfect, considering I've made 5 of them!
I told both my husband and my children that I would rather money get saved towards Disney than lots of treats, although I did really need a pair of shoes for when the warmer weather eventually gets here (it's actually still snowing now, so it turns out I had time yet!) So what did they get me? Well, only the perfect present, of course!
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| The pot, not the radiator that I tried to crop out. Though the rad is appreciated in this weather. |
Supergirl even gave me a £2 coin to put in it, knowing that it's considered bad luck to give a wallet or money purse with nothing in it, so a savings pot would probably be the same! Each child (except Starbaby) decorated a section, so I have a (now rather smudged) picture of Peter Pan fighting Captain Hook on the other side - I think I'm going to have to ask the kids to re-do their art and see if I can fix it in place somehow.
The rest of the day passed without too much event, as I like it. I had of course done that mum thing of blitzing the house the day before, to be as clean and tidy as possible in the hope that I would get a 'day off' on my one day of the year! It's true that there's no such thing as a day off for mums, but I did get a big bubbly bath in peace for a while - a Lush 'Ma Bar' that I had been saving, as they are discontinued now (floating in caramel chocolate? Yes Please! Who else thinks they should be brought back for Mothers' Day each year?)
And yes I did get my warmer weather shoes - I'm too spoiled! Converse with stars on - it did not pass me by that they would be the perfect Disney World shoes, but alas they will probably be retired by then, I do walk a lot!
So the butterflies are back in my belly with renewed vigour now, every time I think of what's to come - squee! I may have been busy recently, but the planning is definitely back on track. First step - the hotel.
