Fall Harvest

I love that my parents are amazing gardeners. I have benefited from it greatly. On Monday I asked my mom if she could work on my back and she said sure come over for dinner too. BEST MOM EVER!! It was so nice to not have to cook or clean up on the first day back at school. She made a delicious dinner with so much food from her garden. It was soooooo good! While we were there she sent the boys out with a basket to pick peaches. They came in with a full basket and then we got to take them all home since my mom already had a big box of them (and she threw in a yellow squash for me since they are my favorite). I really need to learn how to can so I can benefit even more. They have way more food than they can use.

Today I'm Thankful for...

My Mom.

Last week I saw an article on my MSN homepage about how to NOT turn into your mother. Are you kidding me? There is no-one I would rather turn into than my mom. She is absolutely amazing.

I have a bad head cold and felt horrible yesterday. So the first thing I did when we got to my parent's house for Sunday dinner was ask my mom to take care of me. She of course got straight to work - made me fenugreek tea, rubbed all my points, popped my achy neck and back and made sure I didn't have to deal with my kids the rest of the night.

Then when I went home last night I took the girls and Todd was following a few minutes later with the boys. Claire let herself out of the back door and when she closed it she managed to get her hand closed in the door (she pushed the fancy button to close the door and didn't get her hand moved in time - OUCH). She was on the opposite side of the van so by the time she screamed I had to run around the van holding Sophie in my arms, pull open the door, sweep her into my arms and carry them both inside (using my super powers that mom's get when they are scared for their kids). I set Sophie in her bumbo (luckily it was just sitting right there on the table so it took all of 0.5 seconds) grabbed Claire a bag of ice and called my mom. In near hysterics I just said "Mom. Claire shut her hand in the door come over." Then I hung up the phone and just held my sweet baby with ice on her hand to calm her down. Todd was there 2 minutes later and then my mom showed up right behind him. He hurried and took care of the kids and my mom checked Claire's hand. Luckily, Claire's little hand is almost all cartilage so everything OK and nothing was broken. We slathered it with Arnica, covered it up and put Claire to bed.

Then this morning when I came out of my room from getting ready I saw my mom's coat hanging on the stair rail so I went downstairs to find her. She had already cleaned the boys room (not a small task since they are boys), picked up all the trash out of the basement and put it in a nice little pile, started a load of wash, folded a load of wash (you know the last one that never quite makes it out of the dryer - for me it's always towels), pulled out the kitchen trash to take outside and was planning on taking the trash can out to the street for trash day (I beat her to it though), all after checking Claire's hand. She really is amazing and can do it all. Her super powers don't turn on only in times of need like mine. She has them permanently. I hope I can earn mine too!!!

So today (and everyday) I am so thankful for my mom. I am so glad that she lives less than a half-mile away. I love that she rides her bike over to my house just to stop by and check on us.

Thanks mom. I love you!

p.s. isn't she the cutest mom????