Responding to a prompt from MamaKat’s Writer’s Workshop has got to be one of my favorite ways to blog. Most of the time I blog about things that have been on my mind for a while, or I review a product, or I tell a story about something that has happened recently. Writer’s Workshop posts are usually off the cuff. I never know exactly what I’m going to say when I sit down to write. This is Lolli in a truly raw form.
The prompt that stood out to me today was #3: “I know my kids love me because…”
- * What is NOT to love?
- * My boys dance with me when I get the urge to do a silly dance.
- * Reese wants to be to be a Fishful Thinking “person” and a photographer when she grows up (she even drew a picture about it in her class at school)
- * KitKat did not moan or complain when I was asked to be a teacher in her youth program at church (in other words, I will be everywhere she is! Bwahaha!)
- * Necco often does little things around the house for me.
- * AJ tells me he loves me all the time, several times a day. He also gives me lots of kisses on the mouth. Yeah, sometimes they are quite wet.
- * Twizzler lets me hold his hand.
- * My kids eat the food I cook, and if they can’t stand it, they know enough not to complain.
- * Necco leaves me notes.
- * My boys put the toilet seat down (just don’t get me started on aim issues!)
- * The kids are always excited when I come home after I’ve been gone.
- * They cry when I leave town. Even the big kids.
- * Reese says that sometimes she wants to stay home and skip fun things just so she can be with me.
- * They encourage me to take a nap on Sundays.
- * They never, ever forget Mother’s Day.
- * They always, without fail, wake up early on Mother’s Day and make me breakfast in bed (usually including fresh squeezed orange juice, a yogurt smoothie, and pancakes).
- * I know my kids really love me because they tell me. Simple as that.
Photos of AJ and me at the zoo, taken by my friend Safire
How would you finish this sentence? I know my kids love me because….
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Adorable and fun pictures. And, what isn’t to love (and of course, show them in a couple years when they forget.)
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I wish my kids didn’t complain when they don’t like what I cook.. but heck sometimes they complain when they like what I cook but they are just being 5 and 3.
Great list
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aren’t the little things that say “I love you” the greatest.
the pictures were so fun of you and AJ and how lucky you are to have a friend to take pictures of you. as the photographer, i’m rarely if ever in pictures. :)
Happy Mother’s Day.
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That’s love there…that picture of the “Fishful Thinking” is awesome. Don’t you love motherhood!!!!
That is so sweet. Great post! My kids don’t cry when I leave. They do get sick though and cry for me in the middle of the night when they stay at my mom’s. Oh my poor mother.
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Awww, they really do love you.
I know my son loves me because I’m the first person he asks for in the morning. And if Dad-oo goes in instead of me, he won’t come out of his bed.
These photos really do say it all, don’t they?
If you are the photographer in the family, who’s taking these awesome photos???
And I love that you stalk- I mean – help out with their class. muhahahaahaha!
Great pictures! No doublt in my mind that they love every inch of you and more. You’re a great Mama. Have a wonderful Mothers day!!!!
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Thanks! :) I loved them so much I was willing to show everyone my profile (which I hate) But he kiss covered it up for me. LOL!
I can’t tell you how much I love these pictures!
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That is so sweet!!
Happy Mother’s Day to you. :)
Well, if they don’t encourage me, I simply DO IT…and they don’t complain. That’s enough for me!
So good to catch up this morning! :)
Happy Mothers too and those are great reasons why they love you
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Love the pictures! Your kids encourage you to nap on Sundays? They really do love you! A nap is one of life’s most precious gifts.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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Okay, I need to start getting to church on time. I didn’t know you had another calling! Apparently we haven’t talked enough lately. :)
And those are some cool pictures, if I must say so myself. ;)
.-= Safire´s last blog ..Thankfulness =-.