Happy smother's day

I just realized that every time I write on my journal the TV is playing in the background...  There are just so many things I could never get done if it wasn't for the television, as wrong as that sounds, but why pretend that I don't rely on it to keep the kids busy? 

Today was quite possibly the BEST mother's day I've ever had.  It was just the kids and I (dad's traveling) and nothing huge happened, but from the moment they came running out with their little gifts and forward was one of the best times of smotherhood.  Their faces were lit up as if they had swallowed stars, the excitement and anticipation at my reaction was too great for them and I thought they would explode.  With Clara's blessing I opened her brother's gift first.  It was a photo frame he made in school with a picture of him wearing a man's suit, tie and hat and that goofy grin of his when he is trying to be cute.  On the back it said:  "I love my mommy because:  I love her so much".  Why explain it, good enough for me!

Clara then gave me what she had made and it was a little flower pot with crafted flowers in it and a beautiful card with a poem.  The three of us took turns hugging, then Bala yelled "Group hug!!!" and the three of us hugged and laughed and kissed and I thanked God I was alive.

The three of us are always together, we talk all day, we play, I try to ignore them, they don't let me, we get in fights and in general we smother each other a lot. 

Tonight before they go to sleep I plan on smothering them yet again with millions of kisses.  Because it's mother's day and I get to do what I want and what I want is for it to be SMOTHER'S DAY. 

Goodnight.