{"id":563,"date":"2011-05-09T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/mothers-day-2011-or-what-your-kids-really-think-about-you.html"},"modified":"2011-05-09T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T19:39:00","slug":"mothers-day-2011-or-what-your-kids-really-think-about-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/mothers-day-2011-or-what-your-kids-really-think-about-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Mother’s Day 2011…Or "What Your Kids Really Think About You""},"content":{"rendered":"

Hopefully the Moms reading this had a nice Mother’s Day.  I enjoyed a nice day with my boys.  I’ve cracked the code for happy kids: a trip to the beach!  They were happy, I was happy watching (and catching a few waves with a Boogie Board!), all was well with the world.<\/p>\n

The boys each brought home really cute Mother’s Day gifts from school on Friday.  I’m such a sucker for handprint art from my kids!<\/p>\n

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Timmy asked me to turn his Mother’s Day card to me into a Handprint Identification Panel<\/a> for his room. So that only he could enter\/exit, and not his brother. Okay, why not?  What else was I going to do with a Mother’s Day gift from my son?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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That’s my handprint on the right, so I could access Timmy’s room to empty his trashcans and take care of his laundry.  Otherwise he would have been on his own for those chores \ud83d\ude42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Each boy also brought home these question and answer sheets. They filled in the blanks answering questions about Mom.<\/p>\n

I won’t show the whole thing — since it has things like my age and my favorite colors. You guys don’t need to know all that.  But here’s a sliver of each boys’ assignment, which is a glimpse into what they think about me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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An excerpt from Jacob’s assignment.  The first question and answer absolutely melted my heart.  The second one…well…I guess it’s a sign that perhaps I need to get off the grid a little more often.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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From Timmy’s assignment.  If you can’t quite decipher it, it reads “She likes to clean and shop.”  I guess I’m glad Timmy thinks I like to clean.  Not sure I want him thinking I don’t like cleaning…even though I don’t <\/i>care for cleaning that much.  A necessary evil.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The other questions and answers were all very nice.  Jacob’s answer certainly has me assessing the laptop fused to my lap, and whether it’s time to back off a little.  I think so.<\/p>\n

So if you see less of me online, this is probably why…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hopefully the Moms reading this had a nice Mother’s Day.  I enjoyed a nice day with my boys.  I’ve cracked the code for happy kids: a trip to the beach!  They were happy, I was happy watching (and catching a few waves with a Boogie Board!), all was well with the world. 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