On Thursday evening, Matt took the girls "secret" shopping. When they came home, Erika ran up to me with beautiful flowers and yelled, "Happy Mother's Day!" She is so stinkin' cute! Later that night, at dinner, Erika asked, "Mommy, when do we get to open your necklace and earrings?" Oops. Apparently a 3-year-old doesn't know how to keep secrets about gift-giving. But, it was pretty sweet.
So, on Sunday morning, Erika and Laurel helped me open the anticipated necklace and earrings. They were very proud to see me wear them to church. Laurel even got to wear them for a while around her little ears!
My Mother's Day was great. I used to get extremely angry if a gift surprise was ruined for me. But now, it was just so sweet that Erika couldn't wait to see me open my gift. What a great way to spend the day.......with the two most precious little girls telling me all day that, "You're the sweetest Mommy!" And, I got to bake cookies. Quite possibly the best thing to do ever.
2 comments:
How sweet is that? I love how kids give gifts with their whole hearts! It's neat to watch them discover the joy of giving as well as receiving, and it sounds like Erika is already endowed with a generous spirit!
That's so sweet!
My mom tells me that when I was a kid we got my dad a pitch pipe for leading singing at church for Father's Day or something. My mom instructed and instructed us not to tell Dad, but the very second he walked in the door I yelled, "Dad! We got you a whistle for singing!"
It's just so cute that they are so excited to give gifts to their mommy!
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