Since my son had plans with his father of this weekend he wasn't able to spend Mother's Day with me for the first time in 13 years. (sad) Instead of celebrating it on Sunday without him we started Friday night when we had all the kids with us.
I don't know how he did it, but Amazing Adam, being as amazing as ever, was able to find time in his running errands, playing school bus and chaperoning a field trip to the Children's Hands on Museum to get prizes for me.
When I arrived home, there were flowers waiting for me on the table, which my initial thrill was damped by darling Aurora walking in behind me and claiming that it smelled like pee in the house. (gee thanks!)
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| Pretty aren't they? I love the daisies and Adam's favorite is purple carnations! |
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| Close up of the card... yes it does say "With Deepest Sympathy"! |
Then as things settled down and people found some calm Amazing Adam called the children forward and each handed them a gift. The first one was from Aurora:
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| Love it! |
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| So sweet! |
The the other prizes started revealing themselves from behind backs, under shirts and out of pockets!
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| A Hot Wheels '71 Plymouth Road Runner - black with flames A Hot Wheels '66 Chevy Nova - blue and black A Michael's Gift Card (of yarn) from Riley's pocket |
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| Blind Box LEGO Mini Fig from Amazing Adam's pocket |
So overall, it was quite a thrilling evening of prizes. Riley went off with his dad early Saturday morning with the warning that if he fails to call his Mother on Mother's Day he will be on a certain shit-list for the next 364 days.
On Saturday, we had a great evening at the local speedway for car racing. Lots of crashes and fires under speeding vehicles. Amazing Adam's co-worker races there, he even took a break after his races to come visit us. You'd think Sponge Bob just came and sat with us from the way Jacob kept wanting his attention!
All the while on both Saturday and Sunday I was trying to get my project done for my Mother. She just got an RV so I wanted to make something to make it a bit homier, so I came up with the idea to make coasters with a holder for her.
I found a pattern for Daisy Coasters by Whiskers and Wool and the inspiration started. I knew that I still had scraps of Lily Sugar & Cream cotton yarn at home, so I thought I'd start and see where it took me.
Finding that I still had rainbow colors, here is what my coasters ended up like:
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| Love them, odd tweak in the blue one, but oh well... |
An adorable rainbow bowl to put them in! I free handed the base starting with red then every two rows changed colors, narrowing towards the top so they didn't need a fastener to keep them in the bowl. Just cram the stack in there and they stay!
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| I love this! Thinking of making more... |
She loved them! I also made her a small white trinket bowl so that on their adventures if she found a rock or a shell, she'd have somewhere to start placing them, a collection of memories!
After we got home from delivering this to my mom, I finally received a Facebook message from Riley: "Do I still have to call?"
Boy, lemme tell you, I unleashed the caps lock on him, "YES!"
So I got the call from my little boy. I was happy.
Finished off the very last few minutes of the night, realizing that Amazing Adam had given me one of the best Mother's Day weekends I can ever remember. I had time to crochet and watch numerous episodes of Supernatural, I had prizes, I attended an event (more to his benefit than mine, but had a great time), and best of all, I have an amazing family.
None of us are really "morning people," we all have a tenancy to be quite cantankerous, quite a few of us want our way one way or another, but when push comes to shove, there is almost always one moment everyday that I can think of that is nothing but pure chaotic perfection. I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Please let me know in the comments below if you have any questions or would like to see patterns for anything I've posted, previous or current.
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