mum's the word

This is a shout out to all the "Mums" (Surrogate Mums and Godmums, too) in our lives! Happy Mum's Day! We love you all. You are all so special in your own unique way. We're two months early you say? Not in the UK. Their "Mothering Day" or "Mum's Day" is in March. I felt very special on Sunday at church. All the Mums there got a bouquet of daffodils. It's nice to be able to have two Mother's Days in one year.

One of the many, many joys of being a Mum is getting to watch our sweet son discover the world. Today I was holding him in the kitchen and the washer was going (when is it not?!) and he noticed it for the first time. He totally locked onto it and his eyes got really big and he reached out towards it. It was very funny, so I walked over to it and set him in front of it. He sat and watched it and "talked" to it for a good 10-12 minutes. Who needs TV when we can watch washing machines? If only our lives were that simple. Now for doing the laundry in addition to watching it...I guess I shouldn't hold my breath for that one, it might be awhile. Simple pleasures!