mother's day and breakfast in bed

What does Mother's Day mean to you? 
To me, it means BREAKFAST IN BED!

One time when my brother and I were little, we made breakfast in bed for my mom. We made cereal with water since we were out of milk, toast with butter and for a delicious drink, we found a jar of instant coffee and mixed that with hot water from the sink. Oh yeah, we are talking gourmet breakfast for my mom- nothing but the best!

A few weeks ago, I was not feeling well and my daughter made me a surprise breakfast!  Check it out!

Now, she is good!  She actually dipped the pretzels in chocolate and peanut butter.  Does she know her mama or what?!  And topped it off with a fresh glass of juice.  I have no idea how she melted the chocolate.  Whatever she did, she cleaned it up.  I wonder if she used the microwave without permission?  
Happy mother's day to all the mama's out there!  May your breakfast in bed be as good as mine!

5 question Friday

1. Have you ever had roommates?  I have always lived by myself since I moved out of my parent's house.  That is, until the day I brought my baby girl home from the hospital.  It has been just me and her ever since

2. How many names do you/your children have? At one point in my life I am embarrassed to say, my friends called me Hurley and I HATED it.  Sure, I was a little wild and might have even earned the name, but come on, who wants that for a nickname?  

3. Did you watch the Royal Wedding? It was so early that my mom was afraid to call and wake me up, but she called in time for my daughter and I to see their kiss and I was glad she did!  I am a hopeless romantic and believe in love!

4. What is the messiest room in your house?  Since you know my dirty little secret, you know that I don't really have one, ha, ha, ha!

5. What is your ideal mothers day?  Lay in bed and read all day!  Have a delicious dinner of crab legs dipped in lemon and butter.  And of course some hand made cards from my little artist!

This week, I am also participating in Boost My Blog Friday hosted by Design It Chic.  Click on the link below to meet some more new friends!
Her question of the week is, if mother's day were a color, what color would it be?  I would say that Mother's Day is yellow, like the beautiful yellow roses that my grandmother loves!  Have a happy Friday!

WoW!

Look what I got today!  I am so excited about receiving this award for my blog from Carina, the author of a cool blog with an even cooler name- Ren Bi Mo!   
Thank you so much Carina! 
In accepting this award, I must tell you a few things about myself that you might not already know, and then pass the award along to my favorite versatile blogs!

Most people know that I am very responsible, but I have done a few reckless things in my life that I would do again in a second- running on a thoroughbred horse, riding in (and flying for a few minutes) an ultralight airplane, and believe it or not, jumping up on stage at a concert and singing with the band, Sponge, who I loved when I was in college.  Yup, I sometimes throw responsibility to the wind and get a little wild!


Now, for my nominations- drumroll please!

Barefoot Foodie makes me giggle out loud!  Brittany writes about everything from recipes to her favorite things to her beautiful children.

My friend, Jen at the Frolicking Flamingo always has something funny to say.  I love when she and her family cross another item off the bucket list!

Alicia at Little Sprinkles of Fun always keeps my daughter and I entertained with her craft ideas, recipes and fun activities!

Nice Girl Notes is not a player, she just blogs a lot- and makes me laugh a lot.  She always has something clever on her blog for me to like!

Megan from Tails of Motherhood is so honest and funny.  Check her out!

Last but not least, Chicy Creations whom I would like to nominate for the great recipes and craft ideas that my daughter and I love!


I have been writing my blog for a year and a half now, and am so excited that someone besides my mom is reading (just kidding, my mom doesn't even read my blog).  Thank you again, Carina, for the award, and thank you to also to my awesome followers for reading my blog every day!

Pulling Weeds and Planting Seeds

When I was in my 20's I loved staying out late, playing spades, dancing, smoking and drinking.  Now that I am in my 30's, I have forgotten how to play spades and quit smoking (bad for kids and my asthma).  You could not pay me to get dolled up and go out to the club.  My moves are circa 1997 and I get a splitting headache if I have more than 2 drinks!  Oh, and going out to the club also requires staying up past my 10:30 bedtime!  

In my 30's, my hobbies have changed.  Now, I like to cook, swim, read, scrapbook, but most of all I try to be a good momma.  Another surprising hobby I have picked up is gardening.  My passion for gardening has really grown lately!  I have a very nice garden that I keep up in the front of my house.  It includes banana trees, orchids, lillies, a dwarf azalea and some shrimp and jasmine plants.  

 About 2 months ago, I decided that since I had mastered that, I was ready to start a garden at my school with one of my classes.  I had the kids write the grant to fund the garden themselves, stake out the area and take soil samples, calculate how much soil and choose the seeds we would plant.  I sent the kids home with seeds and egg cartons to start growing seedlings while I pulled all of the deliveries and funding together.  Finally, we drilled and nailed together the landscaping ties and carried and poured 100 bags of dirt into rows and planted our seeds!  

As if the huge school garden wasn't enough for me, over Easter break, I dragged 20 bags of dirt and 30 giant pavers into my backyard and made a mini-vegetable garden back there with my daughter's help.  

You can see the giant boulder and tee-pee in this picture!

We used sea shells on sticks to mark the rows!

Well, what do you think?!
How have your hobbies changed as you have gotten older?

Mystery Monday- Teacher's Edition

It is a mystery to me how kids can talk so much.  My daughter does not ever stop talking.  Sometimes she talks the entire way home from school in the car without even stopping to take a breath!  She even talks in her sleep.  The kids in my class would talk non-stop if I didn't make them be quiet and do some work.  They will talk to me, the kid next to them or anybody who will listen.  Do you know that strange children even come up and talk to me at the mall or the park?  Maybe they know that it takes a talker to know a talker, ha, ha!  When I was a kid, my mom would limit my caffeine intake because she thought that was what made me talk so much.  I don't really think it helped...