1} Mother’s Day was lovely. I really am so grateful to be a momma — each of my children brings me so much joy. At church I played a piece on the piano for the offering and at the end I had my sweet Caleb {who is five} come up with Hannah. Right when I finished he spoke into the microphone and said, “thank you moms.” It was unbelievably sweet.
{that’s my Caleb man}
2} Even sweeter? I could hear him whispering on stage and I heard him saying, “I can’t do this, Hannah, I can’t.” But, he did it. Perfectly.
3} Even sweeter than that? I found out that he was so nervous back stage with Hannah that she spent the entire time praying with him and encouraging him. She WILL make a great mother some day. She’s already an awesome big sister.
{Caleb and Hanni}
4} Caleb will make a great husband. Seriously. He is so tender and attentive to the needs of others — especially me. He was so excited for Mother’s Day — he woke up early — excited to give me a hug and to present me with my Mother’s Day present. A homemade lego set. Now, come on, it doesn’t get any better than that — especially because he told me I’ll get it for a whole day.
{that’s my Caleb giving me a great hug}
5} Speaking of Caleb, he’ll always tell me about how much he likes dinner. I told him that his wife will love that, and he replied, “I’ll always tell her how much I like her food. Even if she cooks mushrooms, like you.” Ha, ha, ha….I must use mushrooms a bit too much for his five year old palate.
6} Last line of Caleb’s. He was in the bathroom brushing his fabulous copper-colored hair and he stated, “Man, God gave me great hair.” Those are priceless words from a five year old. Especially one truly with great hair — look at that {unedited} color from a couple summers ago. And the freckles. :0
7} Those moments are why I love being a mother. Even in the hard days, or lack of sleep days, or challenging days, it seems as if there are good and beautiful moments sprinkled in the midst. Love that.
Any cute sayings from your little ones?
Write them down. Or facebook them. Or blog. Just write them down — there are many sayings that I’ve forgotten that I wish I remembered.
Now, I’m off for my Monday. I’m taking part in a cool webinar today {more details to come} and then we’ve got ballet, and teaching, and yard work, and laundry. And I’m tired. Because today, at 5:30 in the morning I woke to the sound of hail on our roof. That is not a wonderful noise — I’ll be taking a walk once it stops lightening and raining to check for damage…..
Have a great Monday! And link up with my friend Carissa — she’s got the winning bracelet from my Legacy Bracelet giveaway on her post today. It is gorgeous.
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love the picture of you getting a big hug from your little man and big sister does sound so awesome!! What a precious post! So glad you had a wonderful Mother’s Day!
I adore the freckles! Calebs are so sweet and I’m glad yours gave you lots of love. Hannah sounds like a beautiful big sister…she must have a great teacher.
“God gave me great hair!”
haha! love it!
very sweet blog!
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So incredibly sweet!!! What a lovely little guy… he WILL be a great husband someday!
aww such sweetness for Mothers Day! I love the comment about his hair – priceless! I am constantly writing down the kid’s funny sayings and cute ways of saying words – if I don’t, I’ll be saying later, “MIkey said the cutest thing today; I just can’t remember what it was.”
Love it!! The hair comment cracked me and my husband up:)
My 3 year old is always full of off the wall things to say. The other day as we were driving and our 11 month old was fussing he said, “Can we trade a fussy baby in for a quieter one?” After reminding him that he wouldn’t like being traded in, he changed his mind;) The next day he was walking into the bathroom and my husband was asking him a question. He replied, “Can’t talk, I’m a little busy here.”
Oh that Caleb! He’s my kind of guy! Kelly is glad he’s only five. ; ) One day I want to heat you play!!! Can’t wait to get the scoop on the webinar; sounds fancily cool! Xoxo!
The legacy bracelet is amazing!!! It was hard to send it off as a gift! : ) Thank you a hundred times over!
And, Hannah will make a great mother – especially since she’s learning from the best!!!
I mean hear you play!
I love those sweet sayings of Caleb’s!!! He sounds like a pretty fantastic little guy (all your kids do!)
Today one of the twins was singing the song “Hosanna,” and instead of singing “I see a generation rising up to take its place” he sang, “…a generation rising up to take its plates.” I love it when he sings worship songs, and especially when he gets the lyrics wrong! 😉
What a sweet post and so glad that you were a “celebrated Mom” yesterday. You certainly deserve a big celebration. Blessings for a great week!
What a sweet heart Caleb has! I’m glad you had a wonderful mother’s day!
It was my sister’s wedding this weekend. My in-laws took the boys home early from the rehearsal dinner. As they were leaving I was praising Martin telling him he did a great job and I was so proud of him for the way he behaved at dinner. He said “It was my pleasure mom!” Does it get any better than that? Enjoy your week!
Hope you took a pic of the lego creation so you’ll always have it!
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Your kiddos are darling!
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A cute saying from one of my daughters when she was little.
I had bought my hubby a watch for Christmas and I told the kids not to say anything to daddy because it was a surprise.
So when dad got home he scooped her up for a hug and kiss and she said,” I’m not going to tell you we got you a watch for Christmas.” My hubby said that made the gift even more special and that is the gift he always remember the most.
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what sweet photos! sounds like your mothers’ day was very blessed. 🙂
Great pictures.