The Greatest Mother's Day Ever

 This Mother’s Day was the greatest I’ve ever had.  AJ was asking for days if that day was "the day".  When it finally was the real day, Auntie Megan was in our bedroom very early to pick up Alliana.  Alli had spent the night at our home.  We had all went to an Angel’s game the night prior and were exhausted from yelling and staying after super late to get a few autographs.  AJ slept in my bed (twin size!) and awoke to me telling Megan where my car keys were.

                He heard Alli telling me “Happy Mother’s Day Auntie Dani” and he sat up quickly.  He verified that this day was truly Mother’s Day and then said, “I’ll be right back”.  He ran downstairs and came back up with a card stapled to a lunch bag.  He made both in school just for me. :) He eagerly handed over his gift to me and said, “Happy Mother’s Day Mama!”  

                The card had a handmade picture of me with brown yarn string hair.  I had a gorgeous necklace, rosy cheeks, and a beautiful smile.  It obviously is a perfect representation of me. :)

Inside it said:

• Around my house, my Mom always has to "keep me safe".

• She likes to "do fun stuff" but she doesn't like to "go to work". 

• She cooks lots of "breakfast" for us. 

• My Mom looks prettiest when "she is anywhere".  

• My favorite thing about my mom is "she is here". 

  The bag was beautifully decorated.  Inside was an adorable handmade gift.  It was a frame made out of four popsicle sticks with pieces of puzzles glued to them.  The puzzles were flower pictures and inside the frame was a picture of him and the words surrounding his picture said, “I love you to pieces”. 

                                 What made mother’s day most special was that AJ was so excited to give me his gift.  He followed it up with a sweet, gentle kiss and my favorite words in the whole world, “I love you, Mama”.  Throughout the day he brought me flowers he picked and gave them to me with another tender kiss and my favorite four words.

                Oh AJ, how I wish I could keep you as my little boy forever.  As I’ve found myself thinking all along, this surely must be his greatest age.

                I LOVE YOU, MY BOY!