Friday Jason came home from work and saw the new running shoes I had bought and said, "Happy Mother's Day. How am I supposed to get you anything when you just buy whatever you want?" That's not really quite true but I'm probably not as easy to shop for as I used to be. I told him to count the shoes (even though I used a gift certificate and didn't really buy them.) After all, few things make me as happy as new shoes. I know it is lame to take a picture of my new shoes but these ones are just so cool. I have been running in Asics for over 10 years now and I think these trail shoes are the first ones I found in purple! Anyway, back to the real story. I told him he didn't need to buy me anything since I'm planning a major purchase soon anyway. I remember when I was a kid and my mom told me the homemade gifts were better than gifts bought with money. I thought there was no way she was telling the truth but now I know just what she meant.I left Andrew babysitting one evening last week when I had to run with my coach and Jason hadn't made it home from work. (I'm starting to do this occasionally and it's giving me a new sense of freedom yet at the same time it terrifies me!) I got home and asked them what they had done and they all just smiled and wouldn't tell me. I started to give them a lecture about responsibility and how I couldn't trust them if they couldn't tell me what they were doing when Jared, ready to burst into tears, said, "but it's for Mother's Day!" They were super cute spending all week with their preparations. They would sneak stuff home from school and up to their rooms. I had to be careful not to accidentally find things when I was doing laundry.
Sunday morning I woke up and Jared was whispering trying to wake Jason up but not me. Jason was sound asleep and it didn't work but they finally managed to drag him out of bed and told me to stay in bed. I grabbed a book since I knew I wouldn't fall back asleep and the kids made breakfast almost all by themselves with no prompting from Jason. They would have pulled it off without waking Jason up except Andrew couldn't find the pancake mix. They made pancakes, orange juice, toast and fried eggs. They were so excited to bring breakfast to me in bed! As soon as I was done eating they ran to get all the gifts they had been hiding.
