Mother's Day

So when I think of mother's day, I think of all of the old times when I was young and did all of the great things for my mother. So I'm writing this entry as if I'm young- like elementary school.

Mothers Day is a fine holiday. In my family mothers day is very important. Every year my Dad and I make my mom a wonderful breakfast. We often make French toast, eggs, potatoes, sausage, yogurt and fruit for her. We make up a fancy tray and take it up to her in bed. We also take her the newspaper and a homemade card. She loves the corny cards I make her. I make up funny poems and let my brother sign the card also. He is not great about getting or making her a card, so I am nice and let him in on mine. When I was young I also would make my mom origami animals and flowers. One year I made her a whole origami jungle. It was quite spectacular and she still has it displayed in the family room of our house.

The one thing we do not make for her is her coffee. She loves coffee, but neither my dad nor I drink it so we do not know how to make it. Every year my dad says "honey, will you teach me how to make coffee so that next time I can make it for you?" Well, he never learns and she never gets her coffee on mother's day or her birthday. I don't think she minds though.

After breakfast we clean the kitchen for my mom. She usually does that so it is really helpful to her that we take care of our huge mess. When my dad makes eggs he always makes omelets, he puts in everything in the refrigerator. It makes a mess with all his chopping, slicing, grilling etc... They are quite tasty though, and we all love his omelets.

On mothers day everything is done to please my mom. I try to take care of the dog so that she does not bother my mom. My mom loves to take naps. Especially on Sundays, so it is usually extra long one on mothers day. My mom can nap up to 2 hours some Sundays. It is amazing because she just lies down on the couch in the living room and no matter what is going on around her she can sleep. The one thing that will bother her is the dog barking. That is why I try to take care of her as much as possible.

My parents always take a bike ride on Sunday if it is nice outside. This mother's day was no exception. My parents love to ride their bikes. I don't know where they go. Some place for "coffee". I think it is great that they like to do that together. They tried playing golf together but, my mom didn't like it. My dad is really good and my mom has never played so she was bad. She hates being bad at things and that game is very frustrating. I personally do not like golf either. My dad and my brother both love golf. Now that my brother is away at school my dad doesn't have any one to golf with. I think it would be great if my mom and I liked golf and would golf with my dad, but we both hate the game.

The last thing we do for my mom on mothers day is have a nice dinner together. We go out for dinner, so no cleaning up messes. My mom gets to choose the place. Today she chose Red Lobster. I think the only reason was that she had some gift certificates to use. My mom is pretty thrifty and she doesn't like to spend money on food. We did get an appetiser and desert and we all had beverages. Those three things are not typical for our family. The dinners were pretty good. Mine was the best, crab legs! One of our favorite family traditions it to take cards with us to the restaurant. We love to play Euchre. My mom loves this game and frequently is on the winning team.I know she played that card game a lot when she was young.

The best thing my mom likes about mothers day is that it is just for her. She can decide what to do and when to do it. She usually just does what everyone else in the family wants to do. But, this day is all hers.