"Yes, I'm coming," I yelled back. It was 6:45 am.
"Mother! Can you get me more juice, please?" It was 6:52 am.
Finally, I'm ready to use my get-out-of-jail-free card. "Jude, can you ask your dad to help with some of these things?"
"No mom, today is Mother's day. Get it? Mothers get to be the helpers." Hmm. Nice smile from Chad at this point.
I was beckoned to for shoe tying, book reaching, butt wiping, diaper changing, nose blowing, lunch making, etc all the while being referred to as mother. Don't think little Dane didn't pick up on the obvious choice for mom as helper, doer, slave. When Chad tried to do anything for him he'd yell, "no Mommy do it!" Hmm.
I did get to look for the envelope with a card in it that Jude had hidden somewhere in my room. "Mother, look right here under this cushion and you'll see it."
When I opened the envelopes containing the gifts they made at daycare, Jude proudly showed me the Mom button he colored and I did love it. It was the beginning of their project collection I will treasure forever.
When I opened the one from Dane, he immediately recognized the M-O-M keychain as something that had come from Jannel's house. "Thank you, Dane. Mom loves it."
"No, that's Jannel's. Give it to Jannel." Hmm.
I'm sure tomorrow we can bring the keychain to Jannel and she'll show Dane it is okay to give it to me. Tomorrow Dad will get to have some of his duties back. Tomorrow won't be Mother's Day though. It will be much more relaxing.
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