Mother’s Day Presents

Scene: In the car the other day.

Cordy: Mama, it will be Mother’s Day soon. What kind of present do you want?

Me: I don’t know. What do you think I’d like?

Mira: Mommy, you like flowers!

Me: Well, yeah, flowers are OK I guess.

Cordy: No, Mira! Mommy likes chocolates more! You want chocolates for Mother’s Day, right?

Me: Ummm…I am trying to diet…

Mira: Flowers! Mommy wants flowers!

Cordy: Chocolates!

Mira: Flooooowers!

Cordy: Chooooocolates!

Me: What about sleep? I’d like that for Mother’s Day.

Mira: Mommy, that’s not a present!

Me: Oh, you’d be surprised what mommies would consider presents…

Later…

Cordy: Mama, I know what your present will be! Us! We’re your presents, mommy!

Me: Well, yes, but actually, you’re the reason I get presents on Mother’s Day.

Cordy: (panic in her voice) But we can’t get you anything because the Toys R Us doesn’t have anything you like!

Me: Um…well, I guess that’s true…

Cordy: So if you don’t like anything from the Toys R Us, we won’t have anything to give you! Can’t you like a toy that we like, and then we can get you that?

Me: I think you’re missing the point now…

After that conversation, I’m a little scared to think what will be waiting for me on Mother’s Day. It’ll either be nothing, flowers, chocolates, or a new Thomas & Friends train set with some easy reader Backyardigans books.

Note to self: teach my children what “spa” means and why mommies like it.

And I still argue that sleep can be a present.

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Comments

  1. Ha ha ha ha ha! I TOTALLY hear you on the sleep thing. That’s what I told my girls I wanted when they asked me, and they said, “we figured that’s what you would say.” And they’re going to give it to me – plus breakfast in bed, I think. And hubby asked me what I want for dinner, too, so woo hoo – a real day off, I think! (Of course, I’ve been spending this week feverishly cleaning the house so I can REALLY enjoy a day off without those annoying nagging voices in the back of my head).

  2. Hopefully your husband will step in with a little gift buying guidance for the girls! 🙂

  3. MN RN Mom says

    I totally agree on sleep being a gift, expecially working nights. I was able to get an extra 1 1/2 hrs sleep this AM, hubby, dad and brother-in-law made brunch, and we went out to my favorite Indian resteraunt for supper. Got to play outside in the rain this afternoon with the kids. My kind of day 🙂

  4. That’s a cute conversation! I am having conversations like that with my 4-year old, and he misses that point a lot of times.
    Anyway, I agree that sleep is a great gift, and a little Mommy Break to go somewhere where there are no kids around tugging and pulling on my shirt!
    Just dropping by!

  5. My 5 year old wants to go to a spa WITH me. She says a massage sounds wonderful. Love her.