Happy Mothers Day to all of you amazing moms out there! I hope your day was amazing!! Mothers day rocked here in the Clark house.  Saturday was my day and Sunday was split between my mom and my mother in law.  On Saturday I woke up to my kids bringing me breakfast in bed that they made.  Gross chunky cold oatmeal with fruit in it. I think I need another day of celebration dedicated to me,  just for having to eat it. They watched me take bite after bite and asked me each time how much I loved it. I could see my husband smirking in the background. (For those that know him he has a grand champion smirk) So I started my day off with a few white lies about  oatmeal!  Then I got my real present. I had asked that everyone help me clean the house-WITHOUT WHINING OR FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER.  Those crazy kids did it!! It made me almost forget about the cold oatmeal. almost.  The yard was mowed and edged.  The house was picked up and looking somewhat normal. We then headed over to the soccer fields.  Julia's team has yet to win one game.  It is oddly enough still fun to watch.  Julia played against her best friends team.  It was fun and unnerving to watch them play against each other.  Julia rocked. I would be lying if I didn't tell you that she is good.  It is fun to watch your kid be really good at something. I love seeing that smirk that she inherited, as she dribbles past the whole field of kids.  Anyway...after soccer I went to the movie theater BY MYSELF with a bag of jelly beans and watched Gatsby. It was great. being alone, Gatsby and the jelly beans (my favorite).  I then came home and watched my kids play hide and seek in the backyard.  It was one of those nights that the light was perfect and it looked like I was watching a movie.  They were laughing and rolling around, and I tried to memorize it all. I knew that this would be a moment I would try to recreate later in my head when either the kids hated each other or life got really hard.  I love moments like that and wish we had a pause button.

Random thought. Yesterday my mother in law said something that surprised me. She asked for a lint brush before we went to church. She said that she didn't want dog hair in her car.  Totally reasonable. We have two dogs, one is black and one is white.  In other words you will have visible dog hair on you no matter what you have on.  What surprised me is that would never be a thought that I would have.  I hope that everyone I am supposed to have with me is in the car. I hope that everyone has shoes on and hair brushed. ( 50/50 shot on both) I have to run through my checklist out loud....do we have water bottle, soccer ball, swim bag, soccer bag, grocery list, snacks, guitar?  I am constantly telling my kids to pick up the car. Often there are times that there is an unidentifiable smell in my van. We have to play a yucky game of trying to sniff it out. Gross. We are just in this stage of life.  My mother in law was once in this place. She is the mother of 5 amazing kids, my husband being the youngest. All of her kids were involved in sports. I am sure there were days that she didn't know whether she had the right kids with her. She has earned the right to not want dog hair in her car.  My thought on the whole mess was, what if I never notice? What if I am the retiree grandma with dog hair all over me and gross smells in my car?  I am praying this is a natural process that just "happens". Otherwise I am counting on my amazing girlfriends to tell me to freakin' pull it together.

On another note, I finished the mini marathon!!! I could not have asked to do it with a more amazing person! It was amazing.  Just when you felt like this is the dumbest idea ever, someone would run past you with a physical handicap or visibly struggling.  Yep, just keep moving.  It was a great experience and so glad I did it!

I am getting ready for a big artshow on June first. Big to the point that anything I am doing that is not getting ready for that , kind of makes me nervous.  It feels like finals week! :)  A feeling I secretly like as long as it is only every once in a while.  So I am off to snuggle my kid and paint stuff!
Have a super Monday!