Reflections on being a mom (Mother's Day a little late)

Since there are many more articles out there that say what I would say about motherhood in a more eloquent way I am not going to write much.  Perhaps my favorite read recently was by Lea Grover in her Huff Post Parents article, "Dear Less-Than-Perfect Mom".  It's a good quick read and she talks about all the things we do that are not so glamorous and that make us real and human and beautiful.  What I love is that she highlights the things we do that many of us feel guilty about or beat ourselves up about and spins them to show that those are the things that make us better moms.  My favorite quote from the article and something I need to remember on the bad days, "Congratulations, Best Mom in the World.  You're not perfect."  Accepting and even embracing the imperfections is something I struggle with but in the spirit of wanting my kids to embrace the things that make them special and unique and "imperfect" I will try harder.

I had wanted to write something before Mother's Day and post on Sunday, but things got away from me last week and alas, here I am.  Tony was off (which was really the best gift I could ask for) and we had a nice family weekend complete with us each getting to spend some one-on-one time with each girl and have a wonderful Mother's Day BBQ with some friends.

I did want to share the awesome Mother's Day gifts we had made for the grandmother's (and for Mama) by a silhouette artist who came to town a few weeks ago.  The girls have a silhouette of me from when I was 2 hanging on their wall and I've been wanting to get one done of the girls for over a year so this was perfect- I even pinned a DIY silhouette on Pinterest but I doubt I ever would have gotten to it!  I think they came out great- you be the judge.

If you remember Emma's Eric Carle Birthday Party, you will remember that we made a wall collage with clear contact paper.  We saved it and when Ada and I went looking for something to wrap these with she picked this out and it was absolutely perfect!  I wanted you to see also how great her handwriting is getting.  I wrote the message and she wrote her and Emma's names and made a heart.  Just love her.