Last Friday night. Yes, last Friday night, I know I don’t get to blog very often anymore, so it would seem. I am actually looking forward to the end of the school year and our vacation just so I can get back into my blog full force. Either that or I will have to go back to work to have time to blog as being a Working at Home Mom leaves little time for my hearts desires.
So, last Friday night, a bunch of us got together for an evening of Card Making with A Crafty Mom. There were six of us in total, A Crafty Mom, Myself, Coffee and Commutes, Capital Mom , Gliding Lara, and Two Hands Full and I think I made enough desserts for fifteen of us, but it was all good, I just made sure to eat, I mean bring home the leftovers.
Shannon had a wonderful set up for us, we had five card stations set up with all the necessary tools to put the cards together. Shannon did most of the labour intensive work we just got to paste and stamp, which is really the fun part of crafting anyway.
In between card making we got to chat and catch up. It isn’t too often that I get a night out with friends so using the Card Making as an excuse to get together was great. All of us have children and all of us need that little alone time to not worry about what is happening at home. Although a couple of the brave Mom’s with smaller children made it solo and got some instant messages on their phones about how the kids were doing with Mom out of the house. For all the fun we had, we will have to find another occasion to get together and make cards for, I am thinking Christmastime, but in November or earlier. And next time we will need to have a few more hands in the mix, with more stories to tell.
As a side note, my blog will be having a birthday next week!!! We are turning FIVE! Stay tuned for a few giveaways in celebration!
When the weather cooperates, I hate and I mean HATE to stay in the house. Although I prefer lounging surfside with a good book and some sand between my toes, I make do with what I have. Every year I spend countless hours outside with my laptop. When the kids nap, I take this opportunity to catch up on things and get a bit of work done.
This is one of the three spots that I use.
Today I am sitting here because I have a large quantity of photos to go through from the weekend and since I am just sorting and tagging (as opposed to doing any editing) I prefer to sit under the canopy in the lounging chair with my coffee and water and the sounds of the birds chirping in the trees. The canopy gives me just the perfect amount of diffused light on my flat screen so I don’t get any reflections and can sit here and enjoy the great outdoors. If I were doing any editing, I would suck it up and take it inside but for now I can enjoy this gorgeous day.
And as you can see I have extra seating if need be. Grab your laptop and head outside! That was the first reason I ever got one.
To see what I have been up to be sure to stop by my photography blog.
ETA: This post was inspired by @ErinBlaskie and her Tweet this morning.
Someone you can count on anytime anywhere.
Someone you can laugh with and someone you can cry with.
Someone who knows when you just need a cuddle or a hug. And someone who knows when to leave you alone.
Someone who will make your favorite dinner on your birthday.
Someone who will back you up when times get rough.
Someone who is not afraid to tell you as it is.
I have been a Mom now for fifteen years. And I can’t thank my Mom enough for giving me the guidance I needed to be a Mom to a child that I didn’t give birth to. A may not be my birth child, but it didn’t make it any less different for me, I still love him with all my heart. The hardest thing about being a Mom in this way was that I had to send him back home to his birth mother after only a few days together. And fifteen years later, it doesn’t get any easier.
Being a Mom to my own two children is the most amazing thing in the world. And I don’t have to send them anywhere at the end of the day, except their own beds. Perhaps this is why I have such a hard time with the idea of leaving the kids and going away, I never want to leave my kids.
I started writing this post for LouLou’s Mother’s Day Giveaway, but I simple ran out of time to finish. But, I had to finish. I had to show you why it is all so worth it. Every tear, all the sweat, all the cuddles, all the laundry. Everything, is just so worth it to get to spend time with these two.
I love being a Mom.
