Mother's Day 2010

This Mother's Day, I am especially grateful to be a mother. Not that I really took this motherhood thing for granted before, but this time around the day is especially sweet and oh am I grateful to wake up in the morning to big, shining blue eyes and a brilliant gap-toothed smile.

Elise was given a complete set of Little House on the Prairie books as a gift this past week, and she has been soaking in the stories at every opportunity.

Imagine my surprise to come downstairs this morning to find my girl writing a special story for me for Mother's Day. Photos above, transcript to follow:

House on the Prary
From Elise to Hether

Thar was once a famly who lived in the woods mary Lora mom dad cary susin and Jack the bulldog thay Bilt the house out of logs. (continyous on bac)

And every day thar was lots of works of all kinds. each day had its one job
monday mending
tuesday tending
Wensday washing
thursday Bakeing
Friday churning
weekens relx

the end

Love Elise


And that, in a nutshell, is the best Mother's Day of my life. So far.