Happy Faux Mother's Day

Friday night when we were heading to supper Anna mentioned, just in passing, about Mother's Day coming up and yesterday when I was Skyping with my Mom she said she was being taken to Fox Harbour for Mother's Day Brunch.  "Oops!" I thought and told Tim that this Sunday was Mother's Day and we had forgotten about it.  Then last night when I talked to Mom and asked her about it, she said that no, it wasn't for two more weeks.  Now, when I Skype I often put on my headset with microphone because I get better sound and last night when Mom told me that Mother's Day wasn't for two more weeks I never even thought that Tim, who was sitting in the room with me, wouldn't have heard her. 

This morning Ryan woke up and wanted me to get up with him.  I told him to ask Daddy and I fell back to sleep.  Around nine I woke up and came out and Nick told me to go back to bed and when I protested Tim told me they were making me breakfast in bed for Mother's Day.  Oops again!  I told him that it wasn't actually Mother's Day (why I told him this I'm still not sure) but Nick really wanted me to eat what he had made me in my bed and nowhere else.  So I went back to bed and ate my oatmeal, banana, apple slices and soy milk with Nick sitting beside me, grinning from ear to ear.  He told me every step of the oatmeal making process that he had completed and was so proud.  It was so very sweet!

After I ate I stayed in bed for a bit and Nicholas insisted that I go back to sleep so that I would be well rested for writing my blog this evening.  He shut the curtains, turned off the light, made sure that I was tucked in then went to help Tim with the laundry so I wouldn't have to do it.  How cute is that?  I did end up sleeping for a while and it was nice to have some extra rest.

When I did get up it was almost lunch time so Tim made something to eat for the kids then while he had his shower, Ryan and I did puzzles in Nick's window.  Nick started playing hide-and-seek and they ended up having quite a game of it once Tim joined them.  It's hard to imagine that there would be a lot of places to hide in our little apartment, but Tim managed to find quite a few.

In the afternoon we all walked up to the Carrefour, joined by Dave, to buy Nicholas a bicycle.  I tried to convince Nick to get a plain bike that was lighter but he couldn't resist the Captain America one with a basket, bell, fenders and even a little storage compartment on the back.  The whole thing was a little hectic but we ended up getting two bikes (one for Ryan, too), a rice cooker and some groceries.  When you buy an appliance here they like to take it out of the box and show you that it works.  Great service so I had to get a picture. 

After some minor alterations to the bikes, like pumping up the tires outside the Carrefour, they were ready to go.  So far they've only driven them back from the grocery store but tomorrow, since it's a long weekend, we will take the kids out to the park so they can enjoy their new bikes.

We tried out our new rice cooker this evening and it was wonderful!  I bought the cheap bulk rice and we really enjoyed it.  We had our very expensive steaks with it and decided that they are good enough that we will continue to buy them occassionally.  Nick even ate his with chopsticks and wants to get a stainless steel set like he used at Sam's.  I think he is going to like it here!

Happy Faux Mothers Day to all the mothers out there - from my boys.

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