Mother's Day-The Rest of the Story

My girlfriend's Mother's Day actually started last Thursday.  Anderson had a little presentation at his school.  He was very excited about it and was counting down the days until it was time for my girlfriend to go to his school.

He sang a little bit.

He gave her a present that he had made.

A few days before he told Benay that she was going to get to "bring it around town" with him and all the other moms. You really have to be a follower of Spongbob Squarepants (and believe me, we are) to know what "bring it around town" even means.  If you don't know what it is then just go to You Tube and type in those words and you will see tons of videos of Spongebob as well as people "bringing it around town."

Anyway, the kids ended up playing a game with the moms.  When the music played you had to do a dance together.  When the music stopped, and if your legs were apart, you had to get in the middle of the circle and "bring it around town." They did this three times.  On the video you'll see a goof on the first time (we were still trying to figure out the rules), a "bring it around town" second time and a finally not getting caught the third time.

I love how my girlfriend just jumps right in with whatever.  That is part of what makes her a great mom.

They had a great time together.

On Sunday we had our normal house church.  We had some people traveling that day but we still had three moms in our group.  As is our tradition, the kids and dads read verses, led prayers and the Lord's supper.  Everything was geared toward moms and their special day.

We then went to the park to take some mom/kids pictures.....

.....and practice our biker pose pictures on Tiago's new motorcycle.

We then took my girlfriend out to eat at a restaurant of her choosing.  That was followed by some present time.

Anderson always makes his mother's day presents at school.  So when the actual Mother's Day arrives he usually has to "make" another present.  This year, as noted by the pictures above, it was an American football wrapped in a pillow case.  He always gives the best gifts.

My girlfriend then surprised us all when she said she wanted to go to the Inter soccer game that afternoon.  After 8 years of loving here she still can't shake American football out of her system and embrace the world's football.  But we love that she keeps trying.

She went with me, Bronwyn and Anderson.  It was a cool, windy afternoon game with hardly any fans there.

We lost but had a great time.

The kids know how special their mom is.

I asked each of them to give me a one word description of their mom.  Here's what I got:

Giovanni: "Awesome."
Anderson: "I get homesick of her. I love her. Friendship." (Sorry it's IMPOSSIBLE for Anderson to only share ONE word......IMPOSSIBLE!)
Carys: "Great."
Garrett: "Wonderful."
Ansley: "Gracious."
Bronwyn: "Sweet."

We are blessed.