Happy Mother's Day

I had a few things on my "to-do" list for Mother's Day. First sleep in. Done! I slept until 9:30. To me that is like noon. I think I only woke up once before 9:30. That is amazing!!! Next on the list was get my hair washed and head to the cemetery. Before we left for the cemetery I received a call from The Kid. They planned a surprise adventure for me. The surprise was they were going to have to wait for me. We try to go to the cemetery on Saturday before Mother's Day. It was so windy yesterday I knew it would be hard to keep the flowers from blowing away. It is a sad trip to make on Mother's Day. One thing I like is our parent's are buried near each other. My parent's are on a corner turn it and next spot is my in-laws. This makes me happy. It is oddly comforting to me. No matter how old I get, I still miss our parent's so much. I feel so bad my Mom never got to know my grand kids. She would have loved them so much.
Next stop Mother's Day surprise. Daughter drove us to get a Steak & Shake milkshake and next stop Barnes & Noble. Baby had her first Steak & Shake milkshake. She loved it. We all do. This was a new Barnes & Noble for me. Bigger than my usual Barnes. LOVED IT!!! I never met a Barnes I did not love. There were many highlights. First the face even the baby seemed to share the passion. I took the two older kids to the children's section. Set Tink up with a book. The Kid happily found his section. We all did our thing. Filling a basket with books. A few highlights. The Kid came and found me and said he needed help. He had too many books and needed help figuring out what to get. I followed him to where he had about 8 books spread on the floor. He was buying himself books, I was buying one, and his Mom bought him one. They were all non-fiction. I love that kid so much. He had books on States, Presidents, history of the United States, Titanic. I know he bought one history books and a Beatles book. Next highlight was when I became distracted by my surroundings and handed Coco the milkshake like it was a bottle. Milkshake all over. Coco not happy. Oops!! Coco's passion is not books. She loves stuffed animals. Watching her face light up from a soft stuffed animal is so great. Our Tink just makes me smile. She made a friend in the children's section. They were playing with stuffed animals. Very sweet! She picked a little Dora for me to buy her. We all know I have brown eyes like Dora.
It was perfect time with my daughter and grand kids.
I know what you are all thinking. Did I read any Grapes of Wrath? No. No, I did not. Sorry. I really wanted to. Just did not get it done. My husband does not get why I need to read it. He said, haven't you read it 100 times. No, only 2 or 3. I still need to read it. Every time I read a book I get something new out of it. I am not feeling good about getting this accomplished. New goal, one chapter before I go to bed tonight.
To all the Mother's out there, hope you had a wonderful day. I have known so many amazing Mothers. Watched Mother's use super human strength to handle tough situations. The only thing better than being a Mother is being a Grammy. Happy Mother's Day!