After having an awkward day yesterday, I went out to pick up my son. After responding to some e-mails and comments on my posts here, I looked up to see a little smiling face walking down the steps with a colorful, little, hand-crafted “basket”. I greeted my sweet child with a hug and a “How was your day at school, honey?” He replied “Hea’go, Mommy.” So I took the “basket” and saw it had a card inside made for me.
It was by far the best gift I’ve ever gotten. Inside contained a card my son had made himself (with his teacher’s help) that had his handprint on it & a stem with leaves coming from it. This gave the effect of his handprint being a flower. It said: “My love for you grows more & more each day.” When I opened it, the card said “Happy Mother’s Day!”
Attached was a note describing how his class had planted flowers for their mothers. There was also a scanned and copied photo of a packet of marigold seeds.
I reached into the “basket” to find a cup with a tiny sprout beginning to grow inside it. There was a popsicle stick stuck in the soil with a little foam flower glued to it. My little one had actually managed to keep his first secret. I knew about a month ago that the class began working on gardening activities but I had no idea it was for Mother’s Day.
Looking at him I said, “Aww, thank you sweetie!” He looked at me and pointed to the little sprout and said “A fwower!” He clapped and giggled with a sense of accomplishment and then looked back at me and said “I wub you, Mommy.” He walked over to me on his own and gave me a big squeeze.
I almost cried.
Best gift ever.
Oh my gosh! That is sooo sweet. He did such a wonderful job. When his plant flowers, and then eventually dies, be sure to have him save the seeds to grow next spring. 🙂
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I will! He actually reminds me to tend to it. He’s better at it than me! I guess he has a little nurturer in him. 🙂
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Oh dear – I would have sobbed! How incredibly beautiful 😀
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He is a little gardener now. Haha! He checked on it this morning & said “Mommy, fwower needa drink a water…okay?”
😛
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Oh, how I miss those little “gifts” from school. The joy it would bring me and my child was so special and sweet. Enjoy your Mother’s day and your special little “flower.”
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May you have a pleasant Mother’s Day as well. 😀 In my eyes, it doesn’t matter if your kids or grown or off somewhere – every Mommy deserves to be honored/appreciated for at least one day.
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So true!
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Lovely. Thank you for your words.
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Thank YOU (for stopping by), Leslie. Sorry for my late response. I’m not sure why, but I was never notified of this comment. 😦 I just found it now.
Better late than never, I suppose.
♥
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So sweet, keep it growing for the flower to come out.
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I’m gonna run out tomorrow and get a small flower pot for it. The poor thing looks so lonely in that little cup. Then it’s outside for the little bud.
Thanks for stopping by, seeker. 😀
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