Mom told me that she had a nice Mother’s Day, despite the weather (unseasonably cold around 50°F with high winds and lots of rain) and having to be with her family. The kids went off to Sunday school, then we all went to church where the other children sang a nice song about mothers while our children looked concerned and bored at the same time. I think Corwin’s mouth might have moved once, but I can’t be sure.
Charles seemed to be the most in to the spirit of the day. He got Alice to help him make cards for Mom yesterday, and he made a lovely flower for Mom, which kind of stole the thunder of the flowers I got for her.
We tried to go out for pancakes after church, but it was not only Mother’s Day but graduation day for the university so the pancake place was packed beyond sanity (and we only have one pancake place left in town). We eventually found a place that wasn’t packed to the gills, so at least Mom didn’t have to cook. Then we picked up some invitation cards for Corwin’s upcoming birthday. Mom wanted to go on to a plant store, but it was so cold and so rainy that Mom decided to just go on home, where Corwin and I built her a nice fire in the fireplace.