What makes me a proud mom

I originally intended to write a post on what a fabulous Mother’s Day I had, doing a few of the things I really enjoy doing: traveling locally, spending time with my family, exploring new places, and sipping on wine. However, as I thought about the events of my day (and coincidentally, heard about a $50 blogging contest sponsored by UPrinting event printing services on the subject of being a Proud Mom -> my disclaimer) the focus of my intended words shifted. It was no longer about me, but about the two people that help to define this new role that I’m in – my two sons.

M day started off with a morning run and my husband’s request of my preferred activities for the day. I wasn’t clear about what I wanted to do exactly and I knew that my choices would be limited since it was so last minute. I thought about the things that I really love doing and worked my way from there, seeing how I might be able to get what I wanted for the day. My 3 favorite things are: traveling (duh), visiting the spa, and drinking wine. Aha! I had a plan. My idea for an awesome Mother’s Day was to attend church with my family, take a day trip to a local vineyard, and do a wine tasting while hubby entertained the kids in the car or in the fields. And that’s exactly what I did!

However, through the course of the day, my boys gave me the best mother’s day presents I could ask for and made me exceedingly proud:

They were well-behaved the whole day!
In the sanctuary, My 7 year old proclaimed that he wanted to be baptized again and give himself to Christ. (Wow! That one really caught me off guard and brought a smile to my face)
My 3 year old who has limited verbal abilities demonstrated some new sounds and phrases and seemed more conversant than ever.
My 7 year old took great interest in making sure I was happy and wanting to surprise me for the day–> a detour from the usual desires of shopping for Legos and focusing on himself.
And last but not least, my oldest took a burning interest in photographing our day’s travel and exploration – something that he’s seen mommy do for the past couple of years. This was definitely my second proudest moment of the day, though by the end of the day my husband wanted to kick himself for buying our son the new camera as no stone was left un-photographed.

So, as you can see, I had several great reasons to feel like a proud mom on Mother’s Day. Little did I know that the day would wind up being less about me and more about them.

P.S. I couldn’t resist showing you a few of the other things that made me smile on Mother’s Day. Check out the gallery below:

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