National Scrapbooking Day Sales - Lotta Designs

Love Letters

Mother's Day by Lotta

This is the page I made with It's All About You.

It's All About You - 40 percent off - Will be gone after the NSD sale.
Studio Lotta is having a 30-40 percent sale from April 30 to May 2.

National Scrapbooking Day Sales - Lotta Designs

Liam's Birthday and Mother's Day

Liam playing the Spongebob game after everyone was gone.
Daddy comforting Liam. Liam went to him to complain that he hardly got any toys and candies from the Pinata...the other kids were way faster. :)
The kids scrambling around to pick up candies and toys....

Emanuel thought that he was going to have better luck because he is bigger. Was he wrong! He came out swinging hard. Ultimately, it was Catalina that whacked the bull the hardest that it came tumbling down. It didn't break, so dh broke it apart for them and tossed the candies.

Kaylie's turn to club the pinata. She managed to pull off one of the horns.

Just one more try...

Liam whacking the pinata. He thought it was going to be easy. But I covered his eyes and then spun him around...he was so mad that he couldn't hit the pinata. Daddy was lowering the pinata up and down to challenge the kids....
I love the bright colors of this pinata.
Isn't this a cute cake?

Doesn't Liam look cute here? And so sweet, too. :)

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day yesterday.

Liam turned 6 this week so I had decided to have his little party on Sunday; I had a serious memory lapse and forgot what day it was, duh! . We only wanted a few people over: my uncle and his wife, who is still recoving from testicular hernia. I thought he was walking a bit funny...:). He brought his 2 step-grandchildren so Liam had a new playmate. My brother Roberto came straight from his job for a bit, too. My friend Elizabeth came with her son and brought a little friend along.

I cooked everything by myself. I made Yellow rice with pigeon beans, potato salad, a leafy sald (lettuce/romaine/onions/tomatoes and feta cheese), lasagna (double layer: beef and ricotta cheese), baked chicken and baked bbq pork chops. The pigeon beans were brought by my mother in law from Puerto Rico. I had to boil them for 45 minutes before I was able to add it to the rice. I started some of the preparations the night before, but most of the work was done on Sunday as I like everything freshly made. I hate reheated food or overcooked.

By the time I sat for dinner, most everyone was done. Liam was super excited and couldn't wait to dig in to his Spongebob cake. He wanted a Spongebob cake so he was one happy boy. Liam and the kids were playing outside, so he kept coming in every 15 minutes to ask when the cake was going to be cut. He couldn't wait for me to clean up the table and set up....sheesh!

Anyway, after slaving over a hot stove and oven, I really couldn't enjoy eating my dinner. I was so freaking hot and bothered, that I didn't even eat much of anything.

We sang Liam the birthday song...he was acting shy, which is so endearing and strange at the same time. He did look adorable, though. He shoved the cake in his mouth as fast as he could, then demanded to open the gifts. I made him wait for everyone to finish eating the cake and icecream, then let him open the gifts.

We got him a super cool bike, which he can't ride because he can't reach the hand breaks. So much for that cool present! I got him a Spongebob game that one plugs to the tv, he loved it. He got a blow up scooby doo sand bag toy that he can punch around and a helicopter.

All in all, it was a day for Liam, and not a day for me. But, I can handle that. 127

Liam's Birthday and Mother's Day

Mother's Day Ramble and a Freebie

I guess by know, you all know that I am not very talkative or opinionated. But every once in a while, a topic will rile me up and then I have lots to say.

This Mother's Day is such a day for me, so here i go.

A few weeks ago I visited my dad for the first time since mom passed away.

Sure, I speak with him on a weekly basis, but hadn’t stopped by for a visit. We arrived at the house Dad greeted us at the door and welcomed us inside. We all sat down and chatted away like one usually does.

Kaylie and Liam were playing in the middle of the living room floor with some dominoes. While DH and Dad chatted away, I just sat there observing them all.

I kept waiting for mom to show up through the door at any moment to ask us if we wanted coffee or something to drink.

After a while Kaylie came up to me and whispered, “Mama, I want to see Abuelita’s room.” You see, mom always used to let Kaylie go up to her room to play with her dolls, her Tweety pillow, custom jewelry and perfumes.

I felt silly asking my dad for permission to enter her room, so we snuck up there to look around. Kaylie lovingly caressed the little remnants left of my mom’s things. I examined her movies and music collection.

Her scent still permeated the air. In this moment and time, she was still in the room laughing and carrying on, if only briefly and in our memories.

After 5 minutes, I turned off the lights and exited her room for the last time. On our way home, I cried my eyes out. The old house was still the same, but it wasn’t a home anymore.

I am sorry that I took my mom for granted. I thought we still had many years left to go, but I was wrong. Life is unpredictable and we don’t know when our time on this earth is up.

Today is Mother’s day, which makes me wish she were still here with us. I know that she is with us in spirit, but it is not the same.

My request for each and every one of you who still have your mother with you, is that you put any and all differences aside, if only for one day. Give her a hug and a kiss and just be happy to be alive.

As for me, it is too late to go home again. I wish I had told her how much I really did love her, but I can’t. The last time I told her so it was on her death bed. Her cheek was cold to the touch and her spirit was gone. Don’t let this happen to you.

So, go out there and greet the world with a smile, hug your mother and tell her you love her.

Happy Mother’s Day to one and All!

Head on over to Scrapbook-Graphics and get your Mother's Day freebie by Flergs.

92

Mother's Day Ramble and a Freebie