Musings of a Mom

 Kids get excited about Mother’s Day, at least they do when they’re young. They enjoy making something special for mom. They enjoy giving gifts but find it difficult to wait until Mother’s Day to have the gifts opened. They are just not patient people.

My son attends daycare a couple of days a week and at daycare he made a gift for me.  He proudly presented the gift and said, “Happy Mother’s Day!” When we got home he asked, “When you open your gift, will you share it with me?” I told him we’d talk about it once I opened the gift. Now, this was on Thursday and he would have to wait a few days and that was just too long so he asked, “Do you want to open it now or on Mother’s Day?” I told him I would like to wait until Mother’s Day and he asked, “But would you like to open it now?”

Whether you’re a parent or not you know he was not really trying to get to my wishes, so of course I agreed to open my gift early. He had given me a jar of walnuts that were specially seasoned just for Mom. Now, however, he realized that he didn’t have something for me to open on Mother’s Day.

On Friday he went to his grandma’s house and asked to make a pretty bracelet for me.  He asked me what color beads I liked and told me not to look. Later that night he gave me a small wrapped box and told me to open it. I asked if I should wait for Mother’s Day and he said, “No, you have to open it now.” After I opened it, my husband saw and said, “You were supposed to save that for Sunday.” Here we go again.

Saturday morning my son came to me with a dollar bill and a dollar coin and said, “Happy Mother’s Day! Which one do you want?” When I asked why he was giving me money he said, “Because I like giving people money to be Mom and Dad.” Great, not only is he proudly paying me less than minimum wage but he makes it sound like my husband and I can easily be replaced. I think I need to check his piggy bank and see how long we’ll be around.

Mother’s Day finally arrived and my son comes into my room, says, “Happy Mother’s Day” in a way that shows no enthusiasm for the day in the slightest. Apparently he had moved on to other things.