What a simple concept

I am working from home some these days and really enjoying it. Since school is out now and Chandler is home with me those days we have implemented "home school" the days we are home together. Chandler does his home school work and I do my grown up mommy work. Yesterday was one of those days, so I am sitting at my desk and he is doing his work on the floor in the office. Then I hear "Oh look at the little ants". This absolutely sends me into a panic because I hate ants, spiders, bugs in general. So here I go scurrying to kill the ants that have found their way into the house and Chandler is screaming "Would you like to be treated like that?". A little side note, my son has turned into a humanitarian. His new philosophy on life is treat every living thing the way you would want to be treated. What a simple but great concept! Just imagine how much better the world would be if we all took that and used it in our everyday lives. I am just not convinced that the ants would have treated me with the same respect and not bit me on my toes. Long story short, we saved the ants. I let Chandler wrangle them up and then release them outside where they belong. I know you are saying to yourself are you kidding me here, but what other response did I have for my little boy without shattering his perfect world vision. And besides, I kinda like the vision myself.

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday and hope all you moms out there did as well. I woke up yesterday morning with my little boy snuggle against me. Then the brightest smile came over his face as he opened his eyes, looked at me and said those magic words "Happy Mother's Day". We did not do a big production, he had picked out a few small gifts for me, made me the sweetest card at school, and a little book on the ABC's of mom. This was truly the way that Mother's Day was meant to be celebrated. So what if I got a very odd looking costume jewelry necklace, so what if I got a Tye dyed floppy hat that I will never wear. These gifts were given from the heart and that is the part that is full of emotions as my son smiled that full face smile yesterday morning and said Happy Mother's Day. I think this holiday is more about that full content heart feeling than a strand of pearls that you have had your eye on or the diamond that sits in the window of the jewelry store and calls out to you. I for one will wear my costume jewelry obnoxiously proud and look for that heart warming smile that comes over my son's face the moment he sees me wearing it. That is what I call a gift that keeps giving.