Mothers Day

Trevor arrived home from camping with big plans to go see the new movie Avengers, new  out this weekend . He said he wanted to work for an hour in the yard for the movie money. I kind of wasn't too happy about only an hour as he owes me 3 hours still of back money. I am going to have to tighten my purse stings until I get the work out of him. Pay in advance isn't working for me.

Tom comes downstairs and asks the boys what are they doing for me for mothers day. I look at him in surprise. It is not Mother's day today I didn't think. Tom thought it was Mother's day. Trevor and I go out to work in the yard for his hour.

Every five minutes for the first twenty Trevor keeps asking what time it is. I finally tell him that if I have to stop work to look at the time I will add 15 minutes to his hour. I barely get the work out of him before he heads back inside having done just enough to get his movie money. He goes inside to take a shower having not showered since last Thursday, I didn't argue the need. I had told him to do the hour first before showering as he would just get hot sweaty and stinky doing yard work.

He still has mud on his ankle when he comes downstairs again. His shower was a little short, but the time to go has arrived. As we head out the door Tom offers to BBQ. The weather is lovely. I tell him I will stop and pick up some meat and wine. I make a couple of phone calls while at the store, and soon arrange for an impromptu party to celebrate "Mother's Day". Everyone is pretty much available for the BBQ as it is not really Mothers Day. I am able to catch everyone before they get going with dinner plans at home.

We end up having a great party with good company. The kids all hang out in the basement playing games. Their cheering and laughing  voices drift up to the deck where the adults are hanging out enjoying the most beautiful day with warm weather we have seen in a while. I don't know how Tom and the boys are going to top that lovely party next weekend when it really is Mother's Day.