My Mother's Day Gifts from Lucas

Today has been the most amazing Mother's Day ever. I got up this morning pretty early to get ready for church because it was my Sunday to run the computer that controls most of the service. Lucas got up and saw me getting ready and was begging to go to church too. I was able to get him dressed without even the littlest fight and he put his own shoes on without me even asking him. When he saw that I was about ready to go he ran over to the TV, turned off his cartoons, and told his Daddy proudly, "Bye Daddy, I'm going to church!" It was the cutest thing.

The service included a surprise performance by the kids. I watched the kids march in and didn't see Lucas so I figured they didn't bring the nursery kids class. Before the kids could sing we had to figure out how to get the music to play and while they were all standing up there looking cute we were in the back of the theater trying to figure out how to get their music to work right. Our of nowhere I heard this little boy voice say "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY" over the microphone and I thought it sounded just like Lucas but I was sure it wasn't him. When we got the music right finally I looked down and there he was in front of the church standing up there holding his own with all the big kids. It was him after all. It was the coolest thing!

After church was over I went to go pick up Lucas and I was presented with two candles he had painted for me (one in the pre-k class that he did the song with and one in the nursery, his usual class.) Then Lucas' teachers started apologizing like crazy for something and I looked down and saw Lucas had also painted himself... well more specifically his brand new shirt that my mom had bought him. I just had to laugh because it was just so Lucas and at least for once he was playing in paint and NOT food. Plus I kind of like the shirt even more now that he has "decorated it."

Lucas ran around a little while I helped clean up a little and out of nowhere he comes up to me and said "Happy Mother's Day Mommy, I love you" and came up and gave me a big hug around the knees.

Our Pastor was standing close by when Lucas did that and said something like "that's the sort of stuff that can make you tear up," and boy was I!