A belated Happy Mother’s Day to all of you Moms out there! I hope you enjoyed your day and didn’t end up with any Bad Mother’s Day Gifts!
I got a new vacuum.
No, no it’s okay. I asked for a new vacuum. It’s totally an appropriate gift when you ask for it.
I also got my husband to accompany me to Target on Saturday with all three kids so we could buy new bike accessories like helmets, pads, etc., and because my husband hates shopping with the kids as much as I do, I was able to toss some other “gifts for me” in the cart without any protest. His goal is to get in and out as quickly as possible, and mine is to shop Super Market Sweep style throwing as much shit in the cart as possible. Scored a new deck umbrella, a couple indoor & outdoor decor items, books for the kids and a new water slide for the back yard.
Even though the kids wanted a new water toy, I was the one who picked this one, The Wave Crasher, out. I figure if I have to be outside supervising, I might as well get something that I want to play with too.
So when we got home, I broke it in.
Move over kids, let Mama show you how it’s done:
…like a boss.
So there you have it…all in all a great weekend of testing the weight limit of toys, teaching the kids about water displacement, and an entire weekend spent outside neglecting laundry and chores.
Hope you all had a great Mother’s Day too. You deserve it!
I highly recommend using the water slide as a ruse to actually throw your children….. Down the water slide of course
Yes, down the slide, of course
Girl, you can ride my Slip N Slide ANY day. Love the sunnies.
Thanks, Mama. I call them my fabulouses. I like them best of all because they cover my dark circles and then some. Hope you had a great Mother’s Day!
Hope your children enjoyed the “wave crasher” as much as you did! LOL
We had some trouble taking turns, but it all worked out and we had a great time
Love it! And I am totally with you on sneaking the ‘you’ stuff in the target cart. I do the same thing!
It was a little hard to hide the deck umbrella, but my husband agreed we needed a new one…otherwise I just grab and toss and hope to make it to the register before he notices
Diva, YOU ROCK!!!!! Glad your Mother’s day was a splash!
Hope you had a great Mother’s Day too, Gayle! Thank you!!
Vacuums… I could be on a commercial, totally, about vacuums. I have had many vacuum cleaners. I have LOVED and adored none of the like my Kenmore Cannister one. Hands down, it wins. One of my daughters has the biggest baddest Dyson, it still doesn’t cut it it my book… Anyway, nothing wrong with a practical side, I say. Jewelry is nice, but I’m the queen of LOSING my jewelry, so why keep buying it for me?
Me, I am rather wishing and hinting for a gift… a Vitamix blender!!!!!
The water slide looks FUN. yet… I wonder how long it would take for my crew of 12 grandkids to pop something like that one!!
Vitamix blender is awesome! I say any household appliance is perfect if you’re asking for it! And I’m with you on the Dyson’s…mine sucked! I’ve killed two in the last eight years, so we went for a brand that hasn’t failed us in the past with other stuff- it’s an LG! Excited to have something that will suck…up the dirt that is. Hope you had a great mother’s day!
OH MY GOODNESS. I just discovered your blog and I’m already a fan. You are one hilarious domestic diva. Consider yourself followed. ;o)
OMGosh….how FUN!!
Wheeeeee!!!
I’m jealous. I would love a new vacuum. We’ve had our Dyson for 8 years and although it still works well, there are some parts on it that have broken in the last couple months. I wouldn’t mind another Dyson, but I see that you got an LG and I’ll have to look into those as well. I love my LG washer and dryer that I got last year.
Anyway, glad to see that you had a nice Mother’s Day with your family. My daughter was up Saturday night with a fever and a really bad sore throat so we spent Mother’s Day at urgent care. Poor baby had a bad case of strep throat. I knew something was up when she took two naps on Saturday. The only other time or two that she has voluntarily taken a nap in her entire life was when she was sick.