Scene: In the car the other day.
Cordy: Mama, it will be Mother's Day soon. What kind of present do you want?
Me: I don't know. What do you think I'd like?
Mira: Mommy, you like flowers!
Me: Well, yeah, flowers are OK I guess.
Cordy: No, Mira! Mommy likes chocolates more! You want chocolates for Mother's Day, right?
Me: Ummm...I am trying to diet...
Mira: Flowers! Mommy wants flowers!
Cordy: Chocolates!
Mira: Flooooowers!
Cordy: Chooooocolates!
Me: What about sleep? I'd like that for Mother's Day.
Mira: Mommy, that's not a present!
Me: Oh, you'd be surprised what mommies would consider presents...
Later...
Cordy: Mama, I know what your present will be! Us! We're your presents, mommy!
Me: Well, yes, but actually, you're the reason I get presents on Mother's Day.
Cordy: (panic in her voice) But we can't get you anything because the Toys R Us doesn't have anything you like!
Me: Um...well, I guess that's true...
Cordy: So if you don't like anything from the Toys R Us, we won't have anything to give you! Can't you like a toy that we like, and then we can get you that?
Me: I think you're missing the point now...
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After that conversation, I'm a little scared to think what will be waiting for me on Mother's Day. It'll either be nothing, flowers, chocolates, or a new Thomas & Friends train set with some easy reader Backyardigans books.
Note to self: teach my children what "spa" means and why mommies like it.
And I still argue that sleep can be a present.
Hopefully your husband will step in with a little gift buying guidance for the girls! :)
Ha ha ha ha ha! I TOTALLY hear you on the sleep thing. That's what I told my girls I wanted when they asked me, and they said, "we figured that's what you would say." And they're going to give it to me - plus breakfast in bed, I think. And hubby asked me what I want for dinner, too, so woo hoo - a real day off, I think! (Of course, I've been spending this week feverishly cleaning the house so I can REALLY enjoy a day off without those annoying nagging voices in the back of my head).
I totally agree on sleep being a gift, expecially working nights. I was able to get an extra 1 1/2 hrs sleep this AM, hubby, dad and brother-in-law made brunch, and we went out to my favorite Indian resteraunt for supper. Got to play outside in the rain this afternoon with the kids. My kind of day :-)
That's a cute conversation! I am having conversations like that with my 4-year old, and he misses that point a lot of times.
Anyway, I agree that sleep is a great gift, and a little Mommy Break to go somewhere where there are no kids around tugging and pulling on my shirt!
Just dropping by!
My 5 year old wants to go to a spa WITH me. She says a massage sounds wonderful. Love her.