Mother's Day

Last night my elder daughter woke up at 3:30 am crying and wheezing and coughing and choking out,"Somebody please help me breathe." It was truly terrifying. I am so glad that prayers work and the Holy Ghost is actually there to help. We finally all went back to bed around 5; after baths and Vicks Vapo Rub and goofing off.

Dr say it is probably croup. Bleh. Also claims croup is an illness that nearly disappears during the day and shows back up full force at night. 3 days long. 2 more nights to go.


Today I was honored to attend a "Mother's Day Tea Party" in my son's kindergarten class. It was wonderful. A room full of kindergartners singing about how they love you is a touching thing. There were many highlights of the morning. I will share some:

When asked what your mother would do if she had 5 minutes of peace a little girl told us her mom "would bake cookies for her sisters and me." Her mom commented " Well isn't that nice of me."Every child was asked what food their mom makes best. I am pleased to report that my son said I cook the best shrimp fried rice. Out of a class of 20 kids there were:

• cookies- 4 votes
• brownies-2
• pizza -3
• cake-7

They then drew a picture of their mom cooking and wrote the recipe on the back. All of the recipes were compiled in a book for us to take home. I bet you thought you knew how to make cookies. Well wait till you hear some of their tips.

• "Put in bowl for 20 or 6 minutes a little bit hot and a little bit cold."
• "Put into the oven (warm for a minute). Take out and put a doll in.
• "Put it in the oven for 10 mins at 2 degrees"
• "Put them in the oven at 1 degree. Bake them for a while... one minute."
• "Put in microwave at 50 degrees for 10 minutes. Put mayonnaise on the sandwich ( a little... actually a lot.) Heat up the whole sandwich in the microwave for 50 mins. Eat and watch some television.
• "Put in the oven for 43 seconds at 700 degrees."

And you thought you knew how to cook.....