TheMommyBlog

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 Family

My mother is turning 60 on Saturday. It’s a big deal, and we have been giving a lot of thought to what would make her day special. We’ll be catering a dinner at her home and baking her one of our famous carrot cakes (that is, if Logan approves, rigid little bastard that he is), but the gifts have been the difficult part. She really doesn’t need anything except more hours in the day, and if I find a place to buy that, I certainly won’t be sharing that information.

After careful consideration, we’ve decided to go practical and give her something she needs and will not buy for herself. It ties into something significant and meaningful in a way, and I can settle for that. You see, we are thinking of writing a book together, and to that end, I have created a private blog for her on my account so that she can start keeping notes and jotting down ideas. And, since she reads this blog, I won’t say what the actual gift is, but I will say this: I am serious about this book, Mom, so get ready!

On a lighter note, we’ve been having great conversations with the boys about what to do for Grandma. Here are some ideas that came out of a conversation Gil had with Logan this morning:

Logan: ”We could try to make her shoulder feel better.”

Gil: “How?”

Logan: “We could give her some ice.”

“We still have to bake cookies for my class for Valentine’s Day. There are 19 kids in my class. If we bake 20 cookies, we could give her one.”

“I know, I’ll give her some of my school work. I’ll give her my pumpkin. No, I don’t want to give her that, because it’s missing an eye.”

And my personal favorite:

“How about a sleepover? No, because she would have to sleep over forever, because a present is forever. Besides, that wouldn’t be a present for her, it would be a present for us.”