Samantha's first blog

pamelamyers | May 12, 2014

Happy Mother’s Day to me! I must say, Mother’s Day is NOT a holiday that I will ever say is overrated. It is awesome being a mom, and I mean that in the truest sense of the word, not the lame way that it gets tossed around today. I am truly, to use the words of Merriam-Webster, constantly in a state which is “causing feelings of fear and wonder; causing feelings of awe.” Being a mom is a lot of things, some good, some bad, but always worthwhile.

My Mother’s Day started off pretty early with presents. Sam is not good at waiting! This little flower pot is what she made me at school. She gave it to me a few days before Mother’s Day though since, well, I did just say she is not good at waiting. It was sent home in a nicely decorated bag, so she could have surprised me if she wanted to, but alas, she did not.

The next thing on her list really was a surprise. She made it for me a while ago and had it hidden away in her room somewhere. I will say she did a good job hiding it because with all of the cleaning and straightening I do, I never found it. I still can’t figure out why, but she calls it my “Kindle.” I wish I could figure out what she is talking about, but she was quite proud of her little face she made and I love it.

Sam helped me open all my gifts, of course. This one turned out to be some really great gardening tools. What seem like hardy, expensive ones, not the cheap shovels and tools I currently have that literally bend if you dig too hard. Perfect gift for my new veggie gardening! I also got a great gardening stool and some clothes.

My parents came over for dinner and we finished the present opening with my mom. Geez, Sam, could you let Grandmom open her own presents! 🙂

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms!

As I mentioned in Mark’s birthday post, see, we think alike. Same cat magnets. 🙂

Me and my other best girl, Zephyr.

Later that night, we went outside on the gorgeous day it was to take some family pictures. It was a beautiful day with my beautiful family, and I am so grateful.

Here’s Sammy, hanging out by her new swing. Thank you Samantha, for making me a mom. BEST JOB EVER.

One last picture from Mother’s Day – me and my Zephyr. Since we’d already had quite a bit of birthday cake, I bought a cheesecake for Mother’s Day dinner. I decided to have my dessert well after dinner, after Sam was asleep, while sitting on the couch watching tv. Zephyr was sleeping near me and it took her about 3.2 seconds to be almost in my lap. Cheese! In cake form! What!? Where has this been all her 15 years of life? I shared my snack with my girl, much like I used to do when she was a kitten and longed to try a bite of everything we ate. Thanks, Zephyr. You were my first baby, and I will never forget it!

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pamelamyers | May 11, 2014

Mark’s birthday was on a Monday this year, so we celebrated a bit early, the Saturday before. It was supposed to be a big family dinner but Krista was sick so we had a nice small dinner with just us and Pop Pop. Here are a few choice photos of Sam helping her Daddy open his gifts and of course, eat cake!

This first photo is pretty funny, as you will see from later posts. One day when we were driving to dinner, Mark pointed out these really cute car magnets on the car in front of us. We all liked the little cats and agreed we’d like those on our cars too. I thought it would be a nice surprise to find them for Mark so I did a little Internet digging and found them on Cafe Press. Well, Mark did the same digging and I got them for Mother’s Day! Great minds think alike. When I bought them I showed Sam a photo on the computer. She immediately said she wanted one, which is why I, quite smartly, bought one for Sam too. Mark did the same thing – we know our daughter! So…the Myers house is flush with cat magnets. 🙂

Sam is the best at blowing out candles. It is easier to just let her do it than try to blow them out yourself.

Happy Birthday, Daddy! We all love you so much and don’t know what we’d do without you!

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pamelamyers | May 8, 2014

Sam has been making things for her school’s annual art show for months. She has been talking about it non-stop, but wouldn’t clue us in to anything she was making. It is a very big deal at the school. So big that they close the school that day to get ready and set up. It is held in the evening and everyone, even extended family, are invited to see all of the work the kids have been doing the year through. As it got closer, Sam got more and more excited. We told her we couldn’t wait to go. Last night was the show so we walked over to the school and Sam skipped the whole way.

We stopped to take a few photos with Grandmom and Pop Pop before we went in. (Poppy wasn’t feeling well so he had to stay home, but we had a private showing for him at our house on Mother’s Day!) We all thought it was so funny that Sam and Grandmom had matching shirts!

Our first stop was upstairs in her classroom. Sam made this beautiful sculpture of a butterfly.

And this other butterfly that was hanging from the sky!

I especially loved the flowers she painted. She said she picked the colors herself. Not surprisingly, she made an orange vase.

When we eventually made it downstairs to the common area where most of the art was, it took us a while but we managed to find Sam’s “self portrait” of sorts. All the kids made these little people. The shirt “Sam” is wearing was one of her favorites this winter. I think it is a magnificent likeness! Fittingly, the little girl next to Sam, on the right, is her friend Julia.

Here you can see what Sam wanted everyone to know about her.

Almost the minute we walked into the school, Sam spied Julia and the two of them were inseparable. We pretty much viewed the art show by following them around. Here are me and Sam with Julia and her mom, Mina.

Sam’s picture of an ant was nearby her portrait. Each kid made their own bug and Sam picked an ant.

Their teacher read them Put Me in the Zoo and then they made their own little dog from the story. So cute!

One of my favorite crafts was Sam’s pine cone owl. The artist is posing with her creation, which is right to the left.

Sam is very creative. She is always making things at home, drawing, and coming up with her own little creations. Seeing how her mind works and watching her try to put it down on paper, or with her pipe cleaners, stickers, or other materials is really amazing. I love seeing what she will come up with next. Seeing all her art displayed at school, and being surprised by what we saw, was a real treat. We were so proud of Sam and all the fine art she made. She couldn’t wait to share it with us, and her whole family. But better than seeing the art, was seeing the pride on Sam’s face. We are so proud of her, of course, but it is wonderful to see her pride in herself and her accomplishments. Great job, Sam!

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pamelamyers | May 6, 2014

Sam was at my mom’s today as usual and when I came to pick her up my mom told me that while Sam was playing outside she was mumbling something to herself. At first, my mom thought she was singing, but then figured out she was clearly saying the Pledge of Allegiance! I asked her about it in the car on the way home and she recited the whole thing, and even put her hand over her heart. At the end she says, “God Bless America”. I was so proud of her! I had no idea they recite that in her preschool, but they must do it pretty often for her to learn it so well. I am sure Sam has no idea what she is actually saying, but the fact that she can even recite it so well, with so many difficult words, is amazing to me. I wanted her to recite it for Mark but for some reason she wouldn’t. She told me I could record a video of her doing it and we could show him that. Works for me! Mark got to see it and I got the added bonus of having it recorded! Someday, she will know what the words mean, and how lucky she is to be an American, but for now, it is enough.

I pledge allegiance

to the Flag of the United States of America,

and to the Republic

for which it stands,

one Nation

under God,

indivisible,

with liberty and justice for all.

God Bless America, for sure.

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pamelamyers | May 4, 2014

It is officially summer, I guess. The ice cream man came by! Sam was outside on our porch playing with Mark and in a strange coincidence, playing with her Lalaloopsy ice cream shop. I was upstairs and I heard her yelling like the house was on fire. She was so excited when she heard the never ending “Pop Goes the Weasel” music the truck plays she could barely contain herself. Mark told her since it was the first time he came by she could get ice cream and boy, he couldn’t get to our street fast enough. I think the truck was a few streets over because it took a while for him to come.

She waited as patiently as she could outside, holding her money, and when he finally appeared on our street she was ready to burst. A lot of kids came about a block down so it took him a bit to get to our house and she kept asking me if we could just run down there NOW.

Finally! Here he comes!

She was so thrilled at all the choices on the truck but she always gets the same thing – a fudgcicle.

Mark and I got ice cream too and Sam paid nicely for our purchases.

Yes! Success!

Now if that doesn’t look good I don’t know what does! That is one happy girl.

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