This year Mother’s Day feels much different than it did a year ago. Last year was my very first Mother’s Day as a mom. It was a big deal. There were presents. DH made a special breakfast. I got to sleep in. (Sleep, glorious sleep!!!) We started a tradition of taking photos of the Cupcakes and of me with the Cupcakes at Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. We made a special shopping trip.

This year things were quieter. No presents. No hoopla. We had a friend over for breakfast, then we all went to the Rhododendron Garden to take photos. This afternoon the Cupcakes had their swimming lesson. It was a normal Sunday. And I think that it was wonderful.

A year ago I still often looked at the girls and thought ‘Wow. There are two of you.’ And wondered exactly how I was going to deal with that. Then I wondered when I would get to sleep longer than an hour at a time. Now I look at them and think ‘Wow!! There are two of you.’ And it’s the most marvelous thing in the world.

Right now, every day is Mother’s Day for me. I can fix the girls’ boo-boos and sing them their favorite songs. I can make them laugh. When I pick them up at school them come running up to me as fast as they can, yelling ‘Mommy!!!! Mommy!!!! Mommy!!!’ and leap into my arms. (Of course, immediately after that they go running to their cubbies yelling ‘Binky!!!! Binky!!! BINKY!!! sigh…) They love to snuggle on my lap and want to be held for as long as possible.

Sometimes I miss the little, tiny babies they used to be, but frankly, I don’t miss them very often. I’m utterly enchanted with the engaging, goofy, kind, brilliant two-year-olds they are now. And I’m pretty sure that I’m going to miss these little people a whole heck of a lot when the girls get older.

Ah, well. “Fiddle dee dee, I’ll worry about that tomorrow” as Scarlett O’Hara said. For now I’m going to enjoy the heck out of them.

Happy Mother’s Day, everyone!