Most of you know and love her for her hilarious hate for being on my Instagram stories, LOL!! She hates it so much in fact, that part of her gift was a full day of hang out time WITHOUT being on my story, it was so hard you guys! She was on FIRE, it was like she was being extra funny because she knew I made a promise not to put her on… typical Sandra move.

My mom is the absolute BEST, and I hope you feel the same about yours.   We are so close and I’m beyond grateful for the relationship we have.  She has taught me so much over our thirty year relationship!!

Today I will share 5 things I got from my Mama:

1.) My YOLO attitude. Sandra embodies this fully.  Anytime there is an opportunity to do something she is IN- it doesn’t matter how exciting or boring it is, she’s ready to roll.  She is the first to remind you that your to-do list isn’t going anywhere, but life is.  You never know what tomorrow brings, so live today!  Um, yes- isn’t this something we should all live by!??

2.) Thoughtfulness.  She has me beat in this department, (well all the departments actually) but I like to think I am a decently thoughtful human and I definitely owe this to her.  A card, note, care package, dinner ready and waiting in the fridge, a text, a call, fresh cookies, or just a simple coffee delivery at work, she is THE QUEEN when it comes to this stuff.  She lives to make others happy and this is by far my favourite quality of hers.  Let me tell you, she sets the standard high for anyone who enters a relationship with me…

3.) Humour.  I consider myself on the silly side, maybe a little funny but my mom is hilarious. She is not afraid to laugh at herself.  She’s sarcastic, witty, a little clumsy, and sometimes forgetful- the combination of this makes her seriously funny!  Maybe one day I will be as funny as her…

4.) My moral compass & intuition.  This is something I have always felt very connected to.  Since I was a young child I always felt my emotions in my guts.  My mom instilled this in me.  When it comes to big life decisions she has always, and continuous to tell me to listen to my heart. Even when begging her for answers, she provides me with information and then always ends with “listen to your heart.”  She has provided me with the tools to make decisions, now she sits in the stands and cheers me on, or rushes to the sidelines to help me pick up the pieces.  She is my biggest (and favourite) fan.

5.) Get it done attitude.  When my mom puts her mind to something she gets &h*t done!!! Seriously, I will never forget the time I came home from school and she single handedly had the whole living room carpet ripped up because she decided she couldn’t stand it for another, second, apparently, LOL!  No task is too big for her.  She is small, but oh she is mighty. I have learned to take things in stride and focus only on the task at hand a quality I am very grateful to have!

I could write for days, seriously.  This woman has taught me more about life than I will ever know.  She is my guiding light and I am beyond blessed to call her mine.  Happy Mother’s day!!! I love you, Mom!

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I have found a fun, relatively cheap and affordable solution.. Shrinky Dinks.  YES lol that is what they’re called.  It is a plastic paper like material that the kids decorate sharpies.  You then pop them in the oven and they shrink, get thick, and harden. You can make necklaces, or bracelets, or beads.  I always get the kids to make a keychain for their dad’s and a necklace for their moms.  I cut them into heart shapes, usually 6 to a sheet and then use a hole punch and make a triangle by punching 3 holes ( on on the top and two just below).  YOU need three.  I tried it doing just one hole and it was much too small to fit the chain through.

Warning: BE PATIENT when watching them shrink in the oven! They do like to curl up and they look like they are about to stick together and be ruined forever but trust me they will unroll and lay flat.  I made the mistake of taking them out too soon the first time I did them.

VOILA! Easy, adorable, and such a good keepsake for their mommies!

Happy Teaching- and yes, I am SO sorry it has been way too long since my last TTT but you know, life! haha

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