Making mom feel special

Annabelle Brown
Kindergarten, Bay Haven School of Basics Plus

What is something unique about your mom? “Well, I’m really lucky to have a mom like her, and she’s really sweet because she’s really silly when we get home from school and she picks us up. She sings funny songs, and sometimes she makes the wobble while going like this (shakes steering wheel) and it’s really funny.”

What are you going to do for her for Mother’s Day? “I got recycled stuff and made her a teapot and then made her a purse out of recycled stuff.”

Braden Byrd
Second grade, Bay Haven School of Basics Plus

Why do you appreciate your mom? “She usually cooks most of the food, but my dad is special, too, because he does everything on the grill. My mom usually plays outside with me and plays board games with me. Like Connect the Dots stuff and memory games and Monopoly.”

What are you going to do for her for Mother’s Day? “I already got a card for her. I made a card for her. I’m going to get her a hat, some shoes and a robe.”

Claire Toale
Second grade, Bay Haven School of Basics Plus

What makes your mom special? “What makes my mom special is that she takes care of four kids at once, and it’s really amazing that she gets all this stuff done. It’s really cool. She makes dinner at exactly the right time, and she makes my favorite shepherd’s pie. ”

What is something you enjoy doing with your mom? “When the other ones are taking naps, we sometimes watch movies and play games.”

Evan Jaudon
First grade, Bay Haven School of Basics Plus

What makes your mom special? “She cares for me. She loves me. She has a great- grandmother. I play games with her like on the Wii, Star Wars.”

Molly Rauch
Pre-Kindergarten, St. Boniface Preschool

What makes your mom special? “She makes yummy cakes.”

Hudson Toale
Kindergarten, Bay Haven School of Basics Plus

What makes your mom special? She gives us treats after dinner. Like we got a lot of treats from Easter. We still have, like, 100 left.”

What’s something you like to do with your mom? “A long time ago we went to a place called Adventure Island, and I went there with my sister, Claire. There’s lots of slides there, waterslides. It was so fun.” What are you going to do for her for Mother’s Day? “I found a pair of new gloves, like, on the side yard of our house. They had flowers on them. They weren’t dirty, but they were in our yard, and then I gave those to her last night.”

Lilly Brown
Second grade, Bay Haven School of Basics Plus

What makes your mom special? “Well, something unique that she does is that she always sings songs about me and my sister. Like ‘I love you guys, you’re the best.’ Things like that. It makes me feel special because most moms don’t do that.”

What is something fun your mom does? “She takes the turkey legs and dances around with them on Thanksgiving. She goes ‘the dancing, dancing bird.’”

Ripley Post
First grade, Bay Haven School of Basics Plus

What makes your mom special? “She is great at doing a lot of stuff on the computer. She lets me have my own tablet. She also gave me some more money to get my pet fish, because I didn’t have enough.”
 

Austin Bobb
Pre-Kindergarten, St. Boniface Preschool

What makes your mom special? “She goes to places with us. Like the zoo and the park.” What makes your mom cool? “She’s really fast, but I’m faster.”

Crosby Arent
Pre-Kindergarten, St. Boniface Preschool

What something you like to do with your mom? “Spending time with her. Go to the zoo.” What is something funny about your mom? “When she acts crazy.”

What are you going to do for her for Mother’s Day? “Make her a picture of my face.”

Elle Ferguson
Pre-Kindergarten, St. Boniface Preschool

What are you going to do for her for Mother’s Day? “Make her a card.” What is something unique about your mom? “She dresses up. We play dress up.”