Mother’s Day note

My kids are on track break right now, which means they made their school Mother’s Day gifts early.  Emma wants to hold hers until the day, but Tyson already gave me his.  It is the note below with some coupons for him to do things.  They are really cute. 

PLEASE, if you read this, you will laugh, but PLEASE do not laugh to Tyson about it.  He is so sensitive about stuff like this and it would be devastating for someone to laugh at him, which would make it devastating to me…and you won’t like me when I’m devastated because someone wronged my child!  : )

I’d like to take a minute to analyze this.  I’m glad he thinks I’m smart and nice and that I do help him.  He is right, I do like my family. 

I look like a “red rose.”  I’m hoping it’s a thorn less red rose.  Maybe I’m red because I’m yelling too much?  Uh oh. 

I sound like “a peaceful peacock.”  Okay, this one had me so laughing.  In my experience, peacocks aren’t too peaceful.  A neighbor of my parents’ (at one of the houses we lived in as a child) had a peacock and it made noises like kids screaming.  Goodness, I hope that’s not what he meant!  If he said I looked like a peacock, I might be okay with that because they are beautiful, but sounds like?  Hmmmm…

According to “www.gamebird.com,”  Peahens are excellent mothers, so that’s a good thing, but Tyson probably didn't know that. 

This made me smile and then pause:  She smells like “fresh air.”  Well, fresh air is good, except on some days.  We don’t live terribly far from the South Jordan Landfill and every once in awhile, we have “diaper days,” where the air just smells like dirty diapers.  I HOPE he didn’t mean that fresh air.  Or, do I need to wear perfume more frequently since fresh air doesn’t really smell? I’m hoping that he just means I’m clean.  Since I do shower on a regular basis, that’s good! 

It’s funny how this simple little note totally made me question myself.  If you know Tyson, he’s not real great at emotions or expressing himself adequately, so I’m wondering if the teacher had some prompting words for them to use.  Seriously, peaceful peacock, where did that come from! 

I love you Tyson!