Thursday, May 14, 2026

Completing Mother's Day

I took awhile to complete Mother's Day. I previously posted about Shauna's visit on Saturday. Then, on Sunday we drove the short distance to Dark & Deadly where we enjoyed hot and tasty breakfast sandwiches. I'm sorry that photo includes me and not Sue, but, primarily, she was taking a picture of our breakfast when my old mug got in the frame.


While I have already praised the breakfast sandwiches, let me tell you that, as delicious as they look, the butter tarts did not appeal to us because, somehow, they were inexplicably salty.

Later that day, Jonathan dropped by with roses. He also brought his friend who, in turn, brought her ersatz baby. Said baby was a homework assignment. The $3000 doll acts, fusses and cries like a real child. It needs to be fed, changed and burped and will fuss until it receives the appropriate attention. The baby even gets mom up in the middle of night. Just like an actual baby, the doll demands 24/7 attention and had to come along with Nora  



Danica was hit by a virus and did not get here until yesterday. She brought coffee  and a gift card for even more coffee at D&D. She told us about having just signed her lease for the room that she will be occupying in the fall for her second year at university, and then we played a few rounds of Uno.






13 comments:

  1. Sounds like a very good day!
    I hope that boys are also expected to care for a baby like that. They didnt when my sons were in school, but i provided my oldest sons with Tommy! He was born when they were in their teens, so they had plenty of child care practice.

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    1. I think she said that there is one boy in that class. And JJ was also on the fringe of experiencing parenthood.

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  2. Good to have an experience of parenting a newborn. It is one of the biggest challenges in our lives...and survival of the species depends upon it. Love seeing your on-going Mother's Day celebration.

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  3. I love the idea of extending the merriment and it sounds like a wonderful few days. I agree with Sue on the boys and baby care! Those sandwiches look fantastic!

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  4. Crazy the amount of money they spent on those dolls. We had to take care of an egg for a week, carry it around to all our classes. Some ended up being duct taped they were so cracked. The breakfast sandwiches look like they would hit the spot!

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  5. I remember my second granddaughter (now 29) having a similar 'baby' assignment. Looking back, I was quite annoyed that having a baby was all the school considered was in her future. I was probably wrong. 😟

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    1. From what I remember, it was to discourage young women from having a baby by showing them how all-consuming and tiring it is. It was definitely not to let them know it was their only future. Not back then anyway. In today's political climate in certain states, who knows?

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  6. That is a great pic of the ladies.

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  7. That doll is much more realistic than the ones from the olden days. I seem to remember having to carry around a bag of flour. It didn't cost as much but it didn't do anything either. What a treat to see your family and get lovely gifts! I love breakfast sandwiches.

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  8. Ohhh I had to look at the doll twice. I thought it was real. LOL I really have enjoyed seeing all the photos.

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  9. Sounds like a wonderful time. Lovely photos.

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  10. That baby program is soooo important, imo.
    Also this: your grandson (with his Iron Maiden t-shirt) looks happy AND also like he's time-travelled from the 1980s. ;)

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  11. Those fake babies ought make young people think twice about unprotected sex.

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