April Rewind

Mom's new Fella at the Mexican restaurant.

Movie Day!

Flower shopping.

Easter crafting.

Lunch outside "picnic style".

Easter Sunday

4-20-2014

Barksdale AFB air show.

Picked some roses from my garden  today

and gave them to Mom as a bouquet
for her room.  I thought she'd like it.
But who knew she'd absolute
LOVE it?!

April has been a very good month for Mom.  She's content and happy which in turn makes me, content and happy too! 

March Rewind.

March 2014.
Rewind.

Mom, my sister and me

in Tulsa at HK's birthday party.

*As a child it was always said that I looked like my Mom and my sister looked like our Dad.  As the years unfold I see things changing and it seems to me that the three of us are all beginning to resemble (I'm in the solid red.).  Interesting observation.

Mom with her oldest grandson (my son).

Taken in Natchitoches, LA on a Day Trip.

Mom with grandson and his wife.

Taken while they were in LA visiting.

(They live in WA state.)

Mom playing with HK

while riding in the car.

It's been a month of of going & doing.

Mom has even exceeded my expectations of what she was able to do during the month.  She travels wonderfully by car and enjoys the outings. . .Conversation is a growing obstacle for her but she enjoys being with everyone and enjoying the sights.  You probably noticed in one photo she was wearing two pink blouses.  Not sure what that was about, and I didn't even ask.  Perhaps the outer blouse was meant to be a jacket.  Not sure.  Overall it's been a very good month.

Helping the Easter Bunny

I'm thinking about a craft.
An Easter craft that Mom can work on then take

to the Nursing Home to give away.

If this turns out to be too
messy, labor intense, difficult we'll scale down
the project and just make a few and give to some
children. 

Mom enjoys crafts and I've not come up with anything for her to "craft" since Christmas.  Gotta get back into the groove.  We'll see how this goes.

BTW, the original crafting idea suggested putting a piece of candy inside each egg, if that's too much of a problem we'll just have to eat the candy.  Oh the things I'm willing to do to make this work.  *wink

A Purse by any other name would still be a purse. . .

Mom's purse has become an issue.

It's similar to the one above.
It looks just fine
but it's a monster when you want 

to find things.

Until the onset of dementia Mom purchased a new purse almost every season.

That has changed now.

She's had the purse she's carrying a very long time.

I've suggested she buy a new one, but she's not the least bit interested in buying one.  I would be happy to buy one for her but I KNOW she wouldn't carry it, especially since it's become sort of a "power struggle" between us.  

Today we were in a store and Mom was buying candy bars.  The line was long and people were becoming inpatient as she dug through all the pockets of her purse (each one having a separate zipper) to find her money.  I've had a purse with lots of pockets before and it taught me to never, EVER, buy that type of purse again.  I understand  her dilemma. We've discussed the purse "issue" several times, but she refuses to budge.

Today, as we got back into the car to leave the store, I said,  "Mom", that purse is sucky (sorry, but that was my word), you need to get a purse without all those pockets".  (Yes, I was a little snippy, but not rude.)

"I do NOT", she replied, shooting me an angry look.
"It looks a lot better than that thing you carry!".

Touche'!
Mom still has her spunky side.
I. LOVE. IT.
And I love my Mom.

Birthday Gifting

We've had the fun of celebrating (my granddaughter) Mom's great granddaughter's birthday.  Nothing like putting a one year old in the midst to insure it's a PARTY!  Mom wanted to get her a gift so we headed to the toy aisle at Target.  Mom welded the shopping cart and chose her gift, without any input from me.

She did a GREAT job!

Haylee Kate LOVED it!

Golden Years

Yesterday Mom rode with me to take Boudxy to the vet for his annual vaccinations.  Since we had driven so far across town we couldn't just simply go home when we were done, so we stopped by Hobby Lobby to browse.  Doncha' just love that place?  We looked from one end of the store to another.  Mom pushed the cart and we enjoyed our browsing.  We were there a very, long time.  Mom has gotten much slower with her walking, however the shopping cart gives her good stability.  I made a mental note that perhaps this wasn't the best store to take her for browsing.  She commented on how much she wished she could still live in her own home again.  I told her I understood, and we kept on movin'.  She hasn't referred to her home in a long time, but I guess seeing all the things for a home rekindled the flame again.  It's really sad to see my once energetic, active Mom, slow w-a-y down.  Really w-a-y down.

Sometimes the Golden Years aren't actually so "golden".

Love remembered.

Sweet Valentine's from the Great Grand dolls!

Chocolates!

Teasing with her youngest Great Granddoll!

Young, Old, and in-between
We all thrive with LOVE!