Mother's Day Mother Daughter brunch

I was informed that the link to the invite didn't really work -- sorry! Anyway, we had a great brunch yesterday. There were 14 mothers and daughters all together, and my great friends didn't mind being scrunched in our small backyard. The whole point of the brunch was to celebrate moms and moms to be, and to help the girls feel happy about the gift if motherhood that is divinely given to them.

The daughters and moms filled out "How well do you know your mom/daughter" sheets, answering questions the best they can about their mother or daughter, and then compared their answers to the real answers. (If you want a sheet, let me know) I loved Ivy's answer to "What is your mom's favorite thing about your home?" She put, "That we're a family." Yup, that's true.

Then mothers and daughters could make cardstock magnets with words or pictures that represented them and their families. I think Kezia covered our fridge with 12 of them already! And I loved that she really wanted to make them with me. She said, "Draw a picture of you and I playing at the beach."

We played charades where the girls acted out things their moms do, and the moms acted out things their daughters do. As a game prize, I passed out chocolate (aka mother medicine) with a picture and a description of an influential woman who was also a mother. All the while we ate the delicious pupus that the moms and daughters had made together.

Then the girls were off playing hide and go seek, giving the moms a chance to talk story. It was fantastic and I hope we'll be able to keep it as a tradition.