School Mother's Day (written by Isaiah) - Thursday 20th March
I wore a smart shirt and I made a special hat for Mother's Day party. - but I still had a black eye from falling off a window sill! All the mummies came and Mummy sat in the front row to watch me. I sang lots of songs with actions. Some were in English and some in Arabic. At the end Mummy had to come and dance with me. Then Mummy sat down again. Then I gave a present to Mummy which was a heart necklace that I had made. Then Mummy got a falafel sandwich and juice and marshmallows with chocolate. Then I played a bit with my friends. Then we left. The end.
Jordanian Mother's Day (written by Kira) - supposed to be Friday 21st March but we had it on Sunday 23rd March
We gave Mummy breakfast in bed. We went into the bedroom with a Happy Mother's Day song playing on Daddy's telephone in my pocket. We gave Mummy a croissant, some toast and orange juice.
Later we also gave Mummy some chocolates and flowers. Lillies are Mummy's favourite flowers so I went with Daddy and bought some for Mummy and the shop man also gave me a rose because roses are my favourite flowers.
We tried to give Mummy a relaxing day but Isaiah was a bit ill (with diarrhoea and vomiting bug) so Mummy had to clear up when he threw up after lunch!
British Mother's Day (written by Kate) - Sunday 30th March
After 2 lovely Mother's Day celebrations (Mother's Day seems a very big thing here in Jordan!), I was treated to another relaxing day on British Mother's Day when we went as a family to the local woods. We walked down to a beautiful spot and made a fire to cook a BBQ lunch. The children enjoyed hunting for sticks for the fire and it was a treat to toast marshmallows too. At this time of year, we have about 6 weeks of green countryside (a short spring!) before everything turns brown in the summer heat. So it was lovely to enjoy the green grass and wild flowers.
