Mother's Day Presents
Emma and Hanna make Mother's Day presents for Snow!
"Han, you hold him up. I've got his feet," Emma said as she tried to get ahold of her wiggly little brother.
"Emma this isn't working," Hanna groaned in frustration as they both continued to struggle.
They were trying to make something for their mom for Mother's Day. They saw something called salt dough ornaments online. They had the dough made and cut the perfect size circle for Neal's feet. Now, they just had to find a way to squish them into the dough without ruining the ornament.
"Hanna we have to get this done before Mom gets home. Would you just hold him up."
"I am!" Hanna yelled at her sister. "Why don't we just stick him in the highchair," Hanna suggested.
"Good idea." Emma quickly pulled the highchair over and buckled Neal in safely.
They were now easily able to get Neal's footprints onto the ornament. Why hadn't they thought of the highchair sooner?
"We have a lot of dough left," Hanna noticed. "Let's make one for Mom too!"
"Okay," Emma said with a shrug. "We can each do a hand."
Hanna and Emma made circles with the dough and squished their hands in just like they did with Neal's feet. They used a pencil to make a hole in the top for the ribbon. Then they placed all of the ornaments into the oven to let them bake for a few hours. Once they were done baking and completely cooled, Emma and Hanna got out some paints to add a little color. Once the paint was dry, they strung the ribbon through the hole and tied the ends into a pretty bow. They wrapped the presents up and hid them away safely until Mother's Day.
On Mother's Day, David got up early with Neal so Snow could sleep in, and the girls made their mom a big breakfast. They all presented it to her in bed along with her gifts.
Snow opened Neal's first. "Oh look at these little toes. Did you make this for Mommy, Neal?" Snow smiled and her baby boy who was beside her on the bed, happily lounging in his Daddy's arms.
Hanna and Emma sat on the other side of their mom. "Here, these are from us," Hanna said as she held out the bag.
"Aww and two handprints from my girls," Snow beamed. She wrapped her arms around Hanna and Emma, pulling them in close.
"I know they're a little childish," Emma shrugged. "But we know you never got any cheesy homemade gifts from us growing up."
"We thought this would make up for that," Hanna said with a smile.
"These are perfect girls. Truly, thank you."
"And this one is from me," David said as he handed Snow a tiny box.
Snow unwrapped the gift to find a heart shaped necklace with all three of her babies names engraved on the front. She quickly put it on, vowing to herself that she would never take it off. She found the perfect spot to hang her ornaments too. This was the most perfect Mother's Day she could have ever imagined.