Mother's Day in Malaysia

For the first time in ages, I (Doug) had the privilege of celebrating Mother's Day with my mother. I don't think this had happened probably since 1993, so it was a special treat to be able to celebrate with Tracy as well as with my mother.

Adding to this great event was the heightened responsibility of representing my siblings in this gathering. It may not go down as the best Mother's Day in the history of the universe, but we certainly enjoyed getting some flowers, a small gift (some chocolates) and taking both mother's out to dinner after church.



Gabi and Reeve and even Rania were excited to be part of the Mother's Day celebrations. In a stroke of extreme irony, Tracy's Mother's Day celebrations were briefly interrupted on Friday afternoon. A pedicure and manicure was planned for after school on Friday, and Tracy was on her way when her son called in tears. He had forgotten his Mother's Day present on the bus.

So instead of enjoying the pedicure, Tracy spent the time traveling to the busing office to retrieve Reeve's gift -- a pot of dirt with a real seed and a paper flower made from his picture.

But on Sunday morning, the kids (Reeve and Gabi) were ready downstairs with candles lit, ready to sing "Happy Mother's Day" to their mother when she came down the stairs. Tracy also put the girls in matching dresses -- so they were quite adorable!



And in the evening, we decided to give grandma & grandpa time with the grandkids (aren't we generous!) so we could go out to eat and enjoy a movie.