The table was set for a very special breakfast party before school for the three youngest grandchildren.

It’s very important to nourish yourself before you start any creative endeavor.

Granny suggested we rev up our creativity by making faces. You can see it working already.

Finally, we were ready to start on our project of making Mother’s Day cards to go with the beautiful gifts we have for Maggie and Mollie. They are such good moms. You can see the first job is to get green paint all over your hand to make a handprint on a piece of white card stock.

Lilly decides to help Paw make a card for Granny. His hand is a lot bigger and took a lot of paint. Lilly was careful and did a great job. She is special like her cousin Ada. They are both left-handed. Paw says that means they are right-brained and very creative.

After you make your handprint, you have to get it to dry fast so you can keep going with the project. Presley loves this part. She is a capable blow-dryer operator.

Roland got dropped off later and started working on the Mother’s Day card for his mom. He is a talented artist.

After your handprint is dry, you use your fingertip to dab a little bit of paint on top of each finger to make five flowers. Presley never got the paint and fingers mixed up. She put the correct finger in the correct paint lid every single time. She is a wonderful artist and has great concentration.

Granny had this flower pot template ready for us already. If she remembered where she got it, she would tell you. Sorry. We just cut out the flower pot and signed our name on it so our mom can remember who it’s from. Then you glue the pot on your flowers.

Finally, it’s time to wrap the gifts. Each child got a gift box set of fancy hair accessories for their mom. They will just love them. We were all so excited. Granny already bought a roll of paper for each of us. We also each had our own scissors and tape, but we had to share Granny’s ribbon bin.

While Presley put the finishing touches on her card, Paw wrapped the gift Lilly will give to her mom. She said it was too hard. You can see her hiding behind Paw.

Maggie stopped by to drop off Roland’s lunch before she headed to work. It was great. He was able to give her the gift and card right away.

Roland’s mom was elated. She loved the hair-do things and thought she would have to share them with Ada because they were so cool. She loved the present and the card - but, most of all, she loved Roland.

Granny didn’t get to photograph Presley and Lilly giving their mother her gifts and cards, but when she went to Mollie’s after Mother’s Day, both cards were hanging on the refrigerator. I bet the moms will keep those cards forever. It was a Happy May Day surprise.