Great Mother's Day

I've had an awesome day! I'm not married, and my closest relative lives nearly 1,000 miles away. Friday, I went to Mother's Day Tea at my daughter's school, and she was an excellent hostess who made me feel very special. So, that was my day (or 1/2 hr) of being pampered. This morning she told me "happy mother's day" and then we lazed around the house. We had a few cranky moments, but then we moved on to lunch at McD's. That was followed by a nice nap. Afterwards, we went to Target to buy hampers (for her to learn to put her clothes into hampers by color at the end of the day....how's that for an awesome gift to me?), TP, and groceries. From there, we came home, put groceries away, and took a nice walk. Now, we're enjoying a relaxing evening at home, and I am making dinner for us. In a bit, we're going to bake some refrigerated cookies that I bought that say "I love mom" on them. After all that, we're going to open the mother's day present that my mom sent to me on my daughter's behalf based on private conversations that she and my daughter had last week. I have no idea what it will be. Although I haven't been particularly pampered today, I've had a really nice day hanging out with my favorite little girl in the world.

Mine was awesome=) Got my daughter for most of the day on her dad's day with her--SUPER BONUS=) got taken to dinner the night before, and Emmy got M. presents and made M. some presents with my boyfriend=) and the day of Mothers day visited the 3 moms in Emmy, my, and my boyfriends life and had tons of fun. Didn't get done driving and running arnd until 10pm so sleepy now, but a great day.

My mother's day went fairly well also. I got to sleep in past noon. (bliss) Then as soon as I got up I got hugs and kisses and my husband started cleaning. He said he wanted to wait till I was awake to clean so he wouldn't prematurely wake me with the noise. I raised an eyebrow at that and then he admitted that he was really waiting till I was awake so I'd see all the awesome cleaning he was about to do. Haha!

So he did the laundry and cleaned the bathrooms and made the kitchen spotless and even vacuumed the stairs... my most hated chore. We don't have any money so we didn't go out to breakfast and there were no gifts and flowers, but my house is sparkling clean and smells oh so good. And then he played with our daughter for HOURS, making arts and crafts and pretty much doing whatever she wanted to keep her occupied while I farted around on the computer, uninterrupted, for as long as I wanted.

It was pretty much perfect. The only thing that would have blown this day out of the water would be going out for a nice dinner at a Japanese restaurant so I could order sushi. I only get sushi once a year on my birthday because of the cost so it's a special treat. Otherwise the day was pretty dang nice.

I had the best Mothers' Day that I've ever had. I can't remember the last time that my husband's depression did not ruin a special day for me. My birthdays and Mothers' Days for years have always ended up being all about him.

This Mothers' Day he put in a huge effort and made it through. I had presents and a beautiful breakfast in bed. He made delicious mini lemon meringues and we enjoyed afternoon tea, and I did no work all day.

He hand-made me an old-fashioned (grown-up sized) swing made out of some wood my father had had milled from our farm and hung it from our big old tree on the farm.

I enjoyed a long, deep bath with bubble bath from my six year old, and ate the rocky road my four year old made at preschool for me.

It was perfect. And my swing makes be feel like I'm six years old again.

I prefer to think of it as Mother's Day Weekend!

My son's Band Concert on Friday night. The Jazz Band was outstanding!

Saturday, my DH was called to help a friend. My sons & I hit the road. We did our monthly shopping at our fav butcher shop, & then hit "every brown sign" we saw on the way home. Checked out a few spots on the river, looked at a conservation area.....& just enjoyed the beautiful day.

Each year, my Mother's Day is a work day on Saturday. Our plans were cut in 1/2, but we still accomplished many of my landscaping goals.... after our travels. A good dinner, & early to bed...feeling beat-up but content. :)

For the past 25 years, Mother's Day is spent as a work day. It started when my Gma became unable to handle basic maintenance on her home. She's 91 now & lives in a retirement apt, so the work day is at my Mom's house. It's a round trip of almost 6 hours, but well worth the effort. It makes my Mom soooo happy to have all of her plantings completed by ready hands!

Today I planted bedding flowers with my 24yo niece. She's heading out West to start a new life...& I felt Blessed with our time together. I also painted the shed with my almost 16yo niece. We had a blast! My Sis painted the patio furniture. My 15yo son pulled rocks from the creek & created a border along the plantings. He also spread cedar mulch throughout the entire yard. My DH did some minor repairs & redesigned/ rebuilt my Mom's patio. A very full day of work on top of that 6 hour drive!

My Gma was a spectator today. Each day we spend with her is a Blessing. We also shared the day with my fav aunt/uncle....& enjoyed dessert at their home on the opposite end of my Mom's historic little village. Their yard is overrun & ruled by wildlife....& it was peaceful watching it all. One of the raccoons actually places his hand on the window & waves at my uncle! Too cool!

We stayed too late, & I flew low after we left the outskirts of St Louis. We were 20 minutes from home, I was passing a SUV, & they blew a tire. We heard the "POP" & cringed as he fishtailed in front of us into our lane. I managed to stop in time, he managed to keep the truck from flipping, & soooo I'm saying a huge "Thanks be to God".....we were truly Blessed today. :)

My husband has been working for the past month, 7 days a week, 14 hours a day, with a 2 hour commute; so we basically have not seen him for a month. Today was his 1st day off!!! He has a terrible head cold. I woke up to getting my period (terrible cramps). We all went to church this morning. He took kids to lunch & bouncetown while I came home & cleaned the entire house. They came home at 4:00 and he took a long nap while I tended to the kids. We warmed up left overs for dinner.

We leave to Disney next tuesday & I was happy to get the house clean BUT very happy to know I won't have to worry about cramps while on vacation, so I actually had a great day :)

We had a nice day. Spent some time with my husband & son (got my perfume! Guess the hints worked! Plus some things my son made at school.) Then we saw my in-laws for a few hours, then off to spend dinner & evening with my mom & siblings & whole family. Nice day, overall!

Great Day!

DimSum for brunch with the multigenerational aspect of my family, then just kiddo and I for the rest. :) :) :) Happy Happy

Mine was wonderful. Breakfast at french restaurant, late morning nap, drive to Grandmas and afternoon in the warm sun swimming with my girls, pizza and chocolate cake!

I was thinking of posting this question, as well!

My thing is, I try not to have what you think should happen envisioned in my head. . I woke up to several crafts/cards made by my 6 year old DD, a store bought card from her & DH, and some tulips. We then ate breakfast at a local restaurant & have been hanging out since then. Nothing fancy & I am so happy!!

Honestly, I hate these force fed holidays created to show how much you love someone, with a gift you can't afford, and that they don't need. DH & I were counting & there is practically one each month, that has people feeling like they need to go broke to show love (Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Grandparent's Day, Christmas, etc.), or get drunk to celebrate a holiday (New Year's, St. Patrick's Day, 5 de Mayo, etc.). It's all just so contrived & stressful. (Sorry for the tangent, there!).

A nice day.
I could cite the things we did but honestly the two best parts of the day..........I had my baby w/me & I spent time w/my mom.

I consider myself blessed & happy.

Love to all you moms!

I woke up to my son bringing me breakfast in bed. What could be better! After that we had a relaxed day and went swimming in the afternoon. My husband is at the grill now and I'm looking forward to a yummy dinner.

I don't need to celebrate Mother's Day because everyday is like Mother's Day for me and I don't need a stupid hallmark holiday to tell it to me!!
LOL Totally kidding!!
I've just been reading that a lot on here, haha but come on there's nothing wrong with acknowledging moms and showing some extra appreciation and saying the things we maybe don't normally say everyday today. I didn't get my mom a hallmark card because I don't buy into the hype of spending $4-$5 on an over-priced card when I can just write my message onto her gift card Lol.

Anyway, good question, mine was great! Even though my hubby had to work the whole day, he had a big bouquet of beautiful flowers delivered to me, wished me a happy mother's day on facebook and told me I was a great mom, and my daughter gave me a sweet card made at school:)

Then I went to my sister's house with my mom and other sister and all our kids and made dinner. We were also celebrating that my sister just brought home her baby boy today, it's her 4th! 2 boys and 2 girls!
So yeah with the exception that I didn't get to spend it with my hubby, I had a great mother's day:)

My weekend was lovely! Thanks for asking. :) On Friday, mom's gift was delivered to her work: Godiva chocolate brownies, with a little bit of caramel in the middle, and a sweet card we made her. She was thrilled (I knew she would be, that's a very special treat she loves...super rare for her, but she's a total chocolate fiend at heart). Saturday she got some new pictures, a card my children made, and a letter I wrote in the mail, so she was happy, which made me happy.
Jeremy and I regularly switch children for mother/son dates and father/son dates, as well as normal family days when all 4 of us are together. Last weekend I took our oldest son to Disney and Jeremy took our youngest son to the beach. This Saturday, we swapped and while I took our youngest to a bounce house place and made a special craft with him (he used scissors for the first time!) Jeremy took our oldest to a bike place to rent a tandem bicycle they could ride together into a very scenic neighborhood, had lunch looking at the ocean and guy talk, and then rode back. But when they came home, there was a brand new bike FOR ME! It's one that is perfect for me, where the pedals are out forward a little bit more than normal bikes, so I can actually pedal without bad consequences the next day. (I've had ACL surgery and cannot ride a "normal" bike, but this bike, very expensive, is perfect for me!) That was a big surprise, I thought we'd be getting it for Christmas. Then we went out to eat at our favorite spot Saturday evening (to beat the Mother's Day crowds). At night, I went for a bike ride with my oldest son, just around the neighborhood.
On Sunday we had a wonderful breakfast and hung out, then church, then Jeremy took the boys to "the man store" (Lowes, and a nursery) and I went to see Dark Shadows at the movie theater. We did some yard work, played Scrabble, joked around a lot, worked together on a 2 page scrapbook project (fun for the kids to help with it), had a good dinner, watched "So We Bought A Zoo" together. Had some great "luvin" after the kids went to bed. The weather wasn't great for the beach, and Joseph's Awanas was cancelled since it was Mother's Day, so it wasn't exactly as planned but it was a great weekend and I wouldn't have changed any of it. It was a good mix of spending time with the children, time to myself to do what I wanted, and time with my husband.
What Jeremy and I both went to sleep with was sincere gratitude for just having a good life, 2 awesome kids, a happy family, and love. We always have it, we're almost always happy, but sometimes it's good to just have a day (or weekend) to really reflect on it.

K.:

I have NO expectations for Mother's Day. Why? Because I think it's a Hallmark Holiday. I've said it before. It's just a way to make people get their hopes up for getting something. Spending money on gifts, etc. To me? The important days are birthday's and Christmas.

We too had two boys spend the night last night. They are "regulars" here at our home. Between the oldest of my boys and the oldest of the brothers, they fixed me an omelet, bacon and an english muffin with Sunny D. it was FANTASTIC!!!

My husband took us to dinner this evening. Just because he could. not JUST because it was mother's day. He really makes an effort almost daily to make every day Mother's day for me. So that's another reason why I have no expectations...

I had a great one. About to go watch a netflix movie with my husband.
My kids woke me up with my new ipod touch (wrapped by my daughter) and homemade cards (these weren't cheesy, either... they even had moving parts!) and my husband gave me a subscription to Runner's World (the reason I am excited to get the ipod, to have MY music with me when I run).

Then, off to church. Then off to SIL's where we made a grilled meal (simple but easy--chicken and corn on the cobb on the grill, black bean relish, salad, relish tray, hummus, chips, and pound cake for dessert--homemade) and sipped wine. After we were done, everyone hopped in the pool for a bit and tossed around some water polo balls...
Then out, dried off, and back home.
It's an hour drive, so I finished the novel I was reading in the car. :)

Very relaxing day.

ETA: And not once did anyone (even husband) make any remark or sigh or anything in an effort to hurry us up or move things along.... THAT was blissful.

I had a great Mother's Day :) my hubby got me a card and a necklace I saw I loved. Was not expecting to get it! So that was special. Then we went to his parents house and had a bbq with all the kids and had a good time. My son, 2 yrs was so funny to watch running through the sprinkler. It was adorable. Lots of family, laughter and pictures taken.

I hope everyone else had a great day too!

Had a great Mother's Day. Family took me to brunch then we went to see The Avengers, then home. They (hubs and the kids cooked together) made me my favorite chicken burritos (my husband has the Chipotle style recipe which is great.

Then sis and I watched the season finale of Once Upon a Time.

I was told I was to do nothing or whatever I wanted today! And i did...I spent the whole day with the three people who both make me happy and drive me nuts!

Got some great cards and a gift cert to my favorite spa place. Now to decide what I want to use it for.