Having a party? Doing a quiet gift exchange? Waiting to see what your kids will spring on you? Ignoring it altogether? How are you and your family celebrating this family holiday?
Helen and I are keeping it pretty casual (unless there’s something she’s not telling me), but as with most holidays at our house, there’s likely to be a cake involved. How about you?
I imagine our Mothers Day will start with a cup of tea in bed made by the nine year old (a new skill and he is actually pretty good at it too) but will not involve any sleep in or such as all four of us will drink our tea and “mok” in bed together and chat about what would be perfect for today … that is the way our holidays start!
We are going to a cabin with friends. So, we’ll likely be sleep-deprived and surrounded by 7 children ranging in age from 8 to 6 months. It’ll be fun. Really. Right?
We don’t usually do anything special. We do get carnations given to us by the children at church. And that’s about it.
I have a nice weekend planned.
I am being taken out for dinner on Saturday by my in-laws, and on Sunday I will be attending a Mother’s Day brunch at my church then spending the afternoon with MY mother.
My child made me a Mother’s Day gift at school, but “it’s a secret and I can’t tell you”. It should be interesting! :-)
No plans for us. We actually forgot it was Mother’s Day this weekend until we invited over our daughter’s friend for a sleepover on Saturday and she declined so she could stay home and celebrate with her mom.
Doh!
Our family does Mother’s Day for my partner, and Baba’s Day for me on the day set aside for Father’s day. So tomorrow, it’s breakfast in bed for Mama, a cute giftie the girlie made for her in preschool, and what I hope to be a heart-tugging photo album for the Mama from me. Then a home-spun pedicure and an outing to an alternative families day at a local museum, co-organized by our fabu regional LGBT families organization. Weather permitting, a picnic dinner at the marina. Per Mama’s request.
We’ll see how her preschool fares on “Father’s Day.” I plan to give them some pointers, and suggest ideally that they take note of June 1 as alt. families’ day (I think you’ve hit the nail on the head, Dana, with that idea. perfect: equidistant between mother’s & father’s days, and the first day of pride month).