What do you really want for Mother's Day?

[mommyoffive]

What do you really want?

[Seasider]

I'd like to go hiking. Something outside.

[regentrude]

Go hiking or rock climbing.

[DesertBlossom]

I want the day off to hide in my room and read a book without having to cook, clean or mediate squabbles between kids.

Edited April 19, 2017 by DesertBlossom

[JustEm]

I'd love to go hiking

[AnnE-girl]

I want my house to magically be clean after dd's First Communion party the day before. I like the idea of going to 7:30 Mass, then having the whole day to do something outside as a family. But I'm not sure how practical that will be in reality. My in laws will still be in town, although staying in a hotel. We'll probably do something with them before they head home. I'm hoping DH can take the Monday after off for a little more family time.

[ScoutTN]

We will be at the beach!  :hurray:

I think I will enjoy going to worship, playing in the ocean, taking a long walk on the beach by myself, eating dinner out,  and maybe watching a movie with dh and the kids in the evening. Dd will have some sweet homemade gift for me - a bouquet, a painting, a piece of jewelry. She is so sweet! 

 

Our 15th anniversary is that week too.  :001_wub:

Edited April 18, 2017 by ScoutTN

[Garga]

Two days off in a row. I haven't had two days off in a row since mid-August. Just two solid days off where I don't have to plan something for homeschool.

 

This year I apparently did everything wrong because it takes me 8-10 hours a week to prep for the next week's homeschool. Some of it I do in the evenings, but anywhere from 6-8 hours of it is done on the weekend. So every single weekend I'm sitting at the computer for 6-8 hours. Sometimes I divvy it up between days, sometimes it's all in one day.

 

I'm soooo tired of planning on my computer. I want a weekend. Two days where I don't print schedules and photocopy maps and write notes and plan history lessons for the week.

 

But that won't happen until school is done in 5 weeks, so in the meanwhile, I'd like a miracurl. :). But since the miracurl is about $130 more than I have to spend, then I have no clue what I want. Probably just dinner at Chilis or something.

Edited April 18, 2017 by Garga

[Spryte]

I think this year I want to go to the botanical gardens.

 

Bonus if my mom can visit that weekend, and go with us.

 

In fact, I want to amend the above ... I really want to hang with my mom for Mother's Day. :)

[Seeking Squirrels]

I'd like to get to sleep in and have someone else clean the kitchen and make dinner.  Gift-wise, I'd love to get the tattoo I've been wanting for a while, but that's more than we usually do for mothers/fathers day. More realistically I'm hoping for that for my birthday in June.

 

 

[Gentlemommy]

3-4 days by myself. 😳I would never ask for it, because it would break my kids hearts, but I need a break. 😖

[edelweiss]

I just want to spend the whole day on the couch relaxing.  I want to read, watch TV, nap, etc.  

 

For a gift, I think I'll ask for a new camera.

[rebcoola]

It can't happen this year because of work schedules but I always tell my husband to take the kids to visit his mother.  I get to be alone they get to visit together and I get to not deal with dear MIL while still getting points for visiting.

[Peaceful Isle]

Shopping!!!!!

[Guest]

A weekend alone with a bunch of good takeout. No high needs babies, cleaning, homeschool, or any cooking.

[caedmyn]

A whole day with nobody around and nothing to do but read and eat chocolate. When is Mother's Day anyway?

[Tina]

3-4 days by myself. 😳I would never ask for it, because it would break my kids hearts, but I need a break. 😖

For this reason, dh has always been in favor of my having a 'sisters weekend' annually, and if he sees there's a women's retreat in the church bulletin, he always wants me to go.

[prairiewindmomma]

A day to myself and a night of uninterrupted sleep!

[Joules]

I want to go to Disney World!

[Pink and Green Mom]

I am vain.  I want procedures.  I'd love some cool sculpting/laser lipo in those areas that ruthless diet and exercise just can't seem to budge.

[umsami]

Sleep.  Sleeping in.  Then maybe a manicure and pedicure and brunch. 

 

I will likely get woken up at 7 a.m. with loud whispers of "don't wake Mom....no, she's already awake....do you think she wants us to make her breakfast?? etc."

 

 

[Seasider]

I am vain. I want procedures. I'd love some cool sculpting/laser lipo in those areas that ruthless diet and exercise just can't seem to budge.

I don't think it's vain. After being the baby-holder, I've got a few little places that could use an adjustment, mostly so clothes shopping wouldn't be such a hassle. I just want a normal fit.

 

The cost stops me, though. I always think about other better ways to spend the money. (All that disposable income we don't have anyway!!!)

[kewb]

I want to be alone. Which sounds so horrible. Who doesn't want to be with their children on Mother's Day? I love when dh takes the kids out and leaves me alone. I putter in the yard. Read my book. Eat what I want. Watch what I want. Then I am happy and rested when they come home. Then we order in dinner and I can pick whatever movie I want. Little piece of heaven.

[Pawz4me]

Ummm . . . for the boys to say "Happy Mother's Day?"

 

Which they will.

 

That's about it.

[Miss Peregrine]

Nothing. I only celebrate it with my mom because it's important to her. I don't want anything.

[happypamama]

A baby.

 

I'll have to settle for dinner that I don't have to cook and some good knitting time.

[flyingaway]

I always tell my people I want world peace. Really, I don't want any fuss and bother. That's partly because I'm the person who sometimes forgets these kinds of observances, so I don't want a major to-do for me. I like plants. If pressed, I'll remind them of that.

[MaeFlowers]

It can't happen this year because of work schedules but I always tell my husband to take the kids to visit his mother. I get to be alone they get to visit together and I get to not deal with dear MIL while still getting points for visiting.

This is what I do, too. Added bonus: She is 2 hours away so I really do get the entire day. 😊

[catz]

I want my family to clean the house and each pick 5-10 boxes of junk to get rid of. 

[scrapbookbuzz]

3-4 days by myself. 😳I would never ask for it, because it would break my kids hearts, but I need a break. 😖

And you need to take care of YOU. If you need the break, please DO ask for it. It does no one any good for you to be a martyr. You cannot effectively take care of someone else if you don't take care of yourself FIRST. Really. Your kids will also learn they can survive a few days without mom around. They might surprise you!

[scrapbookbuzz]

I want to be alone. Which sounds so horrible. Who doesn't want to be with their children on Mother's Day? I love when dh takes the kids out and leaves me alone. I putter in the yard. Read my book. Eat what I want. Watch what I want. Then I am happy and rested when they come home. Then we order in dinner and I can pick whatever movie I want. Little piece of heaven.

This does not sound horrible. Why let yourself feel guilty over something you'd like for a day designed to celebrate part of who you are? We are mothers 24/7. It really is okay to say, "I'd just like a day to myself." Really.

[scrapbookbuzz]

I'd like to go to WY to visit my BFF. Probably not going to happen this early in the year, though.

[Arcadia]

Swensen's Earthquake ice-cream. I had that many times growing up.

 

"The Earthquake

 

This earth-shaking extravaganza Sundae combining 8 scoops of ice cream and rich toppings : hot fudge, butterscotch, strawberry jam, pineapple jam, marshmallow and almonds."

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRFHJn2JAWU/U8ik2MPfN0I/AAAAAAAAMnY/F2dMJHVOWwI/s1600/megasundae.png

[unsinkable]

I want the "you'll never need this again fairy" to make every unnecessary thing in my home disappear.

 

But I don't think she's real thing. She's just someone I wish was real. :-(

[Guest]

I want to remember to get a card out to my mom for once!!!

[mamaraby]

To not spend all day/weekend at a soccer tournament. Except the club always schedules the tournament for Mother's Day weekend and I have three kids in soccer, one of which is just starting. Stupid soccer.

[Guest]

A sweet card.

 

[Mimm]

Every year I want the same thing. For my kids to be nice to me and make things easy on me for ONE DAY out of the entire year. I want them not to fight. I want them to do their chores without an attitude. I want them to think of me before themselves. For one day.

 

This never happens.

 

Last year I decided I was done. Simply DONE with Mother's Day. My sister and I are planning a day out without our kids. Our goal is to spend as little time with our children on Mother's Day as possible. We're getting mani/pedis, going to lunch, going out to a movie, going shopping. We're staying away from our respective houses and away from our children. :) We adore our children, of course. My life basically revolves around my kids. And yes, I think it is reasonable to expect them to be nice to me on mother's day. But it doesn't matter how reasonable the request is. Apparently it's unrealistic. Instead of expecting other people to make me feel special that day (my husband is a terrible gift giver, not good at making an occasion special), I'm going to do that for myself. When I informed Oldest, she laughed and said she thought it was a great plan and she hopes we will have a great day. Maybe she's glad to be off the hook as well. :)

[amy g.]

I want a new BBQ grill and I'm pretty sure I will get it since I am willing to go buy it myself.

 

The beach and Disney sound fun too, but I'll probably ask for one of those for my birthday instead.

[school17777]

A clean house!

[hopskipjump]

A weekend where dh and the kids would go somewhere really amazing and fun and do all that outdoorsy stuff they all love to do and where they'd have adventures and laughs and enjoy the heck out of themselves. And when they come home, they'll all be joyful and happy and excited to tell me all about their weekend away.

 

While I curl up in a *silent* house (no one in my family gets that there is a difference between being home with everyone here, being "reasonably quiet" vs being absolutely alone... the silences are incomparable!) with a good book, or a good movie, or I move furniture, or paint a wall, or hang pictures... or do whatever the heck I want without anyone asking me "why" I'm doing it...

 

Ah. Daydreams. :001_wub:

[Guest]

A baby.

 

I'll have to settle for dinner that I don't have to cook and some good knitting time.

:grouphug:

[creekland]

My boys won't be home until later in the month, so I expect we'll delay Mother's Day.  It's nicer to spend it with family and later that month we should have boys and my mom together - in a cabin - waterfront at Lake Ontario.  That will be pretty perfect.

 

In the meantime for the actual calendar day I'll just be hoping for a better than usual health day.

 

If I were to want a (non-travel related) gift it would be new floors in our house downstairs.  They needed replacing 20 years ago when we moved in, so it's about time.  But I do the budget, so that's highly unlikely coming right after paying taxes this month.

 

I might have hubby buy me another African Violet for inside or perhaps another small Rose bush for outside - or maybe another sweet cherry tree as I love cherries.

[IfIOnly]

3-4 days by myself. 😳I would never ask for it, because it would break my kids hearts, but I need a break. 😖

How about planning something after Mother's Day? Maybe a Memorial Day weekend getaway? I've been going to a movie and dinner by myself on Friday nights for a bit now. Getting a night out by myself is a wonderful way to end the week and start the weekend. So refreshing.

 

My doctor recently told me that the women most often coming in with just burn out and adrenal issues are homeschooling moms, especially but not necessarily with many children. It's a taxing job. She very much encouraged me to make my health and self care a priority.

Edited April 18, 2017 by ifIonlyhadabrain

[wendy not in HI]

I think mother's day is a silly holiday.  I don't really "want" anything, but I'd gladly accept breakfast in bed and a clean kitchen!!  I will make sure we all go on a walk or drive together and I will have good food available for others to prepare for me.  No gifts needed!

[Seasider]

(((happypamama)))

[umsami]

Swensen's Earthquake ice-cream. I had that many times growing up.

 

"The Earthquake

 

This earth-shaking extravaganza Sundae combining 8 scoops of ice cream and rich toppings : hot fudge, butterscotch, strawberry jam, pineapple jam, marshmallow and almonds."

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRFHJn2JAWU/U8ik2MPfN0I/AAAAAAAAMnY/F2dMJHVOWwI/s1600/megasundae.png

 

My first job was at 14 at Swensen's.  I remember making that!

[Caclcoca]

I want to get the backyard cleaned up, so we can enjoy it. We have let things get too overgrown.  I would also like to go for a hike.  I am not sure which will win.

[Night Elf]

I wish there was something I wanted. I was talking to DH just yesterday about that. I'd like to indulge in something with zero guilt and the one time I could actually justify it, I have nothing I want! DH suggested Kindle books. I try to limit myself to one a month if even that so being able to buy more than one might be nice. But is there anything specific I want to read? I can't think of anything so far.

[TravelingChris]

My family usually gets me things like plants or things for plants (watering globes) or birding supplies (like a new water stand or new feeders) or things for outdoors (like last year dh gave me really nice wind chimes-very musical).  I don't know if my son will be working but my youngest will be home.  I don't expect my middle to be here since they will have just seen us two weeks before  It is really nice having mother's day with older children because there is no more fighting (normally).