My daughter says she is busy preparing for final exams so she has nothing planned. I already have cards in the desk drawer that she can pick from. (I always have cards for every occasion)
I have already mailed out Mothers Day cards to my mom and sisters.
Maybe once she is done with the semester we can celebrate both of our April birthdays and Mothers day with a nice trip.
I plan to make brunch at home and then carry out food for dinner from my favorite restaurant.
We have a First Communion to attend that morning with brunch following. I have already offered to help with the 1st communion brunch and expect once we get home in the early afternoon, it will be pretty much like every other Sunday, nothing special. I never go out to eat on holidays like this, and am absolutely not cooking. I am sure the kids will get me something, but really I don’t expect much.
Nothing. The kids and hubby will be out of town until that day. MIL will be coming in for graduation. No body here really makes that much of an effort for mother’s day. I always have high expectations but fall short every year. Last year there was nothing but card. I really want more time with the family but that never happens.
My youngest dd just called and said that she is flying home for the first time since Christmas! Older dd and grandson will come home too! That is all I want.
I am hoping to be with my kids in CA for Mother’s Day, but we shall see whether plans come together as expected. My mom will be with my siblings and dad ad a nice country club for dinner.
All dentkids will be here for an early restaurant brunch; S1 and FDIL will have come the night before. They will then leave to have a celebration with her mom later in the afternoon. Mother’s Day meant a lot to my mother and my kids have carried on that tradition now that my mom is gone. I appreciate that.
I guess I don’t have any sort of expectations because it is just the two of us.
At the same time it is always nice when someone makes an effort to make you feel special.
I guess I look forward to being around nice people and having a fun time together.
When you are a single parent either you make some fun plans or there is no plan.
I would be happy meeting with some friends for lunch who like me have no mother’s day plans.
I always look for an occasion to host a bunch of close people together because I like to be surrounded by company.
Planning a brunch or tea is fun for me because it is something to look forward to.
I enjoy entertaining and making others feel special. If all of you lived close by we could have our own cc get together. Maybe an outing or a potluck picnic.
Growing up as the eldest of five kids we were always a large group for any occasion.
My sisters and I would set the dining table for a special tea time. We would get out the special serving plates and make tea sandwiches and have biscuits and cakes all set up nicely in the dining room. It was fun growing up in a large family. Now with only having one child my family seems so small and my sisters and I live far apart otherwise I would plan a big family get together.
S1, who lives 3000 miles away, will be at a professional conference in our state next week, so instead of flying home on Fri (like he’d normally do), he’s spending the weekend with us and flying home on Mother’s Day. It’s kind of nice to actually spend Mother’s Day with at least one of my kids.
My H and I are going to Florida for a long weekend to visit my in laws, who. We have not seen in quite a while. My daughter will take my mother out to lunch (they live close to one another in the city), and my son who lives elsewhere is off the hook :-).
We have several nice things going on that weekend: my mom will turn 80 the day before Mother’s Day, and we’ll surprise her at a special dinner the previous evening, with all her kids and several grandchildren in attendance from out of town. Her oldest grandson is also graduating from college, so there will be a celebration of that on May 7th.
I most look forward to my oldest d celebrating her first Mother’s Day. Her son is 5 1/2 months old and a complete sweetheart (of course). It will be just their little family, and I know it will be a beautiful day for them.
Usually there is some recital or graduation on Mother’s Day so it ends up being hectic evening if nothing is planned.
My brother just informed me that he is flying in so we will make some plans to get together. The temperature has gone from mid 80’s to mid 50’s so hopefully it will get warmer in May.
I’ll join my sister and two SILs to take my Mom for brunch and then my other Mom friends and I will do our annual pub crawl. My D is very good about acknowledging my birthday and others occasions via card but I imagine S will send a text. So long as he doesn’t forget me I’m happy
Nothing. My D is also busy preparing for exams and I will be out of town that weekend with friends (committed before I realized it was Mother’s Day weekend). So the plan right now is that we will go out to dinner and maybe a movie.
Neither of my kids will be home, D already sent a gift. Hopefully S will remember and at least email or text ( he is in school overseas so sending stuff is hard for him).
I hope it to be no worse that any other day in my life. The same, no change in routine is fine with me.
However, my guild always have a Mother’s day sale and I always participate. So, I hope that it will be the same as several previous years.
Brunch with husband, kids, husband’s parents, bil and fil in the morning, then tennis playoffs in the afternoon! MIL and I share that day with the brunch, which is nice. The kids and my husband will usually get me something cute and small; I have taught them well with regards to the magic of Amazon prime :D.
My parents are no longer living, but my dad made a huge deal out of Mother’s Day. We always went to a nice place for brunch or if the budget didn’t allow, he’d host a cook-out (he would do all the cooking). Once we 5 kids were adults we would take turns hosting get togethers as well.
I’d be pretty hurt if my kid(s) couldn’t take at least an hour of their time to visit/meet me for coffee, or something if they were local. Even my older D, who works almost all Sundays, finds time to carve out a visit with me at least near Mother’s Day, birthdays, etc. I have no idea what they have planned for this year. H usually has something up his sleeve. It’s never been about gifts for me, just some recognition.
