Mother’s Day Tips

I like the tip to team up with other single moms, and the tip to make mom a scrapbook– which my mom would just love.

Over here, I think taking time to reflect about my last year of being a mother is a great idea! Over there, I love the tip of doing a small scrapbook for her or writing a letter reminiscing about the wonderful times we shared over the year - can you tell I love writing & being all sentimental?

This is such a wonderful contest! Not only do I get to enter to win a gift certificate, but I also get some really good ideas on how to celebrate mothers day for me & my Mom. Thank you so much for such an awesome contest, and for letting me participate! Much love and God Bless!

Great Ideas!

Over here, I love avoiding the restuarnats & going for a picnic instead. Much better use of family time as well.

Over there: I love buying my mom & myslef a house plant so they can grow together even though we can’t be together as often as I would like…that is so sweet it makes me want to cry!

Thanks for the Great Ideas!!!

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Sleep In!! Boy, could I use that!

And on the other site - buying two plants - nothing better than a constant reminder of the ones we love.

From here: I love the idea of doing something together as a family. It gives it a more special meaning than just going out for dinner, because it’s the thing to do.

From there: With living overseas, it’s been a blessing to send our moms plants that are longer-living than just a bouquet of flowers. My mom enjoys telling me when the bulbs are just coming up, then it reminds me of when we sent the bulbs to her!

I definitely like sleeping in and also a manicure or pedicure gift certificate for some serious pampering!

I love the journal idea. I’ve been keeping a journal and writing down things that happen and memories of my life as a mom. One day I’ll give
it to my boys when they are older and they will be able to read what a joy to my life they were.

How I never thought of making a scrapbook for my mom! Great Idea. And SLEEPING IN, perfect for me, a mom of 4!

From the 5 Minutes For Mom website:
#2 Doing something as a family instead of Sunday crowds at a restaurant. We’re going to Botanica Gardens, so this is a great idea.

From Capessa:
#3 Scrapbook of my favorite Mom and daughter memories. I love this.

1.Sleeping late.
2.Buy her and yourself an indoor plant or some outdoor flowers of the same variety.

All ideas are great.Thanks for the sweeps

these are great tips

over there: Can’t be with your mom on Mother’s Day? Send her two gift certificates for manicure or pedicure so that she treat a friend.

over here: i need some alone time

would love to win
happy mothers day to all

from this site:
Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.

from the other one: Can’t be with your mom on Mother’s Day? Send her two gift certificates for manicure or pedicure so that she treat a friend.

Thanks

For me, I like journaling about the last year - especially for me - and from Capessa’s site, I liked buying my mom & I the same plant - and am gonna do that. great ideas, all of them!

Oh gosh, from your list number 3!!!!! I absolutely never get to sleep late at all:(

I would so love to do that.

From the Capessa list I would choose number 2. I could definitely use a day out withouth the kiddos!

I love the idea of getting your mom and yourself the same plants (on the Capessa site) - what a great idea!
And I love the idea here at 5 Minutes for Mom about journaling- perfect!

I like the idea of spending some time alone myself on Mother’s Day.

The idea of buying my mother and myself the same indoor plant so that it will remind us of each other strikes a chord in me.

For the past four years my girls have been buying me trees for Mother’s Day. Now I have four beautiful flowering trees that hold happy memories and remind me of my love for my children everytime they bloom.

favorite tip - making a journal of the ups and downs of parenting

I love spending time as a family by going to a movie…fun! My favorite from capessa was to make a special meal for your mom….my sister and I are making a good old fashioned tea party with scones, tea sandwiches, and tarts..for the kids pb&j tea sandwiches with hot chocolate with lots of marshmallows!
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Definetly sleeping late

I like the tip about letting my husband handle the kid’s morning routine- I think I might try that!
And the plant tip from the other site- I have no clue what to do for my mom on Mother’s Day, this might just be the idea I needed!

I like the idea of a special girl’s day out - a movie or special event together with my mom.

My husband considers Mother’s Day a hallmark holiday. It’s not as if he doesn’t appreciate me year round so I don’t get any special treatment on the big day. Still, I like to reflect on myself as a mother.

I’m all about sleeping late! Now that is a Mother’s Day dream come true!

I like the outdoor plant and writing a letter best, sleeping in would be terrific too.

Sometimes the best things are the simple things. I would really enjoy a family picnic at a park or the beach so I had to go with this one:

-Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.

Again, I was drawn to the simple yet thoughtful and meaningful idea of matching plants as a constant reminder.

-Buy her and yourself an indoor plant or some outdoor flowers of the same variety. Watching them grow will remind you of each other throughout the year.

Thanks for the great contest and Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Mom’s out there!

I like the creative ideas for celebrating my mom, as gift certificates rarely get used and she can’t plan a ‘mom-day outing’ with all of us anymore now that we’re out of the house. Thanks for the timely tips. I better get crakin on a scrapbook/letter to her!

My favorite from your site: Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.

Favorite from Capessa site: Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. We don’t often take enough time to accentuate the positive.

1.Sleeping ln! Forgot how to lol
2.Buy her and yourself the same plants.

I love sleeping in and the idea of making a scrapbook of all our wonderful memories to share!

I love #3 here and #5 at Capessa. I’ll be sleeping in after baby’s breakfast! And my mom’s a plant lover, so that’d be a nice idea for her. Thanks for the giveaway!

Some great ideas. I really like the idea of giving and getting the same flowers so you can think of each other through the year when you aren’t able to be together. I’ve been through that for many years. I also like the idea of going out for a picnic or pizza rather than the stress of a sit down place with the kids.

I like the idea of writing a letter to myself about parenting and the idea of making a scrapbook. Thanks for the great ideas.

spend as much time as you can with your kids because they grow up too fast

Please enter me! Go as a group to the movies!

Over there - Sleeping in what a dreamy idea

Over here - Time alone is that possible???????????

From the Capessa site: “Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. We don’t often take enough time to accentuate the positive.” - I learned the hard way to always tell someone TODAY how much you love them.

From here: “Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.” - I’d much rather spend time alone with my family than fight the restaurant crowds!

I’m tired.

On this list I like # 2 & 3 — we combine those. My husband and boys do all that is involved for Sunday dinner on other’s Day, even shopping for the groceries. It is so much more pleasant and meaningful than waiting in a crowded restaurant.

On the other site, since my mom and I lived 1,000 miles away, I like the idea of sending her gift certificates to do something with someone. She wouldn’t have gone for manicures or pedicures, but she did love to do things with someone, and since I couldn’t be there, that would have been perfect.

Here, I love the idea of sleeping late. With a 6 month old who’s starting waking during the night again, I could really use that one!

At the other site, I love the idea of buying two gift certificates so mom can invite a friend to get a mani/pedi with her. Both of our moms live away from here so we usually send a gift card for a pedicure or something. How much fun would it be for them to be able to treat a friend too?

On this blog I really like the “skip the Sunday restaurant crowd and chill somewhere simple with your family.” What a blast!

Over on Capessa, I liked the part about where if you can’t be with your mom, send her a couple gift certifiates for a manicure or pedicure. Who doesn’t love those?!

I like the idea of sleeping in and doing a mother/daughter outing.

From here I like #1 and from Capessa I like #4. But really all the ideas are good - it’s my first mother’s day as a mom, I’m so excited!

I like “Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike” on this site.

And on Capessa .. “Can’t be with your mom on Mother’s Day? Send her two gift certificates for manicure or pedicure so that she treat a friend.”

I like the idea of spending the day escaping with a friend for a few hours away from the hustle and bustle of the day. I also like the mother-daughter excursion. Just us 2 girls shopping, giggling and talking.

I like: “Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.” My husband gets stressed around large crowds, so this would be more enjoyable.

On Capessa: “5. Buy her and yourself an indoor plant or some outdoor flowers of the same variety. Watching them grow will remind you of each other throughout the year.” My mother and I both love plants so this is an excellent idea.

I love the tip on journaling about the year as a mom. We quickly forget the highs and lows from previous years.

I also love the tip about having a mother daughter day. As much as my mom is a great grandmother to my kids, I sometimes like to keep her all to myself.

I like the idea of writing a letter to yourself!

I also like the scrapbook idea on the other site!

Thanks so much for the thoughts!

Well my favorite, favorite is sleeping late! Followed by a close second of sending an indoor plant or outdoor flowers and buying yourself the same variety.

I would love to sleep in! A picnic would also be nice with my family.

The ideas I like the best are the picnic in the park and the manicure. Those are two things I find very relaxing. Thank you, Cory

I think the idea of buying a plant for mom and a plant for yourself and watching them grow is very creative. Reminds me of “being under the same moon.”

I also like the idea of letting Dad handle the morning routine. Often we don’t give Dads enough credit, do we? I’m sure the house will still be standing if I get an extra hour of sleep!

From The Capessa site-
I like the idea of having my mom come over for a special dinner or taking special time with just me and her.

From here- I would have to say that not feeling guilty about some alone time is a great tip that more moms should take… I don’t feel guilty about my ‘ME’ time, I think it makes me a better mom, because I ma relaxed and re-charged.

Thanks for entering me

Thank you for this opportunity. These are all great ideas but I like the following the most:

#2 from 5M4M - Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.

#1 from Capessa - If she most appreciates spending time with you and the kids, invite her over for a special meal or take her out for lunch or dinner in lieu of a gift. Try making a date with her for Saturday night if you want to leave Sunday open to celebrate with your own family.

I love the idea of making a scrapbook. I am planning on making a photobook to commemorate her last Mother’s Day as a mimi of only one!

The sleeping late & Buying the plants.

I like the idea for a scrapbook. And of course the sleeping late one. But I’m not sure that will ever happen.

sleep in late and let hubby handle the morning routine and the manicure pedicure idea-those 2 ideas would make mothers day so great!

Here: Oh how I’d love to just sleep in late and not wake up to a million and 1 things to do. That’s my pick for sure!

There: I like the idea of a mother daughter outing. We always use to do this when I was younger. Now we do it once a year on Black Friday. It would be nice to get together and shop on a not so crazy day.

Sleep late for me and sending my mom some gifts. She lives in Japan and I in the US.. so we cant be together for Mother’s Day

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My favorite tips:

“Take some time to reflect on your year as a mom. Make a journal entry or write yourself a letter chronicling the ups and downs of parenting.”

and

“Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. We don’t often take enough time to accentuate the positive.”

Thanks for the great site! Happy Mother’s Day to everyone!

1. Sleeping late!
2. Gift certificate for a manicure!

happy upcoming mother’s day jennifer, janice + susan!

my favorite tip here is
#1 Take some time to reflect on your year as a mom. Make a journal entry or write yourself a letter chronicling the ups and downs of parenting.
(that’s what i started my blog for, but don’t do there because it’s so public)

+ my favorite quote from the capessa interview is:
3. Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. We don’t often take enough time to accentuate the positive.

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http://modmom.blogspot.com

I would say my favorites would be the one to spend some quiet time at home, or at the park with the family. I haven’t had a lot of time because of school so this would be fantastic.

I think I would like to journal/scrapbook for my mom. I have scanned in a million pictures and I know she’d love it. She’d also love the manicure!

Sleep late! Your hubby can handle the kids’ morning routine, and they might surprise you with a gourmet breakfast in bed (or soggy cereal, but it’s the thought that counts, right?).

AND

Buy her and yourself an indoor plant or some outdoor flowers of the same variety. Watching them grow will remind you of each other throughout the year.

Oh definately sleep late for this site! lol I’m up every morning at 7 with our 3 kids while the hubby sleeps till 8:30-9 and then heads to work till 7. If I’m lucky, I’ll get him up with them one Saturday a month so I can sleep in, but not w/o hearing him moan and groan about it. lol

For the other site, I like the mother-daughter outing, though we’re not chic flick kinda girls. I love spending time with my mom and sisters, so a coffee and/or dessert outing is always fab for us. ^^

Thanks for the contest!

These are my favorite, I think the flowers one is awesome!

Buy her and yourself an indoor plant or some outdoor flowers of the same variety. Watching them grow will remind you of each other throughout the year.

Take some time to reflect on your year as a mom. Make a journal entry or write yourself a letter chronicling the ups and downs of parenting.

Sleep late! Try making a date with her for Saturday night if you want to leave Sunday open to celebrate with your own family. Hope to win. Thanks.

From Capessa: #3 - “Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. We don’t often take enough time to accentuate the positive.” I think that this is a great idea because mom can always look back on this scrapbook and celebrate her memories.
From this site: #5 -”Do you want to be alone on Mother’s Day? Don’t feel guilty about taking some time away. After you’ve celebrated as a family, escape by yourself for a couple hours to browse a bookstore or meet up with a girlfriend.” This is very im[portant too, sometimes mothers get overwhelmed and need a little time to themselves.

I like the tip to avoid restaurants and go have a picnic as well as the making of a small scrapbook.

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Sleeping in? Wow, what’s that? LOL

1. sleeping in late! how wonderful
2. Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. We don’t often take enough time to accentuate the positive. love this idea!

3. Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. We don’t often take enough time to accentuate the positive.
# Take some time to reflect on your year as a mom. Make a journal entry or write yourself a letter chronicling the ups and downs of parenting.
I know my mother would appreciate a letter from me that included some memories of fun things we had done and some of my own art work in it. She can see that I spent time on it that way.
A journal entry talking about the highlights of my year with my own art work will be a great idea to start my mothers day off right.

My favorite tip: Stay in bed!

Such great ideas!

Right about now, “sleeping in” sounds like a DREAM!

I also love the tip on Capessa about buying the same plant for myself and my mother! Such a neat idea, especially for me since my Mom is states away from me!

Thanks for all these wonderful ideas and the chance to win some “Me” money!

Take Care!

i like #5. if mom would like to be left alone foe a while is ok.

My 2 favorite tips: I like the idea of giving Mom two gift certificates for a manicure, so that she and a friend can go together. And I love the idea of me sleeping in.

One of the things I like to do for my 90 year old mother for mothers day
is to give her a Single day bus ticket to Atlantic
City and put her on the bus with her Senior friends
whose sons and Daugthers have also done, and a Big old mothers day card with the words
“Do-not open till You get there”
Most of the time all of the kids chip in and we have sometimes 4 or 5 hundred dolaars for her to spend,
She Loves it and looks forward to it.
and she can have fun with-out all of us under her for the day,

My favorite are the mother-daughter outing from the Capessa website and the picnic at the park on the 5 Minutes for Mom site. Any time spent with family is the best gift of all to any mom.

sleep in, breakfast in bed, and plant a tree!

Sleeping in is always great.
Dinner and a movie is a good night out or a picnic and a drive-in movie is nice, if you have one near you.

The plant tip and the alone time letting dad deal with the kids is great too

I love the idea of a day with the family for Mather’s day. We’ve done that the last few years!

I also like, from the other site, the idea of buying an indoor plant for me and my mom and watching them grow together during the year. She is living away for a brief time, and this will be the first Mother’s Day we haven’t lived close by, so that might be a nice gesture!

I like the tip on journaling your parenting for the year and making the small scrapbook, my Mother loves scrapbooks and pictures!

Great ideas!

My favorite from this site was #3 Sleeping in Late.

From the Capessa site #1 is a really nice idea…spending time together is always special and creates great memories for everyone.

I like the tip on this site about having some mommy ALONE TIME.

And on Capessa, I liked the tip about doing some mother/daughter shopping!

I like the 1 and 3, the journaling and scrap booking ones. I can really get creative with those and add to them each year to have such a wonderful way to look back on my memories or to create one for those that are gone from our family, such as my Mom. It is a way I can still spend the day with her in a special way. This way my children will get to know a bit more about the Grandma they never really knew.

All are great ideas though and I could go back and forth changing my mind on which ones I want to do right up to the last minute. Enjoy!!

Okay, the first thing I liked was the suggestion to sleep in late….this is something that I haven’t been able to do in YEARS, and boy could I benefit from it!

And secondly, my Mom loves plants. I think the idea of buying an indoor plant to have them grow throughout the year is a perfect reminder of each other.

Thanks for the chance!

These are very good tips especially for those of us that are so busy we can barely think straight let alone come up with some to do for ourselves.

1.sleeping more without kids jumping on your back at 6am
2.spending time whether is going to the park or movies or dinner at table every night

My daughter always makes sure she has an outing with her daughter every so often,just the two of them.Actually,both parents take each of the children on sort of a date.It makes them feel special.

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Here, I love the tip about sleeping late. There, I love the tip about plants.

On mother’s day we have all the children say a few words of gratitude for their mothers!

I love the special meal idea and I would LOVE to sleep in!

Thanks!

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All the suggestions put a twinkle in my eye. But by feeling guilty if I’d ever do it, and thus have never done…is having alone time.

1. reflecting on the last year in a journal entry
2. growing the same plant as my mom

Thanks!

I like the tip of sleeping in late. Recently my dog Beaner who was 14 1/2 years old, who had cancer, had to be put to sleep. I would be up all night with him and forgot what sleep was. To some people like me, he was my child. I miss him so much. My heart is broken. If your a animal lover, I know you understand my pain. He was my child with fur. Happy Mother’s Day to everyone.

take some time to reflect on bring a mum. I have stacks of pictures since my baby boy’s birth last year, but haven’t started a scrapbook yet. An idea for mother’s day? Yes ma’am! From other site, like idea of buying each other an indoor and outdoor plant of same variety to watch grow together.

I love the idea to make a scrapbook for your mom!! Thats so special

All are great ideas to “tuck away”. For now I will go with #3 on both sites: sleeping in (that one always sounds good!) and a small scrapbook or letter. Thanks for another great sharing and giveaway.

All great idea’s!!!

From Capessa: I like the scrapbooking idea. My mom always makes them for everyone else so i think she would truly enjoy recieving one for herself.

From Here: I love the idea of sleeping in…would that be a treat or what?

sleeping in is number one for me.

from capeesa i like spending time together, we don’t do enough of that

My favorite Mother’s Day Tip is “Buy her and yourself an indoor plant or some outdoor flowers of the same variety. Watching them grow will remind you of each other throughout the year.”

Since Mothers day always falls on a Sunday and my husband is a pastor we do not have the option of sleeping in, but wouldn’t that be nice? With four boys we used to go to resatuarnats but since the invention of roller blades(we all have a pair now) we like to grill out and hit the pavement- biking or blading, maybe even a game of baseball, soccer or basketball in the yard- all this talking about it makes me excited to have that kind of a day. In the midst of our crazy scheduale I look forward to days like I just mentioned.

A lot of great tips…here are the two that I like.

Sleep late! Your hubby can handle the kids’ morning routine, and they might surprise you with a gourmet breakfast in bed

2. If she spends plenty of time with the kids, she might prefer a Mother-Daughter outing. Catch a chic flick or invite her on a shopping excursion.

over there- I love the idea of buying my mom a plant and one for myself too- I live in michigan and she lives in Pennslyvania and we do not get to see each other very often. I send flowers but having something the same, being able to remember her and think of her when I see it and watch it grow is an excellent idea, wish I would have thought of it years ago!

Over here… I liked the going to the park and having a picnic, our little one is just walking and the weather is so warm it would be nice to get out and run around… avoiding the restaurant scene…

over there… Buying my mother and myself the same indoor plant would be very special.. i’m on the west coast and my mom is on the east coast. that would be a way to share not only mother’s day but every day… (lol, now i just need a green thumb haha )

Wow - So many wonderful ideas!
here: #2 - spending time as a family… We do this annually, whether it’s a picnic at the park, etc.. It’s great quality time and lots of fun!

there: #3 - I’m so sentimental, a letter or scrapbook of appreciation would be so sweet. Thanks!

My favorite ideas are:

From here: Do you want to be alone on Mother’s Day? Don’t feel guilty about taking some time away. After you’ve celebrated as a family, escape by yourself for a couple hours to browse a bookstore or meet up with a girlfriend. (tip #4)

From capessa: Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. (tip #3)

sleeping in

this would be great gift for my wife she never gets herself anything and mothers day is coming up

The two we do ever year:

Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.

Buy her and yourself an indoor plant or some outdoor flowers of the same variety. Watching them grow will remind you of each other throughout the year.

I love the plant tip from Capessa’s site, and the “alone time” from yours….that’s what I would like the best probably!!

I love the idea of having a picnic instead of going to a restaurant and trying to entertain my 2 year old

I definitely like sleeping in I also like the scrapebook idea.

spending the day with my family whether we go out or stay in and have a brunch is the happiest mothers day for me.

My 2 favorites are:

1. If she most appreciates spending time with you and the kids, invite her over for a special meal or take her out for lunch or dinner in lieu of a gift. Try making a date with her for Saturday night if you want to leave Sunday open to celebrate with your own family.

and

Do you want to be alone on Mother’s Day? Don’t feel guilty about taking some time away. After you’ve celebrated as a family, escape by yourself for a couple hours to browse a bookstore or meet up with a girlfriend.

Thanks!

here spending time as a family

there: a letter or scrapbook of appreciation would be so sweet.

Sleep in!!!

I love the tip to Sleep In and having a picnic. I also love the scrapbook idea!

Capessa has great tips for sneaking veggies into everything!

Sleeping in and going out to breakfast!!! Go to the park with the family after that. This would be a perfect mother’s day!!

Have sit-down family meals so you can keep track of everything that everyone is up to.

From this site my favorite tip is to sleep late.. however I don’t think I’ll get to try this one because we still have to leave the house by 8:30 for church.. oh well.

From the Capessa site I love the tip about sending my mom (who lives across the country from me) two gift certificates so that she and a friend can get a treat. I may have to do exactly that this year.

Thanks for the great tips, and the fantastic giveaway!

Don’t overdo the day! Spending time with family is the best way to spend Mother’s Day!

Loved all of the ideas, but I wouldn’t mind a day alone! LOL!!!!

Thanks for the great giveaway!

1 . sleeping in what is that? lol 2. buying a plant for myself n mom thats a great idea. tha thing is my mon lives 6hrs away how do i get it to her?

here: keeping a journal
there: buying plants for my mom and I.

keeping a journal of your child or grandchilds life for them to treasure when their adults

From this site, I like the tip about getting out for some “alone” time or time with a girlfriend. So important.

From Capessa, I like this idea of sending your mom a gift certificate for a manicure or pedicure if you can’t be with her. What mom wouldn’t appreciate a little extra pampering?

i like the sleeping in tip…now only if hubby catches on!

From her site- Buy her and yourself an indoor plant or some outdoor flowers of the same variety.
From this site- Sleep in!

Loving the tips, loving the websites! Please enter me!

From here: Do you want to be alone on Mother’s Day? Don’t feel guilty about taking some time away. After you’ve celebrated as a family, escape by yourself for a couple hours to browse a bookstore or meet up with a girlfriend.

Buy her and yourself an indoor plant or some outdoor flowers of the same variety. Watching them grow will remind you of each other throughout the year.

From here, that sleep late one is my favorite. Any chance I have to get extra sleep, I’m gonna grab it up.

From there, I love the idea of not only getting mom a gift certificate for a manicure/pedicure, but getting an extra one so she can bring a friend. What a great idea!

Taking time together at the park with my husband and kids, now that’s a great Mother’s Day, especially after sleeping late!

I like sleeping late(here) and making a small scrapbook(there).

Ordering the same plants and documenting year long events via journal.

I love this tip the best. Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike. I really enjoy our family time together and look forward to doing something fun as a family (along with my mother and mother in law) on mothers day.
Thank you for this wonderful giveaway.

Here: Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.

There: the idea with purchasings the manicure/pedicure gift certificates!

What a great giveaway! Thank you!!!

HERE:
Tip #2 - Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.

THERE:
Tip #3 - Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. We don’t often take enough time to accentuate the positive.

Growing up (and still today) I never had a ton of money to spend on Mother’s Day, so I would always come up with something creative to do for my mom (and now, my wife). The smallest gesture usually means so much more to moms than huge, expensive presents…. but don’t get me wrong, if you’ve got that kinda money, buy her something big, too! =)

Over here: spending time with the family. I always enjoy being with my kids on Mother’s Day, I mean, they are the reason I’m a mother!

Over there: The flowers. I don’t care how cliche it gets, but flowers on Mother’s Day just makes sense. They are beautiful, easy to care for (especially if they are the cut ones), and just make people feel good. I know I like getting them!

1. (here) Time for myself at a bookstore! Yay
2. (there) Write a letter to mom expressing my love and recounting the fun we’ve had this year.

Thank you!

I love the idea of getting some time away … being alone for a bit on Mother’s Day to just enjoy myself. My hubbie’s family was planned a big get together last year at the last minute and I already had plans to do some shopping for myself. My hubbie was nice enough to let me skip the get together and I had so much fun just shopping alone for several hours. I also love the idea of my family giving me some flowers or maybe even a tree to plant and watch grow all year long as a nice reminder of how they feel about me.

My fav over at Capressa is number 4. I love mani’s and pedi’s and so does my mom, great idea that she could take a friend.

On your site I love #3. It’s good for the kids to be with dad for a morning and it’s good for me to be in bed late one morning!

Yeah! sleep in and enjoy the day.

My favorite tips are to make a small scrapbook of the year for my mom (I’ll do one for my MIL too!), and to spend quality family time. I don’t like restaurant crowds anyway!

Thanks for the giveaway!

Sleep in and not do the laundry on Mother’s Day
Flowers that can be replanted outside and not thrown out after a few days.

From your site: #5- I love my family, but this mother’s day I’d like to relax on my own and just take a day off for myself.

From Capessa- #3 I love when my children give me written letters, and would love to get a scrapbook full of memories. I’ll be crying for days!

Here: Sleep Late!
There: Keep/Send a plant to remind each other of one another.

Over here: Love the tip for single moms. There should be no reason not to celebrate especially when you’re a single mom!

Over there: The two plant idea is fantastic!!

Great ideas for all moms! I love doing stuff AWAY from the crowds. Peace and quite… well at least peace.

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1. Sleeping late
2. No feuding all day
3. A nice lunch or dinner fixed by someone other than me.

I think all Mom’s would llove to sleep in late! But I really liked this one

Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.

Over here: I love the idea of writing a journal entry or a letter about what is has been like the past year as a mom to my 3 1/2 year old dd.

Over there: I love the idea of each having a plant. Unfortunately my mom died when I was young (15) but I know what her favorite flowering plant was so maybe this year I will plant one to remember her by and start talking more about her so my dd can get to know something about her other grandma who isn’t with us.

Great list! The one from Capese that hit home was the one about talking your mom out on a mother -daughter shopping trip or movie. My mom is always helping me out with my little jewel. Just the 2 of us going out, would be a fun change and a way I can thank her for being such a support to me. The other idea is to avoid the crowded stores and restaurants and go on a family outing. That sounds perfect! A picnic at the beach, just casual and carefree, sounds like a great way to spend a day.

Give your mother flowers while she is still alive. These were my mother’s words to me years ago. A short time after I began to not only send her flowers but on occasion, I would send her a check to spend any way she wanted and I put “flowers for mom” at the bottom of the check . She really appreciated those checks ….. I love you mom!

Here: Be alone! I could never sleep in I would have a huge mess to clean up when I get up! (I know I have tried before)
There: A mother daughter day!!! That sounds like fun!

sleeping late sounds nice

from Capessa #3. Make a small scrapbook or write a letter recounting the fun times you’ve shared over the year or telling her what you appreciate about her. We don’t often take enough time to accentuate the positive.
and from this site
#2. Instead of joining the Sunday crowds at restaurants, do something together as a family. See a movie, have a picnic or a pizza at the park, or go on a hike.

Sleeping late, and having someone clean my house!

I like the tip about “spending time alone” and not to feel guilty, I have 3 young kids and I’m NEVER alone.

SLEEP LATE!