so how was your mother's day?

[jennlin]

.

[picksthemusic]

Not too bad for being sick. We went out for brunch to Indigo, and then home for M to nap, and we watched a movie. We had bread/cheese from Whole Foods, and then J made an awesome dinner. Also, I got a book, a cookbook, a cute little dish to put my wedding rings in when I'm not wearing them (shower, cooking), and a new wallet!

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So all in all, it was a great Mother's Day. I also got lots of snuggles from M and cards, too, which was nice.

How was yours?

[cdmay]

Dh made me breakfast, took DS shopping for him to pick out a small present for me while I took a bath, we tried to go to the zoo (but so did everyone else) and went to the beach instead, then dh did my usual Sunday chores and made a nice dinner. He also chose a thoughtful card and wrote a nice message. We and bil took mil out to dinner and she insisted on paying bc "it's exactly how I want to spend mother's day." She also planted some peonies (my favorite flower) for me.
It would have been perfect, but my mom died last month and not having her here for my first mother's day was really, really hard.

[jennlin]

big hugs cdmay.

[jennlin]

both my kids had HFM starting earlier in the week, and my husband had a fever of 103, so we were on house arrest. my h was too sick (obvs) to cook for me, like he "planned" on doing....i say planned in quotes because he didn't have any groceries for it, and he felt fine most of saturday.

i had half a bowl of cereal before i got interrupted, then turned soggy...my mom delivered a costco hot dog for me for lunch..and for dinner i made myself some noodles. i told him i'm getting a make-up mother's day on june 15th.

[alias]

Hugs cdmay and sorry for your less than stellar Mother's Day jennlin.

I told H all I wanted him to do was make plans. I think he planned to take me to my favorite restaurant, but didn't call until the day before and didn't realize they aren't open on Sundays. So, he didn't really plan anything. But, he did the MOTN wake ups and got up w/ E in the morning so I could sleep in, then he made breakfast and fed the baby, then he and E took naps, then we went for a drive, got ice cream, and came home. Nothing terrible exciting, but nice.

[stretchad]

Mine was really lame, and I'm disappointed since it was my first mother's day. DH told me on Saturday "I don't have any plans for you tomorrow, what do you want to do...but oh I am making you breakfast". This was after I reminded him for the last 2 weeks that if we wanted to go out to eat or anything, he should make reservations. I held out hope that he was making a special breakfast and maybe I'd get a gift or flowers or something.

So when he asked what I'd like to do I told him I'd kind of like to go out to dinner but somewhere special instead of all the usual places we go, that was that... Sunday rolls around, no card, flowers, gift. Breakfast was scrambled eggs, bacon and that's it (this is what he normally makes for breakfast every couple of weeks anyway, nothing special). I was annoyed so I went shopping by myself early. Came home and DH is like "where do you want to go eat"...I was hoping he had picked some place, made reservations but he didn't. So I picked Din Tai Fung, the wait was an hour and a half so we didn't go there. Ended up going to maggiano's and that was it.

Womp womp.

[alias]

Men...

[karebear219]

I feel like I worked too much.

Got up at 6am to go run Kirkland 5k. Got home, showered, took bkb and H to run the kid's dash. Went to grocery store. Opened present (I got a new throw blanket). I meal prepped and cooked for the week. H helped? by putting the chicken in the crock pot. Between cooking and bkb napping I got to sit for 30 minutes, paint my nails and watch a part of a movie. When bkb got up we headed over to IL for dinner, which was deliciious as usual. I feel a little like I get overshadowed because MIL and my mom's birthday are the around monthers day so I feel like it's more for them than myself.

I need a vacation from my mothers day

[7costanza]

I kind of hate Mother's Day and wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so all I asked for was a heartfelt card and flowers, which I got, plus some candy and a magic hose (lol). My H went to his parents for lunch while I stayed home with the baby (I didn't really want to see them so this was perfect) then we went to the nursery and bought some plants and big planters for the deck, stopped for slurpees, and worked in the yard. Overall it was a really nice, relaxing day, and just right for my first Mother's Day.

[shevacc]

Mine was...not that great. I found out about 2 weeks ago that I'd have to start commuting in 3 days a week instead of just one so had already gotten up at 5:30am 3x that week and Saturday G woke up really early (~5:15), not sure why. So I was totally exhausted and hoping to sleep in. DH loudly came to bed at 5:30am (!!!) Sunday morning and in the process woke up G who demanded to nurse. That woke me up 100% since she's teething and bity, plus nursing while pregnant discomfort. That pretty much set the stage for my Mothers Day. Finally I was tired, sore, pissed off, and sick of G's thrashing so I made DH get up with her while I started chores.

DH had made me an apple pie -- I had requested cinnamon rolls, though it was nice he made something. No card or gift. But I was beyond exhausted and all I got to do all day long was chores while he ignored G and sort of kept her out of my way. I'm still exhausted several days later since I have yet to get to sleep in. At the end of the day, I was exhausted, getting him to do even his normal daily routine stuff was like pulling teeth, G was upset and tantruming from being ignored, and I was ready to scream and pull my hair out. I wouldn't recommend it.

[dana86]

We spent the day up north with MIL. I enjoyed it though and spent half of Saturday baking up a brunch to take with us so she wouldn't have to do anything but enjoy time with the girls. It was nice and MIL got me a few flowers and strawberries to plant with M so that was fun too.

[stretchad]

May 15, 2014 9:20:40 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

Pretty Awesome. My teen son asked if I could come pick him up and spend the day with us including church so I got up early and headed into Shoreline to grab him. He had a card for me (first time in 18 years he had the initiative to do it on his own!). He's been sick - which I didn't know - so we talked a little about that and I was concerned. Went to church, daughter asked about us coming over after church for brunch so we headed over there and she fixed brunch for all of us. Then teen son hung out with her - he was in increasing pain (stomach radiating to his back) - and DH and I headed home with the toddler for a nap. I woke up from my nap with texts and phone calls from teen son that pain was excruciating and I went and got him from his sister's house and we headed to urgent care. 2 hours later we got an "all clear - unspecified pain" and I dropped him off at home. It's now almost 9pm and I headed home. I was greeted by DH, toddler son and flowers and a gourmet fresh cooked dinner. Glorious.

Truly - besides urgent care - I couldn't have scripted a better day!

I hope your son is feeling better!

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