Ah, Mother’s Day. The day when we can look forward to sleeping in, breakfast in bed, and nice presents.
Wait, did I say “we”? Sorry, I meant “some”. And by “some” I mean “no one I know”.
Truth is, the average mom gets a handmade card and maybe a hand-painted coffee mug for Mother’s Day. I love my daughters but hate crafts with a passion, so the card is plenty for me, thanks.
Now, when my daughters are older, I plan on retelling the story of their birth, and add some tough times during pregnancy or while they were growing up, starting a month or so before Mother’s Day. Nothing offensive, and no gory details (ok, maybe just one or two), just something which subtly (heh) suggest “Girl, you owe me.”
But gifts out of guilt (alone) aren’t great, so I’ll have to make sure I’m on my best behavior the whole time, so I can remind them how much they love me, while reminding them how much they owe me 
So, dear Sarah & Stella, this is my wish list, for you to tackle as soon as you are ready (make it sooner rather than later):
Michael by Michael Kors sunglasses, at Nordstrom
Kate Spade Bangles, at Bloomingdale’s
Tiffany’s silver “Mom” heart-shaped pendant + 16-inch silver chain, at Tiffany’s (other items will work too)
Kate Spade Spider bangle, at Kate Spade
A large gift basket from Origins or Jurlique
Granted, this is what I’d like now, so it may not work in the future. Perhaps you should just pass this on to daddy. Subtly, though.
Oh, and if this for some reason doesn’t fly, let’s keep it simple: here’s a checklist to treating Mommy like the Queen she is like a Queen, for a day:
- don’t wake me up at the crack of dawn
- let me take a shower longer than 5 minutes (or a bubble bath, that’d be nice)
- you don’t have to make me breakfast, but please don’t ask me to make yours. This is a good time to eat cereal, so go nuts.
- I know cut flowers aren’t really eco-friendly, but you know I don’t have a green thumb, so no plants, please. How about one single, perfect yellow rose? Don’t listen to the “meaning of flowers” stuff, yellow roses are lovely.
- go out grocery shopping with daddy (ah, perfect time for my bubble bath) and buy the following: corn on the cob and other BBQ supplies, white wine, cheesecake.
- there, see? no need to eat out. I might even load the dishwasher myself when we are done eating.
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Hmm, sounds like a lovely day to me, especially the BBQ part! IOh, and taking a shower that is longer then 5 minutes in length – I don’t even think I’m capable of that anymore, I’ve become a master at the quick shower! I hope you get what you want on Mother’s Day, you deserve it. I love the mom necklace from Tiffany & Co.!
Ditto.
I have a love/hate relationship with Mother’s Day. Someday, when all the kids are out of the house, maybe I’ll get to enjoy one.
I hope you get everything on your list!
Those are great Mother’s Day wishes. Hope you get to enjoy being a mother AND queen for the day.
a perfect mother’s day wishlist!
Oh sister…I am so WITH you on the hating of the crafts. I regularly get busted tossing the stuff into the trash bin. So I tell them I took a picture. Please, really, I don’t even want the cards. WTF am I supposed to do with 60 years of cards? 3 cards for every holiday TIMES 60. No. Please no.
Your day sounds nice. It would my perfect day if I could add a 4 hour hike with a friend or two. Then I’d glide home, take a shower and sit down to a marvelous glass of wine. Oh yes…..
And OMG those colorful bangles rock!
Frankly, mother’s day is one eensy-weensy little speck on the horizon of motherhell (sorry i meant motherhood), and I always try and wrangle myself as much of the day off as possible.
however the husband (insert guilt) actually becomes MORE insistent that we ALL spend the day together…uh…how does he not understand?
(and oh yeah, why do i always get overpriced flowers and bars of ‘gourmet’ soap?)
LOL! I love your list! Especially the bubble bath part! I truly hope you get to enjoy being the queen of the day! Another great idea that is totally different than the same old flowers, cards, and mugs trio is throwing a chocolate tasting party for Mother’s Day. Check out Dove Chocolate Discoveries’ webpage.
Breakfast in bed is so overhyped. It takes weeks to get rid of the crumbs.
Have a Happy Mother’s Day!
I am occasionally allowed to sleep in, but this year was the first for Mother’s Day. I got to take a long shower where I did crazy, fancy stuff like use separate shampoo and conditioner. I got the home made cards (which I do like) AND the expensive gift I wanted. Actually, my dad made BBQ for everyone. Funny!
For those of you who don’t like craft presents: take photos of them, upload them all to snapfish/shutterfly/one of dozens similar and print out a hard back book. A hard back book says “No, of course I love all your crafts, see I had a fancy book made about them and everything!” You don’t have to keep all the stuff and the kid knows you love him/her.