What Do You Want for Mother's Day?

When my 10 year old asked me what I wanted for a mothers day gift I said "A clean house!'

My husband then said ' Don't start that again!'

I will get a dinner out, flowers and card.

A transplanting shovel. It's already ordered. I like useful things! :) Probably not what most women would want, huh? ;)

My husband asked too, I told him I don't want any "gifts." What I truly want is to not be "mom" for a day, or at least half a day. I would like a day free of chores and "have to's" and a day of relaxation, time to myself, and "want to's," whatever the mood strikes that day.

Last year I got to sleep in and then breakfast in bed, which was great! Then I got the afternoon to spend as I pleased, my husband spent the day with my son. I'm hoping for something similar this year.

I texted my daughter a picture of the bamboo cutting board I found at Winn Dixie that I want.
That and a six-pack of Guinness, and I'll be a happy camper.

I can't have what I want so I'll settle on some tea and a shoulder rub. I'd like to stay home and not go socialize with the rest of the family. I like the family, I'm just tired, super busy, and don't feel like a family gathering this week because we just had one.
I'm so for the spa day, but we just bought a home and have spent our wad on house projects. So this year needs to be cheap mothers day.

As crazy as this sounds and I am going nuts here because I am remodeling my house, I want to spend my Mother's Day painting my living room. I don't want to have to cook, clean, or take care of anyone....I just want to paint away! After I am done, I want to go out to eat...Mexican!

For him to do all my housework this weekend!

I have a pretty good list of what I want....or I guess maybe a list of what I don't want......

I want sleep. My husband usually sleeps in on the weekends while I get up with the kids.

I want not to do any chores. I am the cleaner, cook, laundry doer, etc. I want that all to belong to someone else!

I want to be spoiled with lots of love in the form of kisses and homemade cards.

I would love if my husband would cook for me that day.

All in all, I feel like a freight train has run me over by Friday at 6pm each week. After working 50 hours and running a household, I am tired! On "my" day, I want sleep, love and appreciation! I think days like this, mom should be spoiled. Same with birthdays!

To sleep in without being woken/disturbed by dh OR kids at any point during the night or morning. No laundry, dishes, bickering, cooking, wiping up spills every five minutes, whining about who is first, tantrums, rude behavior .... basically to be free of ALL household duties for an entire day - WITHOUT it all being left for me to tackle the next day because it didn't get done. (Inevitable. Sigh.)

Silence, complete silence, and a day away from home, by myself, listening to the music I want.

Well, thanks for the opportunity to dream the impossible dream. It only comes once a year, lol.

Happy Mother's Day!

I asked for plants for my garden, garden statue, garden bench, books, jewelry. I give my kids/husband some options. :)

To be left alone! My husband is taking the kids to his mother's and I get to lounge about in blissful solitude for one whole morning. :)

A day in the redwoods by the Big Sur River with my family and best friends. Then sunset dinner at Nepenthe enjoying the best ocean view in the world.

Wait, that's exactly what I'm getting, what a lucky girl!

I want a clean house, Im talking from ceiling fans down to baseboards. I want everything scrubbed and sparkly. I wont get it though :(

My wife told me she wanted to spend the day with some of our kids and grandkids.

I arranged for a carriage ride through the wine country for us and two of our kids and their spouses, then dinner afterwards.

Earlier in the day I was going to get a couples massage for the two of us, but my daughter invited my wife and I to go swimming with her and her 5 kids. So we are going swimming earlier in the day.

The men that I know that have good marriages or want better marriages always want to get their wives something special or do something special for their wives for Mother's Day.

It makes the husbands feel good to make their wives feel good.

Good luck and happiness to you and yours.

I wanted one of those bike trainers that you can set up to make your regular bike stationary, this way,I can do a spin class at my house without paying so much for it... My husband found an almost brand new one on Craigslist for cheap...

Like you, I think a day off is the best! Sleeping in, no cooking, no cleaning, just relaxing.
I never felt guilty about not wanting to spend a day doing stuff with the kids, because that's what I did every day anyway. Maybe if I worked outside the home I would feel different.
And yes, a massage would be heavenly.
I hope you have a wonderful day :-)

At least your Husband asked you what you want.
My Husband... PROBABLY does not even know, that Sunday is Mother's day.
The day will arrive, and my kids will remind him. And he will assume Husbands don't get wives things, because a Wife is not his "Mom."
Duh.

I buy myself annual flowers for the garden.

I've always told my husband I don't want anything from him - I'm not his mother!! lol!!

Usually I just tell my kids to make me a card. Then what we've done the last several years is get a pizza and go to the park. We try to pick a different park every year; sometimes we'll take a frisbee and play or walk a trail or something. It ends up being a fun (and inexpensive) day!!

Good luck and have a Happy Mother's Day!!

I want the day to be about me. Not about having to go to my MIL's like we do every single year and have done for the past 19 years! Why can't I have one Mother's Day just for me?

I don't need to do NOTHING, I just want to be able to play the mothers day card all day when I feel like it. Specifically in regards to sleeping- l want the option to sleep in. I may or may not take it depending how late the kids sleep and how tired I am. I'd like to avoid the constant food prep that comes with little kids, and bathroom trips. Not all of it, just most. And I asked for a blender. Can't wait to see it, its been in a wrapped box since they bought it last weekend (not sure its from my husband or the kids, or both, or just from myself since it all came from the same pot of money I make and I specifically told them where to pick it up). HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

R.:

Mother's Day is NOT a "holiday" in our house. We don't do gifts. I just want to be "Free" - you know - not cleaning up a mess...not fixing meals...not a referee to the kids...

A card will be fine!

I want a day of great behavior, no tantrums, no complaints about food served and for all to pick up after themselves the whole day:-). This is fantasy... My husband usually gets me a certificate for the salon and my son makes me a card.

A dinner made by my family and they clean up. (They usually do this)

A day when everyone gets along and we have fun and laugh alot together.(This is usually harder for them than dinner....and they try REALLY hard)

I get lots of hugs,snuggling,homemade cards and flowers from our yard. I love it all!!!

Not much.

I just want to relax a bit, go to the park & maybe go out to eat for lunch.

I don't need anything fancy. I just want to be w/the kids & not be in my
reg routine. Don't need any gifts. Just a "do nothing" day at home. Ahhh

My birthday? Now, that's another thing! ;)

A day without any duties!

My favorite Mother's day weekend I went to a different movie with each of my 3 kids and then the oldest two babysat and I went to see a 4th movie with my husband. Bonus - ate popcorn all weekend! (sadly not that many good movies out this weekend)

Just to be remembered. To be thought of. A nice "thank you" for being the mom. If it comes in the way of a phone call, a card, flowers, a gift, a dinner, a breakfast...it doesn't matter. Anything from the heart.

I'd like a back rub and someone to clean the house and do the outside landscaping for one weekend.

a "rain check" when it is time to "receive" a gift I can never think of anything. But I will figure it out later. and cash it in. One year I could not figure out what I wanted for my birthday. so when we went on a nice vacation 6 months later and there was a really nice spa I got a massage for "my birthday" 6 months prior. ;)

I asked my husband for season 1 of F.R.I.E.N.D.S on dvd, plus being able to sleep in until noon and I MIGHT get the day off from diaper duty.

My mom asked for wind chimes.

I'm still thinking about what to get my grandma and my MIL

Absolutely nothing! My daughter does have the day off from work so we are going to Sea World for the day.

peace and quiet...the day off

I will be taking a class all weekend, so I don't get to do anything special on Mothers Day, but I may go for a massage at the spa on Monday. I have asked for a park bench for the yard, and I bought myself a hanging basket fushcia plant today.