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Mother's Day Ideas

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Let's make this the official mother's day gift idea thread.

Now obviously it's not a big deal if you just have a mom... get her a freaking flower and call it a day.

I'm talking about us with wives and kids. What are some good ideas?

I'm thinking about making little cards with different words of thanks. I'll put them around the house in all the places she cleans. So I'll put a note on the washer/dryer thanking her for cleaning clothes, etc.

Any other ideas?
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I just have a mom and I'm clueless, and I'm trying to get something better than a flower... :shock:
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Fine fine... let's discuss our mom's too.
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A day at the spa and salon for the missus here. Plus, I'm having my kids make cards out of construction paper and such. As far as my ma goes, she lives far away, so flowers and a card will have to do.
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Do some of that cleaning (the way she likes it.. to the honest best of your ability).

Take the kids out so she can have a break or take her and the kids someplace fun for her.

Cook.

Don't fuss about her choice of radio station/TV program/movie (and prompt the kids, if old enough).

Get the kids to clean their own rooms, help around the house, etc.

Help the kids do a craft project. Make a card with their hands (print, traced) and writing if they are able (note, even an 11 month old can usually make marks that mom's will generally accept as a "signature")

Take a new snapshot of the kids and put it in a frame they help decorate.

If you live where its possible, take the kids out to pick wildflowers OR help them to plant some flowers/seeds/spring bulbs in a nice pot (fancy or any cheap garage -sale pottery, perhaps decorated by the kids).

Do anything she's been bugging you to do ... without being reminded.



Enough ideas?


Finally, asking works wonders if you really are stumped.
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SHIT ITS MOTHERS DAY???????
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PLAYER57832 wrote:Do some of that cleaning (the way she likes it.. to the honest best of your ability).

Take the kids out so she can have a break or take her and the kids someplace fun for her.

Cook.

Don't fuss about her choice of radio station/TV program/movie (and prompt the kids, if old enough).

Get the kids to clean their own rooms, help around the house, etc.

Help the kids do a craft project. Make a card with their hands (print, traced) and writing if they are able (note, even an 11 month old can usually make marks that mom's will generally accept as a "signature")

Take a new snapshot of the kids and put it in a frame they help decorate.

If you live where its possible, take the kids out to pick wildflowers OR help them to plant some flowers/seeds/spring bulbs in a nice pot (fancy or any cheap garage -sale pottery, perhaps decorated by the kids).

Do anything she's been bugging you to do ... without being reminded.



Enough ideas?


Finally, asking works wonders if you really are stumped.

Heheh, you let us know what you get. :idea:
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I'm renting her a Chippendale.
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suggs wrote:I'm renting her a Chippendale.

:lol:
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kleep wrote:Let's make this the official mother's day gift idea thread.

Now obviously it's not a big deal if you just have a mom... get her a freaking flower and call it a day.

I'm talking about us with wives and kids. What are some good ideas?

I'm thinking about making little cards with different words of thanks. I'll put them around the house in all the places she cleans. So I'll put a note on the washer/dryer thanking her for cleaning clothes, etc.

Any other ideas?


yeah. Do the cleaning instead.
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t-o-m wrote:SHIT ITS MOTHERS DAY???????

is it?
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t-o-m wrote:
t-o-m wrote:SHIT ITS MOTHERS DAY???????

is it?

really? when?
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MeDeFe wrote:
t-o-m wrote:
t-o-m wrote:SHIT ITS MOTHERS DAY???????

is it?

really? when?


11th of may, innit?
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Snorri1234 wrote:
MeDeFe wrote:
t-o-m wrote:
t-o-m wrote:SHIT ITS MOTHERS DAY???????

is it?

really? when?


11th of may, innit?


Depends where you are.
I was in trouble 'cos I forgot the British one in March (cos it wasn't, here in the US), am trying to make up by sending card etc for the US one (yes, May 11). Don't know about other countries.
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how come you can embed 4 quotes in eachother and we can only do 3???
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jonesthecurl wrote:I was in trouble 'cos I forgot the British one in March (cos it wasn't, here in the US), am trying to make up by sending card etc for the US one (yes, May 11). Don't know about other countries.

shit - march has been - and no mothers day here in england????????? :? :? :? :shock: :shock: :shock: :o :o :? :shock: :o :shock: :? :o :shock: :? :o :shock: :?
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It was the 9th I think.
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static_ice wrote:Heheh, you let us know what you get. :idea:



My husband has recently discovered that the local candy shop makes chocolate covered strawberries.

Traditional, but creative gift-giving just isn't his thing.

(but he does cook, watch the kids .... and helps do the "big" clean when either set of parents are due over).
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... and I was wrong. I sort of forgot that my son, at 7 has his own ideas now ... :D :D

I got breakfast from our church, a flower in a pot that my older son decorated ... AND we went out to eat. He wanted to take me to a "nicer" restaurant out of town, but with 60+ MPH winds and my husband a volunteer fire chief (3 trees down already) ... we went to a local Chinese restaurant. I wasn't disapointed at all!
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