Mother's Day- spend with your kids/family or spend it alone?

Anonymous
I'm looking forward to a little bit of both... time to sleep in and be pampered a bit, and time to be a family. I like the idea that for one day my DH feels a little more responsible for doing the "routine" care and I may have the opportunity to have some time to myself and some time to enjoy my family w/o worrying about cooking, cleaning, laundry and what DD is getting into. I actually will be preparing dinner for MY mom, but that is after being treated to brunch by my DH. To me, the best of all worlds, time alone, time with my DD and DH and time with my parents and my family. I feel very lucky.
Anonymous
I am looking forward to a bit of both. This is my first Mother's Day and had this very debate with myself. I want to do something as a family but here is my chance to get a break. Luckily a day is a day and I can have the morning to myself (i told them to get out of the house) and the afternoon, we will do something together. Im looking forward to it. Happy Mother's Day to all of you.
Anonymous
Tomorrow is my first mother's day. My husband asked me what I wanted tomorrow and I said breakfast in bed and to sleep in, brunch out, and a massage while he and my son took a nice walk together. Turns out, my son and I are both sick so he will probably spend the day nursing and I will spend the day nursing him. I'm sure that, ideally, we'd go out for brunch or something and I'd get a card and be made to feel like a princess, get some time alone and then some time with my family, but I kind of don't mind spending mother's day this way.
Anonymous
I want to do both! DH does it all the damn time. We will go somewhere with the kids but I'm the one dealing with the whiny, cranky, clean up, tantrum, etc. etc. He's present alright, just not doing the dirty work. Tomorrow I would like a role reversal please!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I want to do both! DH does it all the damn time. We will go somewhere with the kids but I'm the one dealing with the whiny, cranky, clean up, tantrum, etc. etc. He's present alright, just not doing the dirty work. Tomorrow I would like a role reversal please!

no doubt! I haven't had much time to myself since becoming a mother. Tomorrow is actually just more of the same for me - hubby has to head out the door on a sunday, as usual. I might get a little time in the morning or something, but otherwise, nothing special. He's not been home much at night and on weekends because he's in school in addition to working and travel.

Oh, and it also happens to be my birthday tomorrow...Happy Day, Blah ;P
Anonymous
PP that is what I want too!! I want to be with the kids, but I want to be the one hangin out and kicking the ball while DH changes the diapers, goes on potty runs, fetches the water, packs the diaper bag, assembles the lunch, wipes the noses, watches the clock when it gets close to naptime, etc. I want to be with them, i just want to be the dad.
Anonymous
I want to spend most of the day with DS, but am stuck working on a giant brief for work. What a crappy first mother's day.
Anonymous
Both! I'm going to get to sleep in a bit, and then we'll all go out to lunch together, and then my husband will take the kids home and I'll spend a couple hours at a coffee shop reading a novel (it was that or see a movie).

BLISS.
Anonymous
I had the whole evening to myself...was going to sort/clean...BUT i didn't do much.
Listened to music, cooked and did my hair.
I feel very relaxed and looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning...then go out to coffee/breakfast!

I have the whole house to myself. It felt a little weird at first but then I remember that it is also good to spend alone time by oneself.
I had sent DH and boys to MIL's house and will meet my mom and the ILs and family for lunch tomorrow!

Couldn't be more perfect!
Anonymous
Next year, I'm booking a spa day and leaving the fam on their own. It's the only way I'll feel special on MD.
Anonymous
My 3 and 4 year olds woke up at 6:30 and my DH let me sleep in. Heaven. Around 8 my 4yo came in to announce "are you ready for your big surprise, MOM?" with the hugest grin in the world. The kids had picked out little gifts and cards. My DH made breakfast which we all had together. Then I showered and disappeared for the next 4 hours which included -- a massage at Red Door, walking with my two closest girlfriends, followed by Starbucks, quick trip to Michaels, topped by Nordstrom Rack drive by. I returned at 3:00 to hang out with my little ones, return house to normal state, and then out to early dinner with family and grandparent. It was truly a perfect day. Thanks, guys!
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