With Mother’s Day this weekend, I thought I’d offer 13 things to do to celebrate.
1. Go to a farm and see the mama animals and their babies. The Canada Agricultural Museum offers free admission to mothers. I bet a lot of places do as well.
2. Go to a tea room for fancy sandwiches and a nice cuppa. I went for tea to Zoe’s at the Chateau Laurier with a nephew who was about 13 – at his suggestion since I’d taken his sister – and we had such a lovely visit.
3. Visit a park or conservation area and look for spring flowers.
4. Check out your local museum for special Mother’s Day activities. Ottawa City museums have quite a few. I’m sure other cities do as well.
5. Make an appointment at a “paint your own ceramic” studio, like the Mud Oven, and take mom along. If they’re booked or you can’t arrange it in time, make a gift certificate and give it instead.
6. Play hopscotch. I just love it.
7. Think about gifts that you gave to your own mother when you were small. Would they be suitable for you/your wife? I gave my mom pansies and the like. They always died.
8. Try a new restaurant. Wear a dress and even a hat. It changes the experience.
9. Fingerpaint with your kids. You can all make something for your respective moms.
10. See if there is a soup kitchen that needs help on Sunday or do something else that will help the moms in your city who need help just getting by.
11. Get family pictures taken – the more generations in the shots, the better.
12. Make a video and send it to your mom – webcams are fabulous – or maybe just keep it for yourself. We keep our video cameras on the shelf too often, waiting for a “special event”. Is there an event more special than Mother’s Day?
13. Hug your kids and your mom. Heck, hug your mother-in-law.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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Great idea for a tt. I think I like #2. Anytime I’ve gone to “tea” it has been so relaxing.
I really like the idea of the paint your own ceramic, and I love the idea of a tea house ~ how perfect!
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Great list. I like how you have found 13 experiences that can create lasting memories!
Have wonderful Mother’s Day.
Great suggestions!
What a great idea for a TT! I am planning to take my mom to the movies on Sunday. Which is what she’d love. Perhaps I am just a bad mother…but I am looking forward to it because my husband will take the kids off to do their own thing…and I don’t have to hear cries of “mommy” all day
Happy Mother’s Day! The tea room sounds fabulous!!
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