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 [1] 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 [2] 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. [3] 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 [4] 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 [5] 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 [6] 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!

View other participants in [7] Thursday Thirteen or look at my [8] previous Thursday Thirteen entries.