We need your ideas on what's good for Mother's Day please

[OliviaMumsnet]

So, let's banish all this talk of Frozen Britain and concentrate on spring, and in particular Mothering Sunday (which is 14 March this year)

We're looking for recommendations of fabulous treats you'd like to receive or have done in the past- for Mother's Day. (but it could have been a birthday/Christmas present too iykwwm)

Treats, presents, spa ideas, nice days/lunches out with the kids.
You can be as specific as you like
Thanks, as ever, MNers
MN Towers

[mistlethrush]

Visit to Harlow Carr Gardens at Harrogate to see the early bulbs and flowers coming, followed by lunch overlooking the gardens in the nice warm cafe/restaurant.

[Iklboo]

Afternoon tea at a posh hotel. Quite a few have a kids' afternoon tea menu if you wanted the whole family to go, if not you can get vouchers for 'future' use when I mum wanted to go with a friend or DH

[missorinoco]

Spa vouchers with an offer to look after the DC whilst I indulge myself. A casual lunch out with the DC on Mothering Sunday would be great in theory, but hell on a platter in practice.

Now I am pretending I have received some vouchers and have angelic DC.

[scrappydappydoo]

The day to myself - Oh imagine the bliss of time to myself to do whatever, go wherever... As much as I love my family it would be nice to have a break

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

hard to imagine spring!

I would like a day at a spa. (oh that would be bliss right now) not a chance.

meal out would be nice with dd and dh to a pub. dh never books in time. Perhaps I'll book it myself this year and tell them what we are doing!

just as long as neither he nor dd buy me another bloody frying pan!

[Poledra]

A Day On My Own!! (though I'd probably miss them all by mid-afternoon)

[midnightexpress]

Tickets for the Chelsea Flower Show.

[EccentricaGallumbits]

one single ticket for Kew Gardens or similar

(am feeling v antisocial and in need of Time Alone!)

[PuppyMonkey]

Lie in until at least 10am, followed by a cup of tea a croissant and jam and a day out walking in Derbyshire. HTH.

[Sazisi]

I would dearly love a spa day somewhere anywhere

[Sazisi]

That's greedy though, and there's a recession on etc I will be happy with 3X homemade cards

[Rosa]

That is its remembered...... Anyway shape or form would be appreciated

[dotty2]

Theatre tickets and an offer to babysit so I and DH can go (that one not from DH or the kids, obviously). Or a whole day out to go and have lunch and a gallery with a friend sans children. Or a day at Centreparcs or somewhere else the children will be so happy it will be a huge treat for me too.

[PussinJimmyChoos]

R Patz at MNHQ for an online chat with a competition going for a lucky mnetter to meet him....obv me of course

[ItsAllaBitNoisy]

I have this poem and her handprints framed from when DD was tiny - it makes me smile whenever I look at it (in the loo ].

Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls.

But every day I'm growing -
I'll be grown some day
And all those tiny handprints
Will surely fade away.

So here's a little handprint
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
This year on Mother's Day

[Rindercella]

A cup of tea in bed.

Lunch somewhere like: this

A card made by DD.

Tickets to a show and lunch/dinner for some other day...with childcare sorted (DH did this for my b'day last year and still doesn't realise just how many Brownie points that got him!). Show was Priscilla - twas fabulous, so double Brownie points!

Umm...hard to think as there's a very good chance I will be in labour or have a newborn on or around 14th March!

[knicknack]

I got a poem too when ds1 was only a year old with handprints on and i love looking at it on the kitchen wall, it reads;

Mummy i love you
for all the things you do
i'll kiss you and hug you
cause you love me too

You feed me and need me
each special day
so smile cause i love you
on this mothers day!

Was made at nursery, also another lovely mothers day surprise i have had is bacon sarnie and a coffe bought to me in bed by ds (well the sarnie anyway) along with lovely pictures and lots of hugs and cuddles!!!

[harimosmummy]

Gosh... for me, I'd just like for DH to (i) remember and (ii) actually mark the occasion.

Last year (the first as a mum) I got a card (not a mothers day card, just a regular notelet) and a packet of jellybabies.

I'm not planning to leave it to DH chance this year, I'll be organising a lovely day out with my DC (No childcare, but that's OK, I enjoy spending time with them)

I'd like to go for a lovely walk with them, have tea / lunch and then let them sleep.

And, I'll probably make myself a little dish of their hand prints.

[Sparkletastic]

I bought my mum a champagne and cream tea with my Dad at a local country house hotel last year - she bluddy loved it. Me - well I'm always happy with the home-made cards from the DDs but I would be grateful if DH steered them towards something other than strange violet scented toiletries at the otherwise exemplary school Mother's Day sale....

[posieparker]

My DH bought me half day at the relaxation center, in clifton. He booked two treatments and put my favourite tunes on my iPod.

[CremeDeMenthe]

A lie-in ON MY OWN, with a big mug of tea and the sunday paper.
Roast dinner.

Er, that's it. I'm easily pleased.

[posieparker]

I would love the finger print jewellery.. I know it can be a little naff but I would love it...eventually I could get them made into charms for my links.

[bratnav]

I second the afternoon tea thing, we did it for DHs birthday last year and it was wonderful.

[Beasknees]

i'd just like to not be woken at 5,30 am please