Mothers Day Looming

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This will be my first Mothers Day as a lone parent. My DS (4) will be with me from 9am til 6pm on Mothers Day. My own mother passed away many years ago, and my closest family live 90 mins drive away, so feel its a little far to travel for a few hours.

I am already feeling sad about the day, and wondered if you had any wonderful fun suggestions on how to spend the day with my DS.

An hour and a half iisnt that far , if you leave at 9am and come home at 4pm you could have a lovely time with your family

Have you got a park farm near you?

It's a great time of year to go - lots of newborn animals,the daffodils are out, spring is busting out all over and you can sit and drink coffee and eat cake while you watch your DS play on the toy tractors!

I hope you enjoy your day whatever you do.

Raid your son's piggy bank and let him take you out for a nice pub lunch somewhere.

Slowginny.... love your thinking, but not sure I want to be around lots of other families on Mothers Day, celebrating as a family, rather than just me and my son.

Corlan, thanks I think I might have a look at the farms around and see what activities they have on, and treat us both to cake.

If you're feeling up to it, try organising something yourself? I'm hosting a mothers day tea-party for some friends. I'm recently single (10 weeks) pregnant and have a toddler. I've just moved back to the town I grew up in, so they are not (recently) close friends - it's been 12 years since I lived here, but I'm taking a shot at re-starting some friendships anyway. They aren't all single mums, and many of them will be taken out for lunch by their own mum or partner or kids anyway, but I need something to look forwards to! Plus, two of them are married to men in the Navy and will be 'lone' parents for months at a time...

I'm ordering a cupcake tower and will make loads of tea. Arranged it for 2-4pm so that 'family' stuff can happen with partners/parents etc too if necessary beforehand, at lunch time. Means my DS will have other kids to play with in the afternoon, I'll eat cake, and I won't be alone! Take the initiative if you can face it, celebrate how awesome YOU are - no-one knows how great a mum you are better than you do. I think you also deserve cake.

CocoRaisin - I think that's a Brilliant idea - love the cupcake tower.... yummy. I actually have a number of friends with partners who work shifts, so it might be ideal for them too....

Going to plan it out right now.

YAY

Can i come! I have bought myself a mothers day present, cos i am now a single mother....last year as a married mother i got sweet FA, no happy mothers day let alone a card or present. LO is 21Months now. Yet he got fathers day presents, even when little one wasnt two weeks old!

That's a fab idea cocoraisin!

As much as I like pub lunches going for one on mother's day just me and my DS (who likes to eat in silence) when it's full of groups of families would be my idea of hell. I'm thinking of baking a nice big cake with DS.

I think I shall spend the day gardening. Hoping no one insists on giving DS a piece of tat to give to me to commemorate the day. He might make something at school or after school club and will probably make a card. Maybe I'll send him to the shop to buy croissants for us.

My DD (4) will be at XP's for the weekend so I will not see her until 5pm. My Mum died ten years ago and I know I'll be spending the day totally alone. Really really wish he'd bring her home early, as he always does now- a-days due to rushing to see the new girlfriend but no fear of that on Mothers Day as he knows I'll be counting down the minutes to see her, as usual.

It's compulsory to drink champagne (ok, cava) at midday, if that helps?

Oh I love cava [any excuse]. Hic!

I found out my ex was cheating the day before mothers day. I've got quite used to celebrating it on my own. This year DS will be away at scout camp till 4pm so I've decided not to get dressed (not that that is any different to any normal sunday) :o