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Co-op wants to know how you would make your mother’s day? - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED

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PoppyMumsnet · 24/03/2017 11:43

To celebrate Mother’s Day, Co-op wants to find out what would make your mother’s day this coming Sunday. Maybe she’s a Mum with simple tastes, and a card or bunch of flowers will suffice to make her really happy? Or perhaps you’re going all out this year, inviting her around for a meal and a day spent with the family. If you’re taking a more creative approach, perhaps you’ll be making her gifts by yourself, or just planning a day together for some one-on-one time with you - maybe brunch and the cinema? As a mum, tell us what would make your day extra special?

Here’s what Co-op has to say: “This Mother’s Day we want everyone to think about their mum and how to make it really personal and special to her. To not only buy the usual expected mother’s day gifts, but to really think about what makes your mum happy. Because only when you really know your mum can you really make it her day.”

Whatever it is that you’re going to do to make your mother’s day really special, Co-op wants to know. Please share your thoughts below - everyone who posts will be entered into a prize draw and one MNer will win a £300 Co-op vouchers.

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!

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Co-op wants to know how you would make your mother’s day? - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED
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NauticalDisaster · 26/03/2017 03:54

My Mam is halfway across the world this Mother's Day so I will be Skyping with her. She's a bit of a globetrotter and it makes me happy that she's doing what she loves.

teddygirlonce · 26/03/2017 08:13

Yellow roses, a lie-in and DH and the DCs doing all the many unappreciated chores I usually do before they surface in the mornings.

Snapespeare · 26/03/2017 08:17

By inventing time travel and curing cancer.

mothers day is very, very hard for a lot of people and this pink tinged fetishisation of perfect motherhood is tiring. A lot of people don't have their mums, or had awful mothers. For the mums who do everything single handed and who have no-one to help a toddler make a card or bake biscuits it's equally shit as well.

EsmeeMerlin · 26/03/2017 08:47

My mum's birthday was last week so she got a lot of presents and I took her for afternoon tea and to see a theatre show. I will pop over there with cards, flowers and a small present. We may go out depending on how she feels(disabled with good and bad days).

danigrace · 26/03/2017 10:06

Mum always likes a thoughtful card and small gift, but most of all she appreciates us cooking her a lovely lunch and enjoying a relaxing day together ❤

fernanie · 26/03/2017 10:11

When I was a child and used to ask my mum what she wanted for mother's day she always used to say "a hug" even though she got those every day. She loved spending time with her kids and grandkids, and once we were old enough we used to take her out for lunch and a long walk. If the bluebells were out we'd go see those. While we were out, my dad would do all the housework and make dinner so she came home to a spotlessly clean house and could relax for the evening.
I'm much higher maintenance and want proper pampering - a manicure, massage and or facial Grin

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 26/03/2017 10:13

My mum lives on the other side of the country, so to be able to surprise her with a visit would make her day.

Donatka · 26/03/2017 12:24

a bunch of beautiful flowers, chocolates (have to be Lindt), big breakfast (cooked not by me), and the whole day off :)

Jayfee · 26/03/2017 12:28

i just want a card and flowers or chocs...i hate all of the overhype for mothers day

NettleTea · 26/03/2017 13:11

I would just love for the kids to not fight for once.
And no cooking. That would be great!

MagicAlwaysLeadsToTrouble · 26/03/2017 15:25

We went out for breakfast, which always seems so much more indulgent than lunch, though it's almost always cheaper.

But, and this is the best bit, I had an actual breakfast pizza! Pizza dough, topped with cream cheese, feta, spinach and then a fried egg on top!! It was incredible!

The kids behaved, mostly. It was a lovely treat.

EnFlique · 26/03/2017 16:13

I wasnt expecting anything, as I'm a single parent, but we stayed with my sister last night and I was treated to a lie in then woken with homemade pancakes made by my daughter with help from her auntie.

I felt so loved!

Oogle · 26/03/2017 21:01

I'd just like one year where my husband could thank me for being a good Mum to our child and not be a miserable shit all day. Once again topped off with an argument and he's gone a step further this time by taking it to Facebook. You'd think he was 14, not nearly 40.

Luckily, I've had lots of cuddles from the toddler and next year I'm going to arrange a weekend away for toddler, me, Mum and Grandma. I think we'll have a much better time.

TheMasterBaker · 26/03/2017 21:08

To be fair, if my eldest 2 could just not fight for a day, that would be fabulous and would be a pretty top Mother's Day. They didn't do too badly today really, DH cooked me a fry up for brunch and kids got me some Ferrero Rocher. And I didn't do my usual Sunday ironing. Ok, I still have to do it tomorrow, but still ;)

UpOnDown · 26/03/2017 21:14

Mine lives too far to visit, so a phone call and flowers through the post.

1nsanityscatching · 26/03/2017 21:30

I've had the perfect Mothers' Day, a lie in, a long soak in the bath, all my children round me, no cooking and cards and flowers. The most important thing though was having time to spend with my ds just enjoying their company. Don't get them altogether often enough (some adults) and it's great to see the bonds and listen to the banter.

MummyKoba · 27/03/2017 00:30

I took my mum shopping in the morning then for a three course meal in the afternoon. She said it was the best mother's day she's ever had. It was our first mothers day together with both of us being mums :)

FuckingHateRats · 27/03/2017 07:35

My mum isn't into Mothers day and wasn't even here yesterday but only sent her a few pics of us and of her and the kids with a nice message. She gets cross when I spend money on Mother's Day!

BathshebaDarkstone · 27/03/2017 07:47

We took her to the Sainsbury's café for breakfast and bought her cards and a little glass vase of fabric orchids. Grin

MakeTeaNotWar · 27/03/2017 08:18

A lie-in, a homemade card and a cuppa in bed. It would be nice to spend a harmonious day together without DH playing golf all day or the DC squabbling. One can dream.....I'd love to hang out with my Mum too but unfort she's not in the UK

Polyanthus · 27/03/2017 09:21

I'd spend it gardening with my lovely mum, that would be a perfect day for both of us.

Dh and the kids would be making tea for us, while we worked in the sunshine and then we'd all sit down together to eat cucumber sandwiches and lemon drizzle cake washed down with an enormous pot of tea (co-op red label tea bags of course and proper China cups and saucers for my mum - and the milk in a jug not carton!)

Sammyislost · 27/03/2017 11:03

After spending yesterday with a very poorly 4 year old, I now know I don't even want any gifts, or cards or flowers for Mother's Day, but for my children to be healthy so I can have time to smile with them, instead of heartache seeing them be unwell. Fingers crossed the antibiotics bring my little ones smiles back....SOON!

rupert23 · 27/03/2017 12:51

i like to have a relaxing day with my 5 children , maybe breakfast in bed and home made cards.

KavvLar · 27/03/2017 18:11

Nice lie in and a card from the kids and a sunshine walk - lovely.

Theimpossiblegirl · 27/03/2017 19:58

I took my mum on a tour of a whisky distillery followed by a lovely pub lunch in the Brecons. Perfect.