Mothers day - present?

[design_mom]

Yes. DH got me a necklace. I don't think it was expensive, but I like it.

DD8 made me a card with homemade "coupons." DS12 made me a homemade basketball rule book (his new favorite sport which I know nothing about) and worked his tail off helping me do yard work yesterday (much appreciated).

We ordered Chinese food and watched a cheesy Hallmark-channel movie that we'd DVRed earlier.

It was a very good, low-key day with thoughtful gifts... The best kind.

 

[dislaney]

My kids are old enough to buy gifts on their own, but my husband still buys a gift for me. This year the card and gift was actually really cute and from the dog!

 

[2012DisneyWorldBride]

I got my mom the Mother / Daughter heart pandora charm for her bracelet, a mom balloon, and a cake for dessert.

 

[ceemys]

I got a day of no arguing between my kids.

 

[luvgoing2disney]

All I gave my wife was a card.

But....before I get flamed we had discussed getting it and decided to wait and get her something nice at Disney next week. No way would I not have something or plans of a gift for the love of my life!!!! And our son DID give her a gift today

 

[Wendy31]

Yes, DH has always gotten me something for Mother's Day - a card & some kind of gift or two. For the past few years, I've gotten something for our yard (which is fine w/ me!), but I've also gotten other things like jewelry previously too.

This year, I got 5 Plumbago plants for our front yard, some flamingo pink petunias for my window boxes, & a stepping stone w/ our younger DS's handprint & footprint for our flower garden. (The Plumbago plants are the blue flowering plants you see all over Disney World, so I was thrilled! Now, when I look out my living room window, I see a piece of Disney World!)

Oh, he also grilled dinner for us this weekend. Today, we had lunch w/ my mom, but he made dinner for us once we got home from visiting my mom & his mom.

Right now, while the kids are younger, their gift is usually combined w/ DH's gift, although I usually get a separate card from the kids & then 1 or 2 cards from DH.

However, I know, when the kids are old enough to purchase their own gifts, I'll still get something from DH as well. I'm his wife & the mother of his children. Why wouldn't I?

I give DH something for Father's Day also, of course, & plan to always give him something for Father's Day.

Like another PP said about her DH, my DH is the father of my children, &, after our DD was born, he became the most important father in the world to me! I will always love my Daddy & he will always be special to me, but DH is now my favorite father!

My Dad still gets my mom a gift on Mother's Day - today, she got a Kindle Fire from him. And my father-in-law still gets my mother-in-law a gift - today, she got tomato plants.

I've never told DH that I expect anything from him; he's just always given me something & tried to make Mother's Day special for me. I think I would be hurt if he didn't acknowledge me - the same way I would feel incredibly bad if I didn't do anything for him on Father's Day.

(Oh, & I purchased the Mother's Day gifts & cards for both of our mothers & signed the cards! LOL!)

 

[bas71873]

No. I'm not HIS mother so why would he? I don't get that, but to each his own (I also don't understand "push" gifts, but that's a whole other topic).

We were at MIL's yesterday and FIL gave MIL a gift and so did my nephew? It's not grandmother's day (there's a day for that in September). I've noticed over the last few holidays that the gift giving is just getting (or expected) to be big and I'm sorta over "stuff" KWIM?

Now, DH did help DD make a beautiful bouquet of red, duct tape roses for me. They are gorgeous and so much better than the real thing cause they won't die (he knows I can't stand to waste money on flowers). DD also make me a nice card and they took me out to breakfast. And before we went to the in-laws house we stopped at the outlets so I could hit the Nike store and get a new pair of sneakers for the gym.

 

[wdwmom0f3]

I got a day of no arguing between my kids.

That is priceless! I had much rather the kids get along than get any kind of gift from them or my husband.

We normally dont do gifts for each other. We normally just take a little weekend get away trip somewhere close by, and we are going on one in a couple of weeks when the kids are out of school.

This year my husband did give me the OK to book a trip to Disney for Christmas, and I booked it this morning. It's so far away that I wont be thinking of mothers day! It's more of a mothers day, anniversary, Christmas & birthday in one.

 

[SC Minnie]

Dh got me something until DD was old enough to make or get me something on her own.