Guest Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I saw an ad earlier suggesting our mothers might like a Nintendo DS for Mother's Day! Well, my mum and MIL are getting some home made lemon curd, pineapple jam and all butter shortbread in various Ikea jars, about £90 less than a DS! shortbread in these http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00100410 jam and curd in these http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40064702 packed in an Ikea Lingo box http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30094851 what's everyone else getting/making for their mothers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I like to stick to a more traditional Mothering Sunday. (more traditional than a Nintendo - not Poet's choice!) I don't usually see my Mother on this day but this year she will be staying with my sister and so I've bought her a winter jasmine plant to take home with her - I hope it grows near the sea? I've trained my two to buy potted daffodils each year, miniature ones, and I plant them out in the garden. Now that we've moved, I need to start again - I'm looking forward to seeing the latest daffodils growing in the lawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I ordered my mum a rose in a pot ,so it could be planted out after, from T&M but they've now e-mailed to say stocks have run out, so it's back to the drawing board for me. Great ideas Poet. My mum would definitely NOT want a Nintendo DS. She won't even have a mobile phone for emergencies because she says she wouldn't be able to work it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Absolutely nothing. I may send her an email. I'm not organised enough, if I had been I would have sorted something a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I've bought a long stick thing for changing light bulbs without climbing up on a stool. My mother has balance trouble and spinal trouble and has to use crutches all the time, so I worry when she tells me she's climbed up onto a stool to change a light bulb. As a late birthday present, my brothers and I have bought a Roomba vacuum cleaner. I hope she likes it - if not, I do!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 A card and a not-bought-yet bunch of flowers. I'll pop in on Sunday to see her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I've bought a long stick thing for changing light bulbs without climbing up on a stool. My mother has balance trouble and spinal trouble and has to use crutches all the time, so I worry when she tells me she's climbed up onto a stool to change a light bulb. As a late birthday present, my brothers and I have bought a Roomba vacuum cleaner. I hope she likes it - if not, I do!! I could do with one of those light bulb thingys myself....I don't do heights I fee giddy if I have two pairs of socks on. Is there a link to it Ginette? She will love the Rooma....fab idea. .....and as you say, if she is not keen........well you will have to make the ultimate sacrifice and take it off her hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Just a card here. Both my Mum and I see it as just another ploy to try and get us to spend money. It's much nicer to buy her a surprise pressie some other time with a card saying "Happy Wednesday" or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I've got my mum a red Camelia and terracota pot so they can have it on their patio. I actually don't normally do Mothers Day - I much prefer to buy odd things spontaniously throughout the year, I also do that with my sisters - a kind of 'saw that and thought of you' as opposed to birthday presents that are often not on time because we don't live near each other. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Egluntine, here's the link: http://www.expertverdict.com/ProductDetails.aspx?language=en-GB&product=1124297 It comes in 3 sizes. I don't celebrate Mother's Day. For us it is definitely Mothering Sunday and linked to the church tradition which was much more about the mother church (cathedral). In times gone by, people gave their servants a day off so that they could go home to see their mothers. Some were given a cake to take too. Mothering Sunday is half way through Lent and so is conveniently a good time for a day off. Simnel cakes are traditional on Mothering Sunday too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Thanks Ginette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 My family is from Belgium, and they all live there, and mother's day there is in May... so UK mother's day is my own day, not my mum's day ... I wouldn't think of making a big fuss, but at the same time I always run after everything and everyone providing everything and re-arranging everything to make someone happy, and DH is never around on my birthday as he works abroad, so mother's day is my day when I decide I have to do nothing and let everyone else make breakfast and so on, and take me to my favourite place for lunch (a turkish mezze bar)... As presents, I know the girls normally make a pretty card at school (they never do anything for father's day though at school, I never understand why), and DH panicks on the Saturday about not having organised anything yet for his mum, and not having helped the girls get anything for me... I'm happy with the girls homemade cards, they're sweet... this year though, I decided to treat myself, so ordered my own gift... a while ago I got this really nice 'changing bag' with a picture of myself and my (then baby) youngest daughter, and I loved it... so I ordered a new, smaller bag that I can take with me on nights out or little outings when a bigger nappy bag is not needed, with pics of my four girls on both sides... I thought it'd be a lovely mother's day gift, and the girls will love seeing their pictures on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I know the girls normally make a pretty card at school (they never do anything for father's day though at school, I never understand why), Mothering Sunday is a very long-standing Christian tradition. Father's Day is relatively new (late 20th century) and has no religious origin. That's why. It takes a long time for traditional ideas to change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 At the toddler group I go to they did the boys hand prints on nice sheets with a poem about holding hands, they laminated them and gave them back to us yesterday for mothers day. I have got my mum a card, chocs and a lilly of the vally plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Mothering Sunday is a very long-standing Christian tradition. Father's Day is relatively new (late 20th century) and has no religious origin. That's why. It takes a long time for traditional ideas to change![/color] Oh I see... I grew up doing things at school for both mother and father's day, so always found it a little confusing when my own girls didn't... I was only thinking of the apparent 'fairness' of it, rather than the history... I wonder if that's what the school would answer too... might have to ask and see what their reply is Thanks Ginette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I would guess that younger teachers wouldn't have any idea why schools only do things for Mothers. It's just what schools have always done and no-one has challenged it or thought about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Oh lummy, this is going to sound bad, but I bought my mum a set of E-cloths! She was helping me clean my house last weekend in Huddersfield (I have a house I rent out and the tenant has now moved out and kindly forgot to clean before she closed the door) and she kept going on and on about how marvellous my cloths were - they were E-cloths - she said she'd like a pack for her birthday in April (mum likes cleaning, unlike me!) so I bought her a bumper pack of different coloured ones for Mother's Day instead. Mum and dad are coming down today for the weekend so I'll cook her some nice meals and pamper her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Diane, that doesn't sound so bad... I like my e-cloths too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I gave my mother some last year - after pinning her and my brother to the kitchen wall and demonstrating how good they are!! She'll be pleased and it doesn't sound bad at all! Do you rent to students in Huddersfield? My DD1 is in her first year there and looking for a house for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 sorry but whats an Ecloth??? Is it another must have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 sorry but whats an Ecloth??? Is it another must have? Oh yes it is.... I get mine from lakeland... they are really good, and don't require the use of chemicals, just water... you can get different ones for different jobs (windows and so on)... I think it stands for 'eco-cloth' (please anyone correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't actually checked that!!)... tough from the name of it, it sounds like an electronic cleaning thing doesn't it? I mean like e-mail, e-cloth... wouldn't it be nice if the cleaning got done by typing on the computer?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Very boring and traditional here, my mum will be getting flowers and a card and she's coming to Sunday lunch, Mother-in-law is getting a phormium planted in a big pot as I happened to overhear her saying how much she loved the one over the road and wouldn't it be nice to put one at the corner of her front garden. I had to buy mil's card too although I refuse to sign it on behalf of OH I was in the garden centre yesterday and of course they're full of Easter things, so that means eggs and ......CHICKENS! So bought myself a groovy egg cup in blue painted tin with spindly legs and fab pink flip-flops on it's feet! The children are going to get me that - £1.25 well spent! They had a rather fab china egg dish and a very nice blackboard for the kitchen bordered with chooks, but we're broke and I know I'm getting cards and that's what I really like. OH buys cards, the kids ignore them and make me their own - they're much better. Smallest boy has already done his first ever one at playschool - I'll treasure it forever as he's having a hard time, only his second session and he's sobbed his heart out when I picked him up both time, so relieved to see me and that he hadn't just been left. Nearly broke my heart. OH has promised to finish my chicken run this weekend as my "present" Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucky1 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I have bought my mum a 'mug' with my two little girls faces on. Sssaaaaad! - I am obviously going soft in my old age. I have requested a 'glow-bear' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 hubby and I usually buy summer flowering bulbs for our mothers, they are easy to post and don't put money in the pockets of people trying to exploit the day for financial gain and they will give colour for a long time. My son made me a lovely card once at playgroup and he put it in a safe place only to be very upset when Sunday came because he couldn't find it it turned up 2 years later in the filing cabinet where we keep all our home paperwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 My mother always says 'don't buy me anything, I don't need it', which is right, so she gets a card and a phone call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...