Submitted by FreddiesDaddy on May 9, 2008 - 7:57pm.
Good question. Mother's day has been a bit of an issue around here, since we're not sure what do do about our own mothers now that my wife IS a mother. The current plans are that my wife is going to brunch with her mother and then we're going to dinner with my parents, and even though both parents have offered to treat, my wife feels that it should be HER day to spend how she wants and not have to spend it with other people. So I've promised her that next year it'll just be the 3 of us and we won't have to see anyone else... but I don't know how our moms will react to being left out. (We're both the first in our families to have kids so there's no precedent on either side.) What does everyone else do?
As far as gifts... our moms are both into gardening so we've gotten them potted plants. For my wife, I got her some nice roses and a couple of small gifts, and then we agreed that since we both want a swing for our deck, we're getting it for each other as a combined mother's day/father's day gift.
Mother's Day
Good question. Mother's day has been a bit of an issue around here, since we're not sure what do do about our own mothers now that my wife IS a mother. The current plans are that my wife is going to brunch with her mother and then we're going to dinner with my parents, and even though both parents have offered to treat, my wife feels that it should be HER day to spend how she wants and not have to spend it with other people. So I've promised her that next year it'll just be the 3 of us and we won't have to see anyone else... but I don't know how our moms will react to being left out. (We're both the first in our families to have kids so there's no precedent on either side.) What does everyone else do?
As far as gifts... our moms are both into gardening so we've gotten them potted plants. For my wife, I got her some nice roses and a couple of small gifts, and then we agreed that since we both want a swing for our deck, we're getting it for each other as a combined mother's day/father's day gift.