Mother’s Day is next weekend. If you have a mother that you need to honor and haven’t given it a thought, you’d better get on the ball. If you are a mother - you need to make the most of your Mother’s Day and institute in your house not Mother’s Day, but Mother’s Day WEEKEND.
It’s the least they can do. For years I was able to use the, “I gave birth to you and they had to cut me open to get you out because you were so big!” guilt trip to get my son to be my little slave all year round. That doesn’t work so much any longer. He’s gotten older, smarter (well, he is a teenager after all so he THINKS he’s smarter….). So he now has the comeback, “I didn’t ask to be born!”. He does have a point.
So in recent years I’ve had to pull a Mother’s Day Weekend. This is how it works. You start on the Friday before. “Hey guys? What’s for dinner? It is Mother’s Day Weekend after all. Can you just make me a cosmo while I sit and watch you cook?”. Oh wait, hang on a minute…..I do that all year round since I hate to cook and they are better at it then me.
Well, it is useful when there are things that really need to be done around the house and yard. Although the problem this year about mowing the yard may have been solved because we got an electric, cordless mower last weekend.
Our old mower, that possibly could have created the hole in the ozone due to the smoke that would come out of it when we mowed, finally died. Shane and Dylan were quite excited to go to Home Depot to get another (I’m really not sure how hard Shane tried to fix it as I ended up giving it away and got an email from the person I gave it to that said, “thanks for the mower, it works great!”).
Anyway, I was not about to let them lose in the store on their own so I went along. Our environmentally inclined son suggested the electric, cordless. I’ll admit it is kind of cool and now everyone wants to mow.
Back to Mother’s Day. You really need to make good use of that Saturday before - see what you can get them to do while you walk around with a drink in your hand and bark orders. For example, I’m eying our dirty windows. If they refuse, give a sad, disappointed face and say, “Oh you are right, Mother’s Day is only one day of the year. What was I thinking asking for just a little more. I forgot - it’s KID’S DAY that is every day!”.
Didn’t you HATE it when you were a kid and on Mother’s Day when you would smart off and say to your mom, “Well, when is it ever Kid’s Day!?” she would always say, “What are you talking about! EVERY day is Kid’s Day! Now get to work!”. It’s great once the tables are turned.
If you are like me, you are lucky enough to be taken out to brunch on Mother’s Day. (Shane, if you are reading this, hint hint - places are filling up quickly). I will say I do really enjoy that. Rather have that then gifts. Although this year I am getting a gift - I’m getting another tattoo the Monday after.
So ladies - make the most of your Mother’s Day! Tell your family that you saw online that Mother’s Day is now Mother’s Day Weekend. And let’s face it. Everything you read on the internet is the truth! Now go out and plan your weekend.
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