Mother's Day

staceyw37
staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
edited September 2024 in Chit-Chat
Any ideas for what to send to both mil's?? They have everything so something consumable is best. Obviously flowers would work.

Any other ideas?? Post soon so I can order something! :happy:
Thank you!

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  • staceyw37
    staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
    Any ideas for what to send to both mil's?? They have everything so something consumable is best. Obviously flowers would work.

    Any other ideas?? Post soon so I can order something! :happy:
    Thank you!
  • mdb120776
    mdb120776 Posts: 34 Member
    If you have children think about making a scrapbook for her.
    Start off w/ pics of her child
    him growing up
    you guys meeting and the marriage
    kids being born and so on.
    I did this once and she was so touched that it brought tears.
    Good luck!
  • csingleton24
    csingleton24 Posts: 235 Member
    I'm making some yummy low fat muffins and putting it in a basket with a cute mug and some flavored teas. I also bought a flowered blank card and wrote my own Mother's Day greeting. I think anything homemade is special.
  • mszSHOGAN
    mszSHOGAN Posts: 2,277 Member
    I'm making some yummy low fat muffins and putting it in a basket with a cute mug and some flavored teas. I also bought a flowered blank card and wrote my own Mother's Day greeting. I think anything homemade is special.

    I agree that personal is best...tailor it to her individual likes/interests
  • molsongirl
    molsongirl Posts: 1,373 Member
    I put a stamp on a card, she'll be lucky if I actually mail it to her, the hag.
  • czewwhat
    czewwhat Posts: 8,715
    I put a stamp on a card, she'll be lucky if I actually mail it to her, the hag.

    you are so funny:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • TROUBLE2
    TROUBLE2 Posts: 6,660
    I sent her a bouquet with some Stargazer lillies (her favorite) to her work.. she loves that kinda thing and since my bro is in college I made sure to have em attach his name to it... being strapped for cash and all!
  • czewwhat
    czewwhat Posts: 8,715
    Special recognition for Molsongirl, for mothers day:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
  • molsongirl
    molsongirl Posts: 1,373 Member
    Special recognition for Molsongirl, for mothers day:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    That is seriously sweet....:blushing: , my brood better do something nice...no flowers, no chocolate, but something with real meaning, like cleaning the toilets, or changing the kitty litter without having to be asked, maybe even run me a bath and NOT come knocking on the door.....A mother can dream!:laugh:
  • 9726172000
    9726172000 Posts: 428
    If you have children, you can have them put there painted hand prints all over a plain colored shirt and then paint their names under their handprints. Or what about sending a edible arrangment (these are so neat that they use different fruits for the arrangment. Here is the web address in case you would like to look
    http://www.ediblearrangements.com/
  • molsongirl
    molsongirl Posts: 1,373 Member
    If you have children, you can have them put there painted hand prints all over a plain colored shirt and then paint their names under their handprints. Or what about sending a edible arrangment (these are so neat that they use different fruits for the arrangment. Here is the web address in case you would like to look
    http://www.ediblearrangements.com/

    A spin off of the hand print idea, my kids started this a long time ago. We have a wall of fame, it's a piece of cloth, muslin, the size of the wall in our rec room, each child has "printed" their hand in paint and put it on the cloth, sign their name on the bottom of the palm with the year and on the inside with one word that immediately comes to their mind when they think of me or hubby, we do it for fathers day as well...just an idea, it would work on a big piece of paper that you frame and each year they add to it, a really cool keepsake and something that lets you see how big the kids have grown. We have sooo many kids, we need the whole bloody wall! :laugh:
  • pettmybunny
    pettmybunny Posts: 1,986 Member
    If you have children, you can have them put there painted hand prints all over a plain colored shirt and then paint their names under their handprints. Or what about sending a edible arrangment (these are so neat that they use different fruits for the arrangment. Here is the web address in case you would like to look
    http://www.ediblearrangements.com/

    I did sweatshirts like this with my son, he was maybe 3 or so. We gave them to both Grandmas, one great Grandma, and made one for me. He's 15 now, and I have 3 of the sweatshirts (two of the ladies have passed). I still love wearing them around... and pointing out to people how much he's grown. He just wishes they'd fall apart already!

    Edit* Another variation is with foot prints on the back of the shirt as well... I guess footprints would work on the front too...
  • staceyw37
    staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
    thank you for the good ideas.
    for one who likes to be out in her courtyard/garden a lot (and now even more w/her new kitty cat), i ordered a garden fairy with buttlerflies that light at night (solar powered). the girls gave it a thumbs up!

    now i need to see about the other--i like the handmade idea--so will think on that. the other option is food, but will need to be ordered online as we don't live near one another.

    fortunately for me, i love both my mil's so i don't dread getting/finding gifts for them.

    (as for my own mother...well that's a whole other ball of wax)

    thanks again!
  • TROUBLE2
    TROUBLE2 Posts: 6,660
    A spin off of the hand print idea, my kids started this a long time ago. We have a wall of fame, it's a piece of cloth, muslin, the size of the wall in our rec room, each child has "printed" their hand in paint and put it on the cloth, sign their name on the bottom of the palm with the year and on the inside with one word that immediately comes to their mind when they think of me or hubby, we do it for fathers day as well...just an idea, it would work on a big piece of paper that you frame and each year they add to it, a really cool keepsake and something that lets you see how big the kids have grown. We have sooo many kids, we need the whole bloody wall! :laugh:

    Molson, THAT is a killer idea!!! WOW aweosme I am gonna let my Cousin know this for her kids, that is a really neat idea, THANKS!!!

    Extra :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: for you for mothers day!
  • czewwhat
    czewwhat Posts: 8,715
    If you have lost a mother like me remember her flowers too!
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