Oh, yes, one day with each of my dc as babies or toddlers, would be heaven....I'd bottle their baby smell and hold them all day.

But, since that's not going to happen, I'll take breakfast made for me, the uninterrupted time browsing for books, lunch OUT, nice quiet drive to the mountains/beach/wherever, lots of picks, no school, lots of coffee, ice cream, favorite snacks, chapter in the 2 books I'm reading for myself, smiling kids, no cleaning, dinner OUT (or made by dh), and handmade cards by the kids.

Now that's not asking too much, right??

Well, my kids already got me one thing that I wanted, we got in on the Amazon deal of the day and got me a refurbished Kindle Fire!  I know they got me a few other things, but I don't know what they are.  They also plan to let me sleep in on Sunday and make me breakfast in bed.  My prayer though is that my Dh would think of me and get me something.

Dh asked me and I said that I just want a day without distractions to be with the family.  So, our plan is to come home from church and just enjoy the day.  No phone calls (hopefully - dh is a pastor), no e-mails, no meetings, etc.  I think we will read books, play games, and maybe watch a movie together.

Delicious food that I don't have to cook or clean up after, an Amazon gift card (for books, of course), and an entire, sunshiny afternoon to read while sipping coffee and eating pastries at a sidewalk cafe. =)

And thanks for the reminder to savor these days with littles Booksworm...I think sometimes those of us in the thick of forget that they will grow up all too quickly...

Jen

Congratulations, Ruth!  =)

A yummy dinner cooked and cleaned up by someone besides me. =)  A chance to play a real game that does not envolve cherries, a spinner, or colors and cards. A fantastic book I could read and ignore everyone without the guilty feeling of indulging myself too much at the expense of the family.  lol

Another day when they were all little, to really savor and remember before they start leaving in September . . .

For Mother's Day I would love for our savings account to miraculously have the exact amount in it that we need for the vasectomy reversal we are saving up for.

But, since that's impossible, I'd also take a whole, uninterrupted day in my local used bookstore! There are some gems in there but I never get time to dig. :)

Sleep!!  We brought home our third child (2nd girl) two weeks ago. 

Simple Home it was a huge hail storm about just about a week ago, our neighborhood took a lot of damage from the tennis ball size hail...mostly siding with big holes it in, shingles on the roof and car dings....we were fortunate no windows were broken, some people did have that...I have never seen hail like that before - it was frightening - 2-3 inch hail pounding down for about an hour - fortunately though the siren went off there was no tornado. Anyway, I wish you all a great Mother's Day and I hope you all receive something to give you pleasure.

You guys are great! I have to laugh at the - book store without anyone asking are you done yet!! That's me in a heart beat.. My kids always say "mom hates shopping but get her in a book store and it's a lost cause".

Great ideas ladies. I wish I could give you each what you want. But now we'll all just wait and see what our dh's come up with. HMMMMMMmmmmm

Blessings and peace for Mother's Day!

Oh, I forgot the expensive cup of wonderfully fresh-roasted coffee with a couple of caramel flavor shots and cream....real cream....or at least half-and-half (no skim milk today!) to sip while reading the Amish fiction as I gaze upon the Rocky River.

I would love for Extreme Makeover Home Edition to choose my house to demo & rebuild....oh, wait....can't do that because, 1) it's my dad's house, not mine, so he'd kill me, and 2) you really shouldn't do that to a century home, right?  Okay, so how about a maid and a handyman arrive at 7 a.m., I leave the house, when I come back at 10 p.m. the entire house is clean & neat with no holes in the walls and no messed up flooring in the bathroom and the walls/ceilings are all painted (after the 46-year old wallpaper has been properly removed) and I'm both thrilled and in shock?

Seriously, I would love perfect weather (75 degrees F, partly cloudy, wind SW at 5 mph, chance of precipitation 20%), a half hour walk alone in the Metroparks, then an hour to read a book (Amish fiction....it's Mother's Day, so I don't have to read school books or anything heavy!) while overlooking the Rocky River, followed by dinner out anywhere but fast food or pizza with my kids, followed by a dvd (kids' movie of my choice) at home, during which we eat no-sugar-added ice cream with sugar-free hot fudge sauce.  Maybe I'll even splurge on bananas and whipped cream.

And there's more.....Next, the kids all go to bed promptly at 9:30 p.m. and immediately fall asleep, I spend 30 minutes playing around on the computer (again, nothing heavy like researching websites suggested by SCM members....sorry, but again, it's Mother's Day!), then I snuggle up in my bed to finish a chapter of that Amish fiction I was reading.

*Sigh*  Almost perfect!

I loved reading all of these ideas! We recently brought home a waiting child from Ethiopia, so my heart is there, too, BUT I'd LOVE a pair of orange Converse, if I'm being honest. Happy Mama's Day ladies! God Bless you. xo

Linda, sorry about your house. Was this a recent storm? We had a bad storm two nights ago, but it passed quickly thankfully!

For mothers day, I'd love to wake up to quiet coffee and reading, shopping, a massage, more coffee in the afternoon with a piece of dark chocolate dessert, then a lovely gourmet dinner date with hubby. Then come home to our sweet kids.

Maybe I'll get one of those mentioned! :) One year my hubby did send me on a getaway night. Very nice indeed!

Happy Mothers Day everyone!

Oh, I'm with the little blessing from China idea. :-) I was looking at Rainbow Kids tonight, at a wonderful video put together about waiting children (three of ours are in the background), and my Littlest looked over my shoulder and asked if we couldn't "get" another child. Tonight. Smile.