Mother’s Day Memories…
Hey kids, it’s almost Mother’s Day, that day where mums
of little kids everywhere pretend that what they love
most in the world is a teabag stuck to a piece of
scribbled on paper. Or each of their fingernails painted
a different colour. Except guess what kids? I wasn’t
pretending, it was totally gorgeous and I wore my
multicoloured fingernails for a week. Pretty sure I didn’t
make the tea since I saw the making of the tea card, the
dropping of the teabag, and the ‘squashing it on
really well’ with preschoolers hands.
My brother and I grew up not buying actual presents on
Mother’s Day but one year my brother and I begged mum
for some money to get her something extra special. We
shopped separately, wrapped our gifts secretly, handed
them over with pride. We both managed to buy exactly the
same thing from the local corner shop! We both bought a
box of jelly jubes that looked like slices of fruit.
There must have been something about them to
outweigh the desire to get her a good old family block
of Cadbury. All I can say is, they looked really good in their
shiny black box, all glittery with sugar and obviously delicious.
About 20 years later I mentioned it to mum and she said
“You know what? I hate those things”. She did a lovely
job of hiding it, as we never guessed. Imagine her joy at
opening the second present to find it was exactly the same thing!
She was clever, because she wasn’t “over the top enthusiastic”
I think there might have been an “Oh loook, would you like one?”
A bigger show would have led to her getting a box of them
every year, forever. That woman has smarts.
Now we cook a breakfast or dinner and generally just hang
out and have a nice time. I’ll make her a cup of tea - my kids
have learned how to make scones - how perfect is that?
Maybe we’ll crack open the nail polish collection, you know,
for old times sake.
Whatever you do, however you celebrate it,
I hope you have a lovely time with your mum this Mother’s Day.
Now, cup of tea anyone?
{designer of absolutely hiLARious cards, magnets & badges}
for sharing her very special Mother's Day memories!
