I’ve only had one mother’s day so far and I’m not sure I even remember it. With an 11 month old who still hadn’t accepted the awesomeness of sleep, I was in a daze. I only took one photo of the two of us that day:
I don’t even remember getting a card (to all the dads out there – the present is optional. The card is not.)
I do remember Sarge making pancakes for me and when the boys delivered them to me in bed, Thud grabbed them all off the plate and ate them. Happy Mother’s Day.
Now I’m gearing up for my second mother’s day and I’m expecting BIG THINGS. Bahaha… Ok, in all likelihood it will be very similar to most days, but if I could plan my perfect mother’s day, it would look like this:
- Everyone in the house would sleep soundly until 8am (this includes you Bella. Cats do not need breakfast at 3am). I would wake up feeling like I’ve slept for four days
- I would stay in bed and watch a bit of breakfast TV while the boys make me some pancakes
- I would be allowed to eat my pancakes
- I would roll out of bed at about 9am and I’d magically be freshly showered and dressed and look like a million bucks with zero effort or makeup
- The house would be as clean as it is just before guests come over
- I would have ZERO work to do. Not one thing on my to-do list
- We’d head out to a park where I’d lounge on a surprisingly comfortable park bench that had a foot rest and a massage function. It’d also have a cup holder for when the park’s cabana boy brought me cocktails while I watch Thud have the time of his life. He’d always stay where I can see him and no other child would try to beat him up. When we left, Thud would voluntarily leave with me and he’d choose to hold my hand and not lie down on the ground screaming so I have to drag him by the arm to the car
- When we got home, Thud would put himself down for his nap and I’d read a book. Ordinarily I’d wish for a little disco nap, but I wouldn’t need one because I slept SO well last night and am feeling WIDE AWAKE for the first time in forever. I’d have a cup of tea and some fluffy cake with lots of icing and I’d read something brilliant that’d make me feel smart again. And I wouldn’t feel at all guilty because the house would be spotless and I’d have no work to do
- When Thud woke up, we’d all go to the movies, as a family, for the very first time. My son, whose attention span is goldfish-like and will only watch TV for about 11 minutes at a time would sit still for two whole hours and he’d love every minute of whatever movie I want to watch. When we got back to the car, he’d happily sit in his car seat and would sing me songs all the way home that don’t include the lyrics mummymummymummymummymummy
- After the movie there’d be a solid hour of cuddles, kisses and snuggles. There’d be no squirming out of my vice-like grip
- At dinner time Thud would eat EVERYTHING placed in front of him and he’d ask for more. He’d eat those peas like they’re little green balls of heaven and he’d ask where all the broccoli is. Not one thing would be thrown on the floor and there wouldn’t be a single request for pasta
- Bath time would be all giggles and smiles and he’d leap for the toothbrush and brush his own teeth with a big smile on his face because it’s so.much.fun to prevent your teeth rotting out of your head. He’d enjoy it so much he’d ask to brush them again. He’d fall in love with dental hygiene (who wouldn’t!?) and will do it every morning and night forevermore without conniption fits (his) and black eyes (mine)
- Bedtime would be all cuddles and snuggles and he’d say “I love you Mummy” and would then lie down in his bed and go straight to sleep because sleep is awesome
- I’d then have a gorgeous dinner that I didn’t have to cook and fairies would put a spell on the kitchen that makes it eternally clean
- Then I’d sink into the couch and watch Game of Thrones
PERFECT DAY!!
So now it’s your turn! Tell me what your perfect day would look like (it doesn’t have to be a 15 point list, just tell me one thing that would make your day perfect) and you could win this gorgeous necklace from Miglio Jewellery valued at $228. Featuring a silver belcher chain (which can be worn short or long) and a removable pendant made with semi-precious Jade, green suede and Swarovski crystals.
Leave your comment below, or head to The Thud on Facebook to leave your comment there. The best answer wins. Good luck!!
The necklace is a gift from Miglio Jewellery and I’m a bit happy to say they’re giving me one too! And I didn’t need to enter or anything. PERKS! So yeah if you win, you and I will have matching necklaces. BFF style xx
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hmmmmm I’ve written this a few times now, its quite hard because of the mummy guilts that then set in on my theoretical perfect day! I cant even enjoy my imagination without feeling like I’m neglecting my family!
So here it is.
I want to sleep – and when I mean sleep – I want to be in a bed that does not involve; a snoring husband, a 4mth old breastfed bub that attaches himself or a dubious wet spot caused by baby vomit/pee that no matter how hard I try, always seems to end up on my side of the bed! I want to wake up in the morning without stiff muscles from holding myself in a weird position spooning my baby and I want to wake up warm instead of freezing because I push all the blankets down so they dont accidentally get pulled up over my baby.
I want my house to be clean – but I dont want to see someone cleaning it. I dont want to feel guilty that I’m not doing it. AND HELLS no I dont want a cleaner to come in and see how I let my house get during the week!
I want to hold my babies all day and them love it! Without my 5 year old getting bored and asking me to entertain him and play eye spy for the millionth time (seriously, I was stuck in the car for 20 minutes with him facing a brick wall and still had to play….the options were limited….there was brick…wall….cement…). Or without my baby inevitably getting fussy…or smelly….or hungry….or grumpy…Actually, if he could make those adorable happy sounds all day while he stares at me like I’m the greatest thing he’s ever laid his eyes on, that would great thanks.
I want to spend time as a family – but at a distance? of course I want to spend time with them…quiet time if thats possible? Can I just watch my boys having such a great time with their dad while I sip coffee and read my book??? and if they need something, my husband will be all over that!
I am terrible to buy for – I know this. So this year when my husband asked, I told him directly what I wanted. It came in a long list over the last couple of weeks – in the hope that he’ll decide on one thing. And it has to be accompanied with some adorable hand made card that my 5 year old has made me. And hand prints from my 4mth old.
Dinner as a family to end the night – easy and fun – obviously not cooked by me….and for this to be perfect – my husband will have to grow those super powers that will enable him to cook dinner as well as entertain both kids. Some delicious dessert obviously. Then my husband will put both kids to bed and my only role will be the best bits (cuddles and kisses and snuggles in bed – not the “yes you have to wear pants to bed” argument bits)…I’ll go to bed and the house will be recleaned without my knowledge to avoid all guilt.
And then if I wake up during the night – I’ll get to have those last kisses I always get when I sneak into the boys bedrooms late in the night.
Oh I totally get that Hannah! You feel awful for saying your perfect Mother’s Day would be somewhat child-free, but I think every single day is mother’s day and for one day a year you kind of want it to be just for YOU. The YOU you were before you had kids. Just for a fleeting moment, you’d like to be all about YOU and put yourself first. (with the added bonus of cuddles and kisses on demand)
And AMEN to not wanting to watch anyone else clean. Nothing worse than feeling guilty for relaxing! GAH!
Last mothers day my 3 yo came in and said “happy mother’s day but not to you” and ran off with my present, my baby vomited in my hair and my husband claimed it wasn’t really Mother’s day as we were in the wrong hemisphere. This year, I’m hoping for an uninterrupted phone call with my mum and un-rushed time with my boys. Have you ever read the kids book “Today we have no plans”? That’s what I want. And a hug, preferably not containing vomit or snot, but I’ll even be flexible on the snot
Bahahahahahaah!!!!! Here’s to a vomit free Mother’s Day for you this year Kate! xxxxx
My perfect Mothers Day is the one we have planned. A lie-in, some cuddles with the kids and school stall gifts, a buffet-breakfast-at-home (we know how to do a good one, my little darlings have been spoilt at a young age with travel and hotel breakfasts so replication happens!). Then if the weather permits we may have a simple picnic lunch out somewhere and a lazy afternoon! Hopefully my parents will join us for Buffet Breakfast – I’m so glad I have my Mum to share this day with!!
Mary, you are SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE. A good hotel buffet breakfast is the BEST thing about going on holidays. Whenever we went on holidays as kids, my parents would say “eat EVERYTHING at breakfast because you’re not getting lunch!” and we would gorge ourselves on the buffet. Lunch would be something like Vegemite on SAOs (which mum always brought from home…??) so it all had to last until dinner. I always feel like I have to try one of everything. Argh! I want a buffet breakfast right now!!
Hope your mother’s day is sensational xxx
My perfect Mothers day would be to be completely shocked! As in both boys sleep through and Farmer next to me doesn’t breathe like Darth Vadar and wake me up! Farmer then announces he remembers it’s Mothers Day and has a gift he and the boys chose (not his saving ass Mother). Farmer then cooks a lovely breakfast with the boys, announces he has THE WHOLE DAY OFF and we can get the water put onto our garden (we are currently on rainwater, need to hook up to mains for the garden). We spend a family day in the garden preparing, head off to Albany to a nursery and shop. Pick up Chinese for tea and join the rest of the family.
Not too much to ask now is it……. I might add no chance! It’s nearly seeding time for us and farmer is all types of stressed! So maybe a Star Wars marathon with my boys cosied up next to the fire will be just as good! Have a great mothers day gorgeous! xx
Argh, that sucks Jo! You never know, there could be a miracle and there could be a massive storm which will trap the Farmer in the house and he’ll be forced to spoil you all day long 😉 Have a great one honey xxx
I actually absolutely love the sound of your mother’s day…can I come over?
My true perfect mother’s day would be having my Mumma bear over here with me so that I could take her out for coffee with my little guy too. She is stuck in NZ until a little later in the month, and the hubby will still be out for work, so it will just be me and the little guy for my second mother’s day this year. Guess I better start making my own pancakes 😉
xxx
Oh bugger Krissy. Maybe you can just postpone Mother’s Day until your mum gets here? I won’t tell anyone. Just declare Mother’s Day has been moved this year and when your mum comes over you can both be spoilt with pancakes in bed.
Hope you have fun no matter what you do. It’s my second mother’s day too! Yay for us xxx
Such a funny post! Well done :).
But if we did have the perfect day….we would have nothing to complain about ;). Yes, we certainly do need some nice relaxing days every now and then, but we will just keep dreaming about them.
xo
Haha, it’s fun to dream Kelly! As long as we are all ok with the fact that it’s not going to happen. Oh well, I guess it wouldn’t be a real ‘Mother’s Day’ if we didn’t actually *have* to be mothers!
Have a good one Kelly xxxx
Perfect Mothers Day? Can I start with perfect Mothers Night? I would sink into a king size bed, premade with crisp gazillion-thread cotton sheets. The time is 9pm and I would fall instantly into a deep, restorative slumber – only to be woken by the sound of bacon sizzling at 8am on actual Mothers Day.
Upon waking, I would discover that overnight, my char-pei post-baby belly and windsock boobs had miraculously returned to their pre-stretched state, and my hair and makeup had been professionally done. I would emerge from the bedroom (resembling Gisele) and would eat my bacon – all 14 crispy slices of it, which is not only calorie free, but calorie burning.
The house is empty, except for the muffled sounds of a team of 17 cleaners who are discreetly deep cleaning my oven and scraping dried baby food from the floor.
The rest of the day is a haze of cocktails, a long lunch, a shopping spree where everything I buy is on sale and looks incredible (even the pleather jeggings), a deep tissue massage, a pedicure and approximately 165 unprompted compliments from strangers.
I return home to a landslide of kisses from my 2 year old boy and a letter from the bank to tell me they made a grave mistake and must refund all my bill payments for the previous 12 months.
You may wonder where my husband is – he’s nudging me with a cold foot in bed and telling me it’s time to get up… Wait…. What? Oh bollocks. It was all a dream!
Rosie, can I change my Mother’s Day to yours? I think it sounds perfect from start to finish (except for the dreaming part).
I totally laughed out loud for real at this one. Thank you so much.
I hope your day is a tiny bit as good as this one Rosie. You deserve it!! xxx
I’ll swap you Lauren – you can have my windsocks anytime! xx
Better some windsocks than nothing at all Rosie! At least I’d have something to put in my bra…
Perfect Mother’s Day to me would be to actually have 3 days. 1 day devoted to each of my kids to be able to attend their various activities for an entire day each without having to rush between them, missing some or all as I have too many places to be at once. So 1 day would consist of watching the smallest child compete on her horses. Day 2 is watching middle child at her dance comps & day 3 playing chess & watching master 13 do his Jnr stock judging at agricultural shows. All after a reasonable sleep in of course, in which I wake in my own time with no alarm, of electronic of living.
Bec, my absolute fantasy is to one day wake up simply because I’ve had enough sleep. Can you imagine? With no clocks and no to-do list nudging at my brain.
I hope you get to have a day that’s all about YOU as well as each of your kids. You are an amazing mum xxx
an early morning soccer game s usually my mothers day routine….
no better way to know that you’re a mum it would seem!!
so my perfect, but it’s totally not gunna happen, mother’s day would be….
a long, long sleep in and a warm cup of tea.
followed by a lovingly prepared toasted croissant…
now what more could a mum want?
oh that’s right, a day free of domestic duties, and a day full of offspring cheer…
I hope you are reading this husband dear!!??
Oh my god she rhymes!! What a star!!
Happy kids, no chores and a big sleep in seems to be every mother’s wish. I hope you get at least one of these things Veronica! xxxx
As a mother to a gorgeous fur baby, nothing would beat Autumn snuggles in bed and a morning at the beach with my loves. Sunshine, laughter and salt water is the best way to spend your day 🙂
Oh Ashlea, now you’re just rubbing it in. I’m in Canberra, so sun and surf will totally not be on my radar for this mother’s day – but now that you’ve mentioned it, it’s all I want!! Have a fabulous day with lots of cuddles and snuggles xxx
My perfect day, with no restrictions, would be the one where Mum was alive again and we’d have lunch at the RSL- Mother’s Day special roast! We’d shoot the breeze, drink Toohey’s Extra Dry and play the pokies, because that was what we did.
Obviously that’s not on the menu so I’ll settle for a sleep in, a foot rub and total control over netflix with refreshments provided. And then another foot rub.
Oh Amy, Mother’s Day must take a very sober turn when you lose your mum. I’m so sorry. It’s my first mother’s day without my Nan and my mum is not looking forward to it at all.
I hope you get twice as many cuddles as you deserve, as well as lots of foot rubs and a day of lounging and snacking in front of the TV. Sounds about perfect to me xxx
My perfect day would be 24 hours off! Thats it!
Xx
Shannon, you have no idea how many times I’ve said this lately. When do mums get any time off? WHEN!? Just a few hours to not be in charge or responsible or accountable. Wouldn’t that be nice? Never gonna happen is it?
I hope you have a beautiful day though. You deserve it!! xxxxx
Well as my husband has already informed me he has a bike race on Mother’s Day, I know there will be no breakfast in bed. To be honest, Mother’s Day is a tough day for me and my ideal (and hopefully the actual day) will involve participating in the Mother’s Day Classic (walking with the pram instead of running thanks to my lovely husband) then having a late breakfast with my boys and enjoying a quiet day at home where we can simply lie on the floor reading/watching movies (but most likely wrestling!) and playing together.
Lauren, I hope you have moments of joy and laughter with your two gorgeous boys and moments of peace to remember your two precious angels. I hope the good and happy moments outweigh the sad. Have a lovely Mother’s Day sweetheart xxxx
That is quite the day Loz! Sounds totally achievable. Get sarge and thud onto that immediately!
Apparently having a child in-utero does not count for Mother’s Day so I have to wait until next year for my first Mother’s Day, but bubba will be here in time for Father’s Day this year so I have to make an effort for stu within a week or so of birthing said child. Not cool!
My perfect day right now is one where I get to sleep on my stomach, the nursery is fully furnished without me having to get anymore stuff for the room or the baby, I can eat all the foods I’m craving and will be satisfied by the food (instead of immediately craving something completely different!!) and I can have a glass of wine without it entering the blood stream of my little womb resident. Lofty goals!
I gave birth not long after Mother’s Day 2013 and was hugely pissed off I didn’t get any recognition. Hello? I am literally giving my whole body to my child, is that not enough to qualify!?
Not too much longer before you can do all those things!! Hope you have a lovely day all the same xxx
Hmm. ….The perfect mother’s day! I have 3 children and I have never had one. My husband says he doesn’t believe in it and doesn’t want to encourage the children to celebrate it so when it comes around I feel extra sad that I’m not appreciated ( especially from the hubby).so my perfect mother’s day would be to acknowledged all that I do. Say thank you for breakfast lunch and dinner and love the clothes I have dressed the kids in. I would love my kids to listen to me STRAIGHT AWAY and for my baby to have at least an hour nap when I want her too…..too much time wish for it’s hard to express.
You’re the winner Maisa!!!!!! I really want you to have a Mother’s Day. Because you deserve so much recognition. You have three kids and you do everything for them. You deserve thanks and gratitude EVERY day, but if it can only be for one day, then you deserve a very special Mother’s Day, even if your husband doesn’t agree.
Can’t wait to send out your prize xxxx
Me. Bed. Brand new fancy pjs. Whole day uninterrupted except by coffee, croissants and cheesecake. Laptop. Endless wifi. The end.
Bec, you’ve got it down pat. What more could you want in life! Hoping your day is just this simple and perfect xxxx
My perfect Mothers day would be;
* Perfect weather so I would go for a long bike ride with my 16 year old instead of chatting about how awesome he is we could chat about what a great Mother I am.
* I would come home to my younger two boys who would throw their arms around me and adorn me with gifts (not the $2 ones they buy from school) but plants and pots and all things gardening!
* We would then all go out for a picnic lunch at a beautiful open garden and their father would not be doing overtime or a scheduled shift.
* ALL the boys would not fight at all for the entire day they would say nice kind things to each other and offer to wash the dishes (yes no dishwasher – hard to believe I know).
* They would then offer to fold a 6 loads of washing I always have drying over the weekend bring the wood in and give the house a tide up (usually its their shit everywhere anyway).
* Then we would share a really nice meal that they all actually like that is health and tasty! At home as I think even in a competition its pushing it to imagine my middle son can manage to be polite after 6pm.
If I got all that I would be a very contented Mum. 🙂
* Then they would go to bed and the little one would not come down the stairs 6 times to ask for various items so I could chat to my hubby alone!
* Even better perhaps someone would offer to take them all for the entire night so hubby and I could have our first ever night alone since 1999!
Oh Sue, that sounds like a brilliant day! I think so many mums would just like one day when it could be all about them and how wonderful they are instead of having to put everyone else first.
I really hope your boys are on their best behaviour and they let you know how fabulous you are. Lots and lots of love to you xxxx
Last Mother’s Day I was in a haze of post natal depression. I viewed the day through the looking glass of horror that is PND. I loved my son. I loved my husband. But in a distant and foggy way. They were in the world. I was ….. next to them?!? It’s hard to explain but I wasn’t really there.
The day was ok. My husband really tried. We went out for the Mother’s Day classic walk. I smiled. I did enjoy it. But in a not really me way.
Thanks to good help- PANDSI, you ROCK, time and the wonders of medication I’m me again!
And this Mother’s Day all I want is to be with my baby and my husband and be happy. I’m Ok with whatever crazy wake up time we get. I’m ok with food being tossed about. I’m ok with tantrums because although I’ll let him play in the dirt I do draw the lie at eating worms. All I want is to be on THIS side of the looking glass, back in a mind that works like it should, connected to and part of my family as I couldn’t be when I wasnt well. And the awesome thing is that …… I get that!
This Mother’s Day I get everything I could possibly want because I get to be a happy, healthy, post PND mum with a beautiful son I love and treasure.
I so want you to win this competition. PND is a cruel and relentless illness. Have the very, very best Mother’s Day ever.
Oh Louise, you are an absolute star. I couldn’t be happier that this Mother’s Day is going to be a joyful one for you. PND is insidious and horrible and I can’t even imagine how that impacted on your experience of becoming a mother.
I’m so thrilled you made it to the other side. I wish I had more prizes to give away but it sounds like you’re already a winner! I’ll be thinking of you this Sunday. I hope your day is filled with laughter and cuddles and lots and lots of love.
Lauren xxxxx