A week from today will be Mother’s Day. What to get her? What does she like? Is mom a crafty girl or is she a reader? What’s the budget? Do you have a menu plan? How about activities?
As a mom, here’s the things I always enjoyed on this day. Make me lunch. Or clean up after I cook. Take some chores off of my plate. Wipe the bathroom down and pick up clothes. We don’t expect you to do things the way we do. Actually, we don’t want our small children using chemical cleaners.
Budget! This is a harder conversation than which one gets fixed so there’s no more children. Have a set budget and don’t go a penny over. We understand the family budget may be tight. Don’t use credit cards. Use Pinterest instead for ideas. Take advantage of Walmart craft or reading section. Amazon has some items on sale for mom. But to be honest, we’d rather have quality time with our family.
Activities! Quality time brings me to activities. What us mom’s favorite movie? Plan a menu around it. If her favorite movie is say, Dr. Zhivago, than have the menu set to this time. Chances are you probably already have everything you need to make lunch or dinner. Schedule her a soak time. Make mom tea and let her have time in the tub to soak uninterrupted.
Queen For A Day! Here is something you could do for mom. Do things for mom on this day to make her feel like a Queen. Make sure she’s comfortable. Have her breakfast ready, along with with lunch and dinner. Plan this day starting this week. Even if dad isn’t much of a cook, help her do meal prep rather is a dump and go meal for a crockpot or casserole. Help her put it together with the recipe so dad can help operate the oven of load everything in the crockpot. This way even thoughshe did the main cooking and assembly she isn’t cooking on that day.
Those are some ideas you can do on a tight budget.
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