Happy Mothers Day!

 

We don't tend to think of this to often; if we did we'd be guilted into cleaning the house everyday and cooking the dinner, but a mum is one of the most extraordinary specimens of the universe. They put up with our pee stained beds and endless pamper diapers from day 1, and from then on it just gets harder. Hormones kick in, we start wanting more and... lets face it, we all eat a lot more than we did on day 1!

So this one day (which I think is the creation of a genius (and most likely a woman) I do try my best to make it a day that my mamma will not forget.

This is just a quick log of things I have done for my mum for mothers day and I know that it's a bit too late now for you to decide to do any of these things, but at least now you can have an idea for next year. Or why don't you just surprise your mum randomly, that will make her feel on top of the world!

#1. The Cheesecake

I am pretty sure that my cheesecake looked nothing like this, but just play along... please.

For some reason, I had decided that I wanted to make my mother a cheesecake for mothers day. I was nine and I went out to the shop by my house and tried my best to buy all of the ingredients with a ten pound note that I had saved from Christmas.

I even made red icing to write on top 'Happy Mothers Day,' but it ran into the cheese and made a gooey mess... It smelt nice though! The fridge still smelt of cheesecake months after.

#2. The doll and away

I was thirteen when I made this... kind of. I was going away skiing and I wasn't going to be here on mothers day, so I got out one of my old dolls that I thought looked most like me (pfft! I wish) and made a little sign which I stuck onto her hands.

#3. The Rings

 

I bought these rings for mum last year from the site 'wish' they took about a month to come because they got lost during the process, but we did end up with these really cute toy story inspired rings.

 

This year I left it until the last minute which was really bad of me what with the motivational speech at the top there. The shops were packed in the lunch hours yesterday and my friend and I went from store to store searching high and low for a suitable gift.

 

There were bundles of really cute candles on sale and bath bombs, soaps and body butters. The only problem with them though is that my mother and I are not allowed candles in our home because they don't trust us not to burn it to the ground, nor does my mum ever have time to take baths. She showers! Obviously, but she's told me that she can never relax enough to take a bath. So that scrubbed Yankee candles and Lush products off the list, which was a real shame because Lush was smelling especially gorgeous yesterday with all of it's new Easter stock.

 

I settled with a few bits and bobs which my mum said: 'I love them, each one has a really lovely thought behind them.'

 

Lots of love and devotion for mothers everywhere, Sophie xoxo