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Scouse Ma’s top tips for giving your own Scouse Ma the perfect Mother’s Day
3 years ago
Mother’s Day in Liverpool is always huge as the city celebrates its beloved Mums, including our very own Queen of social media, Scouse Ma.
This Sunday is for all the mums out there, giving them a massive thank you for everything they do for us even when weâre driving them nuts.
Scouse Ma is getting out there this year to step things up with a Big Night Out Motherâs Day special at Invisible Wind Factory.
As a mum of three girls, aged eight to 18, Elle can usually expect her own celebration at home, although this one could be a bit different.
âIâm going to be a busy bee on Motherâs Day, getting everything ready for the night, so I donât think Iâm going to get any time to get treated myself,â she admits. âWith my nerves Iâll probably be up at about 5 in the morning anyway, so even breakfast in bed might not happen.Â
âIf the kids do want to bring me something, I think Iâd probably like a big pizza because Iâve been on a diet for so long for this event, and a glass of prosecco with it because I havenât been drinking either. Itâs your day, you can do exactly what you like, so Iâll just call it an early brunch!â
Everyone has their own way of showing their mum some love on her special day, but if youâre looking for some inspiration here are Scouse Maâs top tips for giving your own Scouse ma the perfect Motherâs Day âŚ
Make her the focus of the day â thatâs how it should be on Motherâs Day, with your mum at the centre of things. Letâs face it, mums do everything in most households still, theyâre the matriarch of the family who sorts everything out and takes the most stress. If thereâs a problem you always go to your mum, whatever gender you are and whatever age you are. Motherâs Day is all about the mums who are still here, the mums who are gone, your nans, the women who are like mums to us, itâs all the females in your family and celebrating them.
Thereâs got to be food – treat your mum to something nice that she hasnât had to cook herself. It doesnât even have to be on the day, but just to make a fuss of her, give her a bit of time off and make sure she gets waited on for a change.
And drink obviously – my mum loves a gin, I donât know many mums who donât, so maybe book her in for a nice bottomless brunch or an afternoon tea with a few gins or prosecco.
Let her do what she wants for the whole day – try not to call her with a crisis, just for those 24 hours, we should all agree to ring our dads with any crap weâve got going on! Mums get no hassle for the whole day, then by the Monday weâll all be back on the phone moaning, back to business as usual.
Pamper her â itâd be nice to take her to a spa, but you can do it at home as well â just get the face masks and all the nice creams out, get some prosecco open and sit back and have a good old gab.
Dads, donât buy terrible presents and pretend theyâre from the kids â donât buy any household appliances either – imagine getting an ironing board or a new Hoover on Motherâs Day? And donât buy something you want yourself and then go âI thought this would be niceâ or âlook what the kids got youâ, because we know what youâre up to.
Give her your time â this is a big one. Motherâs Day isnât necessarily about flowers or gifts or stuff like that, itâs about having some one-on-one time with your mum because everyoneâs so busy these days, especially when youâve got kids of your own. Most mums love a good gossip donât they, so itâs a really good time to have a catch-up.