I love holiday traditions because they make the holidays easy to plan and prepare for, plus they give me something to look forward to without having to think about it all the time.
One of my favorites is the Mother’s Day tradition of having a luncheon every year.
I think this will be the fourth year we’ve done it and it makes the whole weekend feel really festive and fun for me.
(I totally appreciate that entertaining your in-laws on Mother’s Day may sound like the worst tradition of all time to you. If it wasn’t for you, no pressure from me! Find a Mother’s Day tradition that works for you!).
On Saturday, the day before Mother’s Day, we went to Trader Joe’s and had charcuterie snacks – meats, cheeses, crackers, dried fruit and nuts, fresh produce and sauces, and chocolate.
On Sundays, usually around 1pm (to accommodate varying church schedules), we host Bart’s parents, his 3 sisters and their families, and his brother and his family (when my parents return from France next year, we will most likely start inviting them to join us as well as my sister and her family). Currently, there are around 25 of us.
We set up 3 round tables on our back deck complete with tablecloths, flowers and our outdoor dishes and the weather in general was perfect for outdoor dining.
We prepared all the charcuterie at our kitchen table inside and it was an easy, lively, fun afternoon with people staying a few hours to eat and visit.
Someone asked about activities and we didn’t plan any activities – just being together was the event.
It’s a fun tradition and I hope we can keep it going for many years!
I also asked my audience to share their favorite Mother’s Day traditions – here are some of them if you need ideas!
- “We had lunch at the restaurant inside our local bookstore and then we all went book shopping! My kids loved it and so did I!”
- “We made homemade ice cream for the whole big family. We had 2 ice cream spinners operating at the same time. The kids played in the yard. The adults chatted. We played 4 squares together. It was a great day!”
- “We took a photo together at a local park”
- “I started it last year. I bought a pretty journal and instead of cards, I had my kids and husband write it down for me. I plan on having them write in it every year and then I’ll have a collection of memories from them.”
- “We make crepes after church”
- “My husband and kids plan a “Mother’s Day” the day before (Mother’s Day) full of activities and food for us to enjoy together. Then Sunday can really focus on the other moms in our extended family. I love it!”
- “All I wanted for my birthday and Mother’s Day was a new bookmark. We had some precut cardstock and they made a new one for me and laminated it. Easy, inexpensive, and meaningful lifetime supplies!”
If you have any other fun Mother’s Day traditions, I’d love to hear about them!
If you liked this post about Mother’s Day traditions, you might also like these other posts:
PakarPBN
A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.
In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.
The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.
