Mother's Day is Sunday, May 11.

My mother loves champagne brunches. We have gone to nearly every restaurant in the Bay Area that offers them. Grand Cafe in SF, Claremont Hotel in Oakland & many others that I found on Open Table.  You can't have a Mother's Day without flowers! I have been going to Moe's Flowers in Berkeley since college and his arrangements are the only ones who grace the tables of my mother and aunts for the past 12 years.

I still remember making those arts and craft gifts for my mom in school. Glitter picture frames with a photo of me in the middle. The hand print paper weight that I broke while taking it home to her. I didn't, however, make a macaroni necklace for her. Even as a kid I knew that food is not a cute fashion accessory.

Try a few of these Mom's Day art projects with your kids!

• Paper Flower Bouquet - take 3 or 4 small tissue paper squares and fold them like a fan, take a pipe cleaner and twist it to hold the folded paper at one end. Unfold, twist and bunch the tissue paper to make a flower! Repeat until you get a beautiful paper flower bouquet.
• Artist's Rendition - Take a photo of mom with the kids and have your child draw, color and/or paint a replica image on a piece of construction paper. You can frame the art and the photo and place them together on the mantel.
• French Toast M-O-M: Make french toast for breakfast and have the child cut out the letters with a butter knife for a special breakfast in bed.

If you're scrambling for gift ideas you can't go wrong with stores like L'Occitane and Crabtree & Evelyn for an aromatic bath set.

Happy Mother's Day to all Mom's!!!

This entry was posted on May 02, 2008 and is filed under Jaisette Herrera.
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