Mothers should celebrate birthdays!

What should Mothers do on their birthdays?!! Take a well deserved break from the routine! Get the man to go on a date with you, or go on a pampering treat solo or with besties.

All my years in the corporate world, I was never convinced about taking a day off from work. Just so I can preserve leaves for other well worth events. Now that I have kids, I realised the importance of loving, refreshing and recharging myself, just so I have the positivity to charge ahead. Mothers work really hard on any other days. A pampering treat will be really rewarding.

On the birthdays I had during my SAHM days, I refused to do any house chores or cook. Which I thought was pampering enough. The best treat was that break from house and kids' routine. That's also the gift I asked for, from the man. 

I celebrated my 22nd (by faith) birthday this week. I didn't receive any lavish gifts or meals, did no spa or relaxation. A nice watch the man gifted though. In fact, I didn't really start the day well because the man had gone to work and my hope of him spending a day with me was diminished when I saw him leaving for work. Nope, I didn't express my desire explicitly as I didn't want to get in the way of his job. Nonetheless, I arranged lunch with a good friend, which I was so thankful for non-working friends on birthday! 

We had a really simple lunch, and while midway to it, the man appeared to hijack our meal. What in the world?!! It was a pleasant surprise though. So there, a simple lunch and tea with lovely people made my day well. After which, on this very rare occasion, we did some slight shopping before heading off to get the kids.

A simple day was made different because we could get the kids together from school!

Signing out from school!

And have dinner out with the man and kids on a weekday. Which we usually don't. Nice kitchen break for me!

Dining out!

So there, birthdays aren't exactly just an age up or an ordinary day, it's a day or a reason to pamper and get refreshed in whatever ways you would love to. Even if it's just out for dinner with a break from the kitchen. I'm quite of a Mum in a cave on any other days. Birthday is definitely a reason for me to do some things unusual from the other days, just to feel like a queen.

And we know cakes and candles aren't exactly friendly for waist and counting that age. We know it's for us to make the kids happy!

His lunar birthday and my birthday just a day apart

Everyone has a birthday, I've learnt that it's not just another ordinary day. Make it well, the happy way you like it!