Treat Mom like a queen

We asked you to tell us what you really want, and don't want, for Mother's Day. So far almost 1500 mothers have bared their souls. According to you, your loved ones can't go wrong with a spa day, breakfast in bed, dark chocolate, dinner out and family time.

Here is a selection of your wish lists:

Wake me with a kiss.
Make me breakfast.
If you want to go fishing take me with you.
No cleaning. No dishes. No dirty looks.
Hold my hand in public.
Order in a pizza for the kids and take me out for supper with wine.
Take me dancing and keep me out late.
Rub my back and whisper love poems in my ear.
Susan from Rose Bay, N.S.

What to do: Spend little money and engage in thoughtful planning. I would suggest ensuring that I enjoy an early morning massage, followed by the opportunity to sleep in while my partner deals with my energetic four year old. I would suggest that they occupy their morning making breakfast which is eaten on our deck. Once I have had a long bath and breakfast is cleaned up, we head out on a day hike on the beautiful west coast of Vancouver Island, preferrably Mystic Beach, a rainforest trail, complete with a suspension bridge culminating at a magnificent pebbled beach.

What not to do: leave planning to the last minute where a scramble to find a "Mother's Day brunch" results in disappointment and obvious disregard for this most special day.
Naomi from Victoria, B.C.

1. Dinner out with all the kids at my favourite Viet-Thai place.
2. Homemade cards and poetry from the kids highlighting what a fabulous mother I am!
3. Reassurance that my mothering will 'grow' great adults who are confident and compassionate.
Laura from Cambridge, Ont.

I love when my husband traces my kids' hands in the card he gives me and every year I am reminded of just how fast they grow up!
Natacha from Blumenort, Ont.

Please let me sleep in, and when you do wake me, I would love a tray of coffee, croissants and fresh fruit. A nice BBQ for supper would be lovely. And of course, hugs and kisses all day long (and maybe some chocolate!)
Gwen from Georgetown, Ont.

Don't leave dishes in the sink.
Give me lots of HUGS
Coffee on in the morning.
Just spend a quiet day with me.
Janet from Vernon, B.C.

Get to sleep in, the kids are quiet, NO COOKING or CLEANING or WASHING all day long, no lunches to make, Brunch out and LOTS OF DARK CHOCOLATE !!!!! Ahhhh, heaven.....
M. from Toronto

Please... no household appliances or I might have to use them on you.
Alda from Winnipeg

My two girls, ages 8 and 10, answer these questions with the following advice:
What to do:
1. Give your mother as many hugs and kisses as you can.
2. Plant some new flowers in the garden for her.
3. Take her out for dinner and order her favourite meal.
4. Massage her back and neck.
5. Read to her, play all her favourite songs, sing her a song.
What not to do:
1. Don't feed her too much candy.
2. Don't misbehave
3. Don't wake her up in the morning.
Mary Lou from Mississauga, Ont.

I would like my husband to take our two girls out to breakfast and let me sleep in as late as I want. I'd like a day at a spa to have a massage and manicure. Then I'd like to go out for a wonderful dinner with my whole family to celebrate all the wonderful mothers in the family.
Nadia from Sault Ste. Marie

I would love to tell my husband and two children (ages 6 and 4) NOT to purchase me a Mother's Day Card. The best card I could ever receive is one that has been hand-crafted with love from all of them!
Maria from Brantford, Ont.

My wishes are simple and easy. Just make dinner for me; it needn't be anything too extravagant, I'd even settle for a hot dog on the barbecue. My only stipulation - please clean up when you're finished cooking. Mother's Day is no treat when Mom has to do the clean-up!
Julie from Clinton, Ont.

I would like a hand written note from each child telling of some positive impact I had made on their life...what more could you ask for?
Gail from Granville Ferry, N.S.