Alter The End: Mother's Day

'In the United Kingdom and Ireland, there was a medieval celebration called Mothering Sunday, which falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent, exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday (14 March in 2010). It is believed to have originated from the 16th century Christian practice of visiting one's mother church annually, which meant that most mothers would be reunited with their children on this day. Most historians believe that young apprentices and young women in servitude were released by their masters that weekend in order to visit their families. As a result of secularization, it was then principally used to show appreciation to one's mother, although it is still recognized in the historical sense by some churches, with attention paid to Mary the mother of Jesus Christ as well as the traditional concept 'Mother Church'.'

Source: Wikipedia

Wow, you learn something new every day :)

As it's Mother's Day tomorrow, I took my Mum and Nanna out for an early Mother's Day lunch at The Snowy Owl. We ate a nice meal, an even nicer pudding and had a laugh...It was very nice :)
When they dropped me off at home, they came in for a cuppa and me and my sister gave them their presents.

My food:

Nanna:

My Mutti <3:

Me & My Nanna:

My banoffe cheesecake, nom!:

My Nanna's rice pudding (complete with mint tree!):

We got my nanna an Elvis doll which is very collectable and super cute! And we got a few bits and pieces for my mum; a cookery book, clothes etc. I spent most of yesterday afternoon making biscuits for them both; lemon biscuits, lemon and raisin biscuits, cinnamon and raisin biscuits and chocolate chip biscuits. I put them in glass jars, wrapped them in tissue paper and cellophane, then decorated them with handmade gift tags. They looked beautiful and the tissue paper looked almost like a rose the way i'd folded it over :)