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Hi, I'm Hannah. I'm the world's okayest mom and I'm actually still in bed. I am tired. Raising four kids is not for the weak. It is so hectic at the end of the school year and we have baseball and it's just so much. And so I'm going to do something. Actually, I'm going to do nothing for an entire day. I'm going to clock out. No kitchen, no laundry, no parenting. I'm passing it off to Matt. He's going to have to figure it out and I'm actually going to take a day to just reset. I think this is really important for all parents. Starting the day already very strong with some eye
patches and hopefully they remember to bring me some coffee in bed. Um I'm the primary parent. It's just how it is and I can keep it together so long until I feel like I'm about to burst. And it's very bad if I burst. I can recognize that now and realize I needed a day off. So today's Mother's Day and it's early in the morning. We're going to make it a very special day for Hannah. Are you guys tired? Yeah. Well, guess what? You're going to play mom today. She doesn't have to do any work. They're going to have to do chores, they're going to have to do laundry, cooking, everything. It's going to be difficult to get them motivated,
especially in the morning. But you know what? She's worth it. What do you guys think we should do for her? Breakfast in bed, right? Something like that? Yeah, we can do cards. Yeah, cards. Should we pick flowers? Yeah. Yeah, okay. Mother's Day is usually a day spent with my kids. I don't know what it is about me. Every Mother's Day I want to do something alone, but then I miss my kids and I feel that mom guilt of not spending Mother's Day with them. I think I want to try truly taking one day for myself.
Make good coffee. what? It's early. I don't want her to wake up. So we're going to start making breakfast right now. Let's go, guys. You ready? Are you ready? Make the coffee. go. I think it's really important that Matt set an example for our kids of how to treat their mom. What do you think she'll like? French toast? Yeah. Is that cool with you? You want to do that? I think he really sets the tone for that. Dad's going to slice the bread for us for this French toast right now.
Yeah, it's probably the safer thing, right? Yeah. Lenny's just taking the bread that's been sliced off. How many do you guys want each? Five. I'm very communicative about the way I want to be treated. Because I think about raising sons, especially, putting them out into the world not knowing how to be thoughtful, generous, caring. The metal bowls are so loud. Be quiet with those. Let's do chocolate. Not knowing how to put that effort in, I think we'd be doing the world a disservice. to eat chocolate egg.
How they looking? Uh it looks good on the top side. I think they're probably good to go. Yeah. There we go. Yum. Let's just enjoy this alone. Oh my gosh, coffee alone. And you know what one of my favorite activities is? Rotting. I love a healthy dose of rotting. My number one favorite thing to do in life is rot. I'm proud to admit it. So, I think I'm just going to have my coffee and scroll and rot for a little bit. It's really fun. Because genuinely, there's something so healing about sitting horizontally, staring at nothing. It makes me feel so good. Maybe I'll have my phone. Maybe I'll watch some trash stuff. I don't know. I just want to rot.
I want to sink into the bed until we are one. But I hear a lot of commotion downstairs. I hear them making breakfast. How I cut the end of it. Don't wake your mama up, guys. There we go. We're plating. I'll add another strawberry on. Strawberries on? It's just you can um I'm just going to wait here and rot some more and see what it is. So, Wyatt had the idea to chop up some chocolate bar and put it on the French toast. Ooh, that looks nice. Looks so fancy. Here's the final masterpiece. That's good. And then we got a screaming kid in the background. Ah, hi sweetie. Yeah.
I just don't want to think about it. It's his problem. Oh, is this mom's car? Yeah. Okay. Let's not wake mom. Happy Mother's Day. Oh, this is so sweet. Happy Mother's Day, mom, from Wyatt. Did you spell your name wrong? It's early in the morning. You want to open mine? You want me to cut you a bite? Okay. noodle Oh, thank you. He made me French toast. They found some old Kit Kats in the back of our pantry. butter It's a chocolate.
Oh, chocolate. It's just such a kid thing, like finding an old Kit Kat thinking, "Oh, mom'll like this cuz I would eat it, but I most certainly ate it." big old omelet. Jackson made me an omelet. He's such a budding chef. I just love when he cooks. He's so good at it. Nothing tastes better than food you didn't have to cook yourself. Honestly, I love when someone just hands me a plate of food that I haven't had to meal plan, I haven't had to source ingredients, I haven't had to cook, I haven't had to deal with everything else that's going on while I'm cooking it.
It's just so nice. I think that's why I love being in the hospital because they're just bringing me on the dot. Nothing better. Oh my gosh. Get well soon. Sending you warm thoughts for speedy recovery. My card from Henry was extra special because it was a get well soon card. I don't know if he thought I was sick because I was rotting in bed. I definitely felt better after reading it, so it did the trick. Oh my gosh, I love my square pants. I just love lucky Lenny. Oh, and you fixed it. Beautiful. She's really good at drawing people.
I love that. Oh gosh. She's so talented. so talented, Lenny. I love it. Save these in my memory box. So, these guys got up real early to do this. We got the flowers. They had gone out and picked flowers to decorate the platter. We got to pick some flowers for Mom for breakfast in bed. I found one. Got it. Be very careful. Okay, get the flower. Yeah. Should we get a few more? Yeah. These are so pretty. Here.
Those are pretty. Are you excited to give these to Mommy for Mother's Day? Uh-oh. They're very pretty. Relax, enjoy your coffee. Thank you, guys. Henry's like falling asleep on the couch. Now, everyone's being so nice to me. Now, I don't want to be by myself. Okay, so breakfast was a hit. You think Mom liked it? Yeah. The kids really stepped up, but now we got to do the hard stuff. So, guess what we have to do now?
What? We got to do chores. Laundry, we got to vacuum, we got to do dishes. Okay, let's get going. Ready? 1 2 3 team work. All right, guys. So, that pile of dirty clothes, can you handle it? Okay, bye, guys. I'm actually going to go take a nice long walk. So, after breakfast, I was feeling nice and full, very energized. I decided to take a very, very long walk. Is this getting old? Oh my gosh, it's so gorgeous out. Like perfect weather. You can hear the birds are chirping. The birds are so extra here. I wasn't going to time anything. I wasn't going to see how far I walk. I just wanted to go with the wind and come
home when I was ready. I never get to walk by myself. I always either have Lenny in the stroller or someone asked to come with me. I can just walk. Not have any background noise except the birds. Walking is another great way that I clear my head. I let go of a lot of stress. My favorite thing to do is look at my neighbors' houses and take pictures of their plants and identify them. And I have my little plant identifier app.
I'm sure they're like, "Who is this woman? What is she taking pictures of?" It's your plants, okay? I want to know what your plants are so I can plant some. Just identified it. It said Senecio. And I learned I'd already identified it a while ago. So beautiful. But when you have a toddler with you or other kids fighting or yapping the whole time, I love to talk to them. But sometimes it's nice to just have a quiet walk. Ever since I got diagnosed with severe asthma, I've had to be really careful about how I exercise. I think I've lost a lot of muscle in the process. Every time I do something I'm scared I'm going to have an asthma attack. So I don't
really run anymore. But getting back into walking and hiking. I'm going very steep uphill right now. I'm just like totally embracing entering middle age. I got a weighted vest, okay? Bone density. I'm thinking about bone density. It is definitely time to head home. I walked for 2 and 1/2 hours. I just kept going because I don't even think I'm supposed to have this weighted vest on that long. But oh, it was so relaxing. I have no idea what Matt and the kids have planned. I heard some rumblings about cleaning, which would be amazing because our house just gets trashed so quickly.
Okay, where are you guys going? We're doing Mom's laundry. Every single day it's like a constant uphill battle to keep the house clean right now. So that would be really nice. giant pile. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cleaning up all the shoes? Let's put that in the playroom, sweetheart. Good job, guys. So I bring it over here? Okay, put this. I'm going to pick up a big scooper full. It's a good opportunity for the kids to learn how to clean certain things.
You got to make sure there's nothing delicate though that you're throwing in there. Uh-oh, is there? See, that's the thing. Not too much. That's good. Woah, what does this one do? It's her fancy one that she loves to smell. There we go. Wyatt, what are you doing, buddy? Doing dishes. Nice. When I got back from the walk, I realized I was so sweaty. Let's see how weightless I feel taking this off. Ooh. It's so weird when you take it off. I've been out there for 2 and 1/2 hours. I decide maybe I will break in our bathtub
and take my very first bath in our bathtub. Give this tub wipe. We've lived in this house for a year and I've never taken a bath in it. Why not? Here's something to read. Wyatt came up with a crossword puzzle. Oh, what is it? Is it a crossword? Yeah. Woo! I love a crossword puzzle. I am elderly. Wait. Oh, I love it. Thank you. I don't recommend that because those pages are not meant to withstand water. There's almond soap. I've never used this before. Wow, look at that. Looks like crystals.
I had been holding on to for literally a year because I just never have a chance to take baths. Slowly, all my self-tanner's going to come off, but that's okay. Make sure you exfoliate your feet, too. Every so often you just really need to have an everything bath. You will feel like a baby. I wasn't really paying attention to what Matt and the kids were doing. Maddie, are you picking up or are you picking up? Where's that go? Put it in the bin.
Basketball. Yeah, that's not really picking up. What happened? We're not taking the books out. We're cleaning them up. Look at this. You just want to read a book? Yeah. Jackson's moving. There's more stuff. Oh, even the camera guy is cleaning up. Okay, a lot of breaks. Not sure how much we'll get done with that. Yeah. This room is so clean now. Yeah, are you ready to move on? Let's do it. When I actively just focus on myself, it feels weird. It feels like I'm not supposed to be doing that. But I want to do a little bit more of that because I
do think it'll make me an overall happier mom. Now it's going to be sparkling. You know, there are a lot of noises going on downstairs, but Matt's got this. Do you know where they go, which drawers? No, you hate cleaning up, huh? Floor is lava now. Floor is lava. Thanks for vacuuming, buddy. How was it? It wasn't boring. Want to vacuum every day? No. Okay, almost done, right? Yeah. Let me close the door. What are you doing, sweetheart?
What are you doing? Oh my gosh, nice. You get my toes? Yeah. So, as I was in the bath, my mom called me and she said, "Can you run over to this winery to pick up a couple cases for my sister's wedding?" And I was going to say, "No, it's my day off. I really don't want to do that." But then I realized, maybe I can text a friend and see if they're available and we can just enjoy the winery for a little bit. I'm driving, so I don't really drink wine if I'm going to drive, so I might just like take a little sip of her tasting, but just have some girl time and that'll be so nice. And I get to go by myself, a car ride alone, a treat. I
am a member at the most exceptional winery. I'm genuinely so bored. Birds are chirping. It's such a lovely day. My friend and I got to the winery. We caught up, we got some little chips and snacks. My friend has three kids. Usually girl time needs to be planned months in advance. So, she was so shocked that she could actually come with me. So, it was just perfect alignment. I was having such a good time. When we went to leave, I drove off without the cases of wine and we had to turn around and I had to come back and get them. Cuz I'm just having so much fun. Wine secured. Got the cases for my mom. I'm a person who
just really thrives on girl time. This just really filled my cup. Nobody's home. I just pulled in the driveway. So, let's see what state the house is in. So, I get home and I see the house was clean and empty. Two things that never happen. I don't know where they were. The house is actually looking really good and fairly decluttered. But, I found a couple surprises here and there. What is this doing here? I don't know what was going on with that ketchup bottle, but someone had a purpose for it. See, someone did dishes. That's very nice. Looks like laundry was done. This floor seems clean, too.
It looked like the floors had been mopped, which is a very big deal because that's usually my job. I do not love mopping. So, just having someone do it without me having to ask was so, so nice. Okay, I'm going to put on a show before they get home. I decide I'm going to do a little more rotting. Because I would like to watch some true crime, something like very adult that the kids can't see because I never have an opportunity to do that. You can't watch any of your shows until the kids go to bed. By the time the kids go to bed, I am too tired to watch a thing. And maybe I'll pour myself a glass of wine. Okay, and just relax. Take my belts off and relax. Oh my gosh, I'm so
excited. I'm never home alone. to party. And by party, I mean semi-rot some more. know what to do with myself. And then I hear the front door open. Come here. I missed you. As soon as I sat down, I heard the car pull in. My babies are back. I went to the fishing pond and then went to Costco. You went to the fishing pond and you went to Costco? No, getting ice cream. Okay, thank you. You guys enjoying the little break from the chores?
Yeah. Did you catch anything? All the good spots were taken. How was the grocery store with all four of them? They were really good, actually. Headed to Costco for dinner for mom. What do you want to get? Do you want to get some salmon? Yeah. Yeah, we're going to make Caesar salad, salmon, mashed potatoes. And should we get a little dessert, guys? Root beer floats? Okay, yeah, I think she'll like that. Now that the kids come home with ingredients for dinner, I will have to fight the urge to put these groceries back because I am the Tetris master of putting away groceries, but Why does this smell so good?
Cuz I thought I was going to be alone for a little while. It smells good. It does smell good. I'm going to maybe retreat to my room and have this glass of wine and watch Netflix on my phone. So, what do I do? What am I going to do? Someone take a guess. I'm in a rut. I'm up in the room. I am changed. I've got my crossword and I'm just going to do this until dinner's ready. Oh my gosh. Am I going to resort? I feel like I'm at a resort right now. Got all my blinds open, light coming in. This is hard. So, we're making salmon. What else are we doing?
A Caesar salad and mashed potatoes. Yeah, Hannah's going to love it. You've always pleasantly surprised me when it comes to cooking. It usually turns out pretty good. There was a week I made them cook all the meals. They did great. a soy glaze on the salmon. Oh, yeah. Here we go with the soy glaze. Oh, oops. Nice. That's going to be so good. My biggest fear is that this beautiful clean kitchen is just going to be destroyed the second they start to try to make dinner. Woah, what happened? I need to stir it. You just got to stir it, bud. But, whatever happens with dinner is not my problem. I'm in hospital mode now.
I'm waiting for someone to bring my next meal, okay? Yeah, there we go. Look at that. That's a good job. to take a bite. Mhm. Thank you, Lenny. Look, we got some salmon, mashed potatoes. Okay, should we go tell Mom it's ready? Yeah. Mhm. Okay. Mom, it's ready. There you go. Dinner's ready. Henry's already eating. Hey, hey Henry, we're not eating until Mom comes down.
I know she's coming down. This smells burnt. And I come down to such a surprise. Candlelit dinner. What the heck? This is so fancy. Everything looked beautiful. All the kids had helped. Salmon? I made the mashed potatoes. Mhm. Henry made the mashed potatoes. I made it. They're excellent. Should I try the salad? Lenny, did you make it? 10 out of 10. Oh, did you do that soy glaze? Mhm. It's very good. Thank you, guys. I don't know how Matt got them all to cooperate to do this. You guys are great chefs.
Thank you. I know that they know how to cook, but seeing all the effort they put into it really meant a lot to me. Thank you, guys. So, do you want to finish it with a movie or something? Yeah. And root beer floats. Yeah. Popcorn. I would like cinnamon sugar buttered popcorn. Jackson's going to make gourmet popcorn for the movie. I'm excited. Matt gets right into making root beer floats, which are long-running favorite in my family. Thank you. If anyone remembers the original meal plan video, someone wrote root beer float. Dessert, root beer float.
I love when Wyatt writes. I've never forgotten that. It's just one of my favorite things. This is delish. Cinnamon sugar. Yum. Jackson popped all this popcorn. Woah, this is so scary doing. Let's try this. It's so good. Oh, it's so spicy. Oh, that's good. Very good. So delicious. Tastes like a dessert. Yeah. And I picked a classic movie. We're watching the movie Andre. Andre with the seal. Remember? I loved that movie so much as a kid. and so I love watching movies that I loved with my kids now. Most of
them feel like a '90s fever dream, but this one's pretty good. I have absolutely no memory of Andre. No? I do. Oh my gosh. the VHS cover. Yes, and she's like holding her hand up and he's holding his fin up. Everyone in school thought that I was her. I would I'd go with it sometimes. Uh, do you think I look like her? My kids never like the movies that I watch. They're kind of like what? It was really fun to watch the movie. I'm feeling very relaxed. It was the perfect end to a perfect day.
What do you love about your mama, Lenny? Purple. Purple? What? No. All her hair. Her hair's purple? What do you love about your mama? She's nice. I love my mom cuz she's so beautiful, beautiful, and sweet. Thank you. Oh, that's really nice. Well, Mom always takes care of us. I think a healthy dose of separation makes you more excited and grateful for what you have. I'm excited and ready to spend more time with them. As far as I know, it went pretty smoothly for Matt.
Everyone cooperated pretty well. I think that was growth. That's growth for them, it's growth for him, and it's growth for me. Doing this every so often is just a really good way to reset, show the kids that I am their mom, but I'm also a person who just needs a little break sometimes, and that's okay. I'm ready for bed. I'm going to moisturize my face. Moisturize? My hands. I had the most wonderful day thanks to all of you guys. Can we have another one? Yeah, yeah, I'd I'd happily have another one.
I want another one. Somehow I caught the two littles in my bed. Can't quite let go. If you're watching this feeling overwhelmed and tired from parenthood, this is your sign. Give yourself a day. Just let go a little bit. Give yourself an hour if you can. It's so important that we stay mentally and physically well in order to be the best parents. So that's all for now. I'm Hannah. If you have any other ideas of fun things to do solo without your kids, leave them in the comments. Or if you have any ideas of what you would do on a day off, leave that in the comments as well. If you want to see more of this, please comment "Matt, give Hannah more days."
Cuz I think I want to do this every month. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. You deserve the world. We all do. You are doing such an amazing job. We don't always get the recognition we deserve every single day, but today it's all about you.
