Happy Mother´s day

In United Kingdom and Ireland, Mother´s day or "Mothering Sunday" is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It is exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday and usually falls in the second half of March or the biginning of April.
In lots of countries (United States, Italy, Germany, Greece, Chile, Brazil, Finland...) it is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.
But here, in Spain or other countries, such as Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania or Mozambique, the celebration of Mother´s day is on the first Sunday of May.

Mothering Sunday is a celebration of motherhood, a day to honour mothers and other mother figures such as grandmothers, stepmothers and mothers-in-law.
Sons and daughters give cards and gifts to their mothers
These gifts usually are cakes, flowers, chocolates, jewelry or beautiful clothes and they take their mother or grandmother to have a special meal, sometimes to a restaurant.

A poem for mum

Here you have a loving poem to dedicate to your mother on Mother´s day. Learn it. It´s very easy

Mummy and me

Simnel cake: a traditional Easter and Mother´s day cake

Simnel cake is a tradition that comes from the medieval times.
This cake was traditionally given by servant girls to their mothers when they returned home for holidays on Mothering Sunday.
Nowadays, you can buy Simnel cakes in all the bakeries, made from different récipes and with different shapes.
It is a fruit cake with two layers of marzipan, one in the middle and one on top. Eleven or twelve marzipan balls are used to decorate the cake. The balls represent the apostles minus Judas,when there are eleven or Jesús and the apostles minus Judas, when there are twelve.
The word "simnel" probably comes from the latin Word "simila" that means "fine wheaten flour".
The Simnel cake signifies the end of Lent which is a period of fasting and from that moment people are allowed to eat all the forbidden foods during Lent.

Simnel cake recipe

Happy father´s day

Father´s day is celebrated on different dates in different countries. Lots of countries including USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Chile, France or Japan celebrate Father´s day on the third Sunday in June. But here, in Spain, we celebrate it on March 19th (St. Joseph´s day)

          Father's Day is a festival to honour your father for everything he does for you.
              

          People start the preparation of Father's Days in advance. Some prepare beautiful

          hand made cards with inspirational quotations to express their love to their dearest

          dad.  

         
          Generally, children present a bouquet of fresh flowers, a greeting card or a gift.