Mother's Day Events in the Capital District

Celebrate mothers, grandmothers, and the special women in your life this Mother's Day! Read below for our list of family-friendly local events to celebrate Mother's Day.

Need some ideas for what to give mom this Mother's Day?

Try one of these suggestions from our Albany editor: Easy Mother's Day Gifts That Kids Can Make or Do Themselves 

Here are some of our favorite quotes about mothers to use in your Mother's Day card:

• "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." -Rudyard Kipling
• "All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." -Abraham Lincoln
• "Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face." -George Eliot
• "Men are what their mothers made them." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
• "It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it." -The Golden Girls
• "The moment a child is born, a mother is born also." -Rajneesh
• "Motherhood is always an act of courage." -Stacy Schiff
• "Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother." -Oprah Winfrey
• "There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one." -Jill Churchill
• "If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?" -Milton Berle
• "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." -Theodore Hesburgh

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