Adrienne Bailon-Houghton’s Mother’s Day ‘Pajama Brunch’ Is the Perfect Idea for Your Celebration (Exclusive)

This Mother’s Day, it’s safe to say that Adrienne Bailon-Houghton and her mother, Nilda Felix, will be cracking open a fresh bottle of orange juice for their annual brunch.

“I host Mother’s Day because it took me the hardest and the longest time to become a mother,” the Cheetah Girls alum, 42, exclusively tells First For Women, referring to her multiple IVF rounds and miscarriages before welcoming son Ever James, 3, with husband Israel Houghton.

The actress explains that she has a “Mother’s Day pajama brunch every [year],” adding: “We are in pajamas because moms are tired!”

“But we get pretty pajamas,” Felix notes.

If you’re looking to kick back and relax this Sunday, May 10, take a page from Bailon-Houghton’s book. “We get pretty matching pajamas every year — like stunning pajamas with feathers,” the former 3LW singer says. “And the men cater the breakfast for us.”

Felix explains that her daughter also “uses my mother’s china that I gave her,” adding: “It’s very special because she’s present.”

“My grandmother got that china as a Mother’s Day gift, so we now take it out on the special occasion of Mother’s Day,” says Bailon-Houghton, adding that the guest list usually includes “my mom, my sister and my aunt — who’s my godmother — and my stepmother.”

The men hire a masseuse, Bailon-Houghton adds, “and we take turns [getting] massages. So it’s like a spa brunch at the same time!”

As mothers, Bailon-Houghton and Felix feel that the perfect Mother’s Day gift is simply “a day off.”

“Let me have a day where I can relax,” Felix says. “I can do me. If I want to go out and be on my own, go to the theater. … But we have to have the brunch!”

Bailon-Houghton adds that, because she has a toddler, she would love to be gifted something “handmade” by her son. “He now knows how to write his name,” she says. “I’m in the sentimental phase of Mother’s Day, so I just want a sentimental gift from my son.”

Bailon-Houghton and her mom previously spoke with First For Women about their recent partnership with Finish and how Felix taught her daughter just about everything she knows.

“Life advice that I think she’s helped me with would be: Don’t take things personal from people who don’t know you personally,” Bailon-Houghton said.

“In a world of social media, you cannot let the people in the comments tell you who you are,” the actress explained. “Know who you are based on the people that love you, that surround you with love, that are like, ‘Girl, I know you, and I like you.'”