HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted By CHays on June 3, 2010
Original Post:
2007-02-16 | 12:07:28 am
WOW! It has been a LONG time since I wrote my last post. I am going to be a little more regular in here now; things have slowed down a bit.
The holidays are always such a hectic time of the year, not for just myself I am sure, but the holidays don’t quite end in December for us. Birthdays begin in January, then February, then March! Man did I plan those well!
My oldest, Brianna’s birthday is January 17th. It is always a tough time as there isn’t much to do on the birthday end. It is always cold, usually snow on the ground, and you can only do so much without having a sled party. I usually try to find something crafty on the birthday end for her and her friends because she is really into the hands on. Last year we had a cake decorating party. It took me over a week to find something unique that everyone else wasn’t already doing. Finally, after calling our city chamber, and getting a connection to a bakery, who had a connection to another bakery on the other side of town that had just started this birthday cake decorating party business, and what FABULOUS fun that was!
Well, this year, I tried, but we had to put a limit on friends, so Brianna invited 2 of her friends and they went to see ‘Arthur and the Invisibles’. The movie was very cute. After the movie, they came to our house for pizza, cake/ice cream & presents. It is so hard to believe that my once little baby girl is already 12 years old! (She acts 15…. that is another story for another day.)
Next on the list, other than my birthday, which was the 10th of February, was Reilley’s birthday. He is on the 13th of Feb. I think I mentioned in an earlier post that he was born on Friday the 13th. We had a family party, well, sort of, we had the neighbor kids over for cake & ice cream, but we had a pretty simple 3rd b-day party for him. He had so much fun though.
It was wild, he acted like such a big boy all day. He walked around, all day long saying this is my special birthday. Special is his word in just about every sentence these days. He got a few Thomas Train toys, his favorite, and a couple of other things, it was a great day for the Rei!
Garrett and Keenan are up next! Garrett’s birthday is March 18th and Keenan’s is March 20th. They have already notified me that they would not be celebrating their birthdays together this year, so we will work on this shortly.
My husband’s birthday is in May, after that, we are in the clear! Well, there are many many other birthdays in my family, with 7 siblings, one with 6 children, one with 3 and another with 3 kids. That is 12 nieces & nephews… we are so blessed to have such a big family!
How well did you plan the birthdays of your children?
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