On Tuesday it will be Oldest's, fourth birthday! Yes, Hubster and I keep saying, "Where does the time go?" It truly flies when you're having fun, as the old saying says.
I like to make sure they have a special treat to bring to school/daycare that is homemade. Most likely this will be a traditional birthday cake. The homemade aspect is very important to me as a Mother. My parents always took the time and love into everything I was involved in as a child and I feel as a parent, I need to do this too.
Schools are really cracking down these days on bringing in homemade things to school. I understand the reasons behind this decision: allergies, home cleanliness, etc. Luckily we are still in daycare and they welcome the recognition of your child's birthday.
In June, we plan to move both of the girls to a private school. I'll miss not making the cakes for the parties. I guess it will just have to be even more special with our home celebration and weekend, birthday parties.
I've been asking both of the girls what they would like for their birthdays. Mostly this is in terms of: flavor of cake, theme, colors, and gifts. Oldest has decided on a My Little Pony theme and Youngest likes 101 Dalmatians. I promise I will post details of the creation of these cakes for everyone to see!
We have also been talking about how old they will be turning. Oldest will be 4 and Youngest will be 3. For some reason they both thought they were exactly one year older than this! (5 and 4! Please don't make time go too fast!)
While we were discussing what birthdays were and what they meant, Youngest had a, "kid saying the cutest stuff", moment:
Youngest blurts out, "And it means that people will sing!!" For a second I was caught off guard and didn't really comprehend what she was saying. Then she said again, while wiggling her body back and forth in a little, dance motion, " They will sing Happy Happy!......Happy Happy to ME!" And then I got what she was saying and said. "Yes, the people who celebrate your birthday with you, will sing 'Happy Birthday To YOU'." I couldn't get over that having, the song, 'Happy Birthday,' sung to her, was a highlighted and special part for her. I would have thought it would have been the presents!
Oldest also had a, "kid saying the cutest stuff", moment on our way home from Richmond the other night. It was dark out and the music was playing low in the car. No one was talking and then Oldest said out of the blue,"I think.... I think....I need a party."
I've really been trying to avoid the party with friends thing. I think she's still pretty young and we celebrate as a family and they celebrate at school. So I was silent when these words came out of her mouth. I didn't know what to say. Luckily, Hubster came to the rescue and said, "Why do you need a party?" We had been driving down the road in almost total silence for the last hour. We had talked about birthdays early that morning.
But she held her conversation and said,"Because it's my birthday." So Hubster replied in asking her if she had ever had a party before? Oldest was then lost in thought and we continued driving into the night without another word.
So now I'm left with with that question, "What to do??"
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