However we had our own little celebration at home. I baked her a cake and used glittering cake gel to make a fairy on the cake... she's really into fairies lately...
We had to cut it quick though cause it was so hot that day the frosting was starting to melt. We figured since we weren't having a party for her at home and she wouldn't be getting gifts from other kids, we'd get her a few gifts. One of them was a hoola hoop, which she had been wanting for a long time. Her favorite gift, though, was the new Tinkerbell movie The Great Fairy Rescue.
It was the only thing on our TV for two months straight... and now she is completely obsessed. Everything is fairies and Tinkerbell, which is kinda cool cause my favorite story as a kid was Peter Pan and I loved Tinkerbell. In fact, in my college English course I rewrote the Peter Pan story from Tinkerbell's point of view for one of my writing projects.
The best part was yet to come, though. We decided to take her to a special birthday dinner at the RSL. We got her all dressed up...
(cheeky girl)
... and then we headed out to the club for some birthday grub...
Then afterward we took a nice scenic walk to the movie theater...
... where we saw a duck in the water on the way...
She had a great time! We all had a great time... and I think we will be making this a birthday tradition for her every year. The birthday parties are great (and she'll have those too), but nothing is better than some fun family time on a special occasion.
fabulous :D
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And I agree, birthday parties are great, but having family traditions centered on birthdays are priceless.
I remember hearing one of my friends tell me once that her and her mom had a tradition for her birthday; when she lived at home, her mom would slip into her room at quarter after 1 in the morning ( the time of her birth) with hot chocolate and some cookies and wake her up to wish her a happy birthday, then they'd snuggle in bed and enjoy their treat together before going back to sleep. When she moved out, her mom would phone, and they'd still have a cup of hot chocolate and cookies while they chatted over the phone. :)
That's a beautiful tradition, but I don't think I'll be waking the gremlin at 11:04 at night any time soon... she wouldn't go back to sleep! LOL I'd love to do something like that with her when she's a bit older though...
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