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Angie4b1g

Angie4b1g

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As I was typing the title I realized it's my ex-husband's birthday, which reminded me that I could care less about birthdays, so I figured I'd find out what you thought.

Do you care about your OWN birthday? Mine could go buy and I wouldn't even remember except for people wishing me happy birthday. I definitely don't want gifts. Just hate the attention and the whole idea of it, and it's really just another day to me.

I TRY to make an effort for the kids, but even still we don't go to the extremes that some of my friends do. There's no big party or anything. (Although with 5 kids, it feels like EVERY day is a big party sometimes. :giggle) The birthday kid gets to pick a restaurant and we all go out and have dinner together (close to the only 7 times a year that happens since with 7 people, sit down restaurants get quite expensive), and of course we have cake and presents. Nothing huge though, I spend maybe $100ish on them.

So, how bout you?
 
I like birthdays and within our family, out of 5 kids, we have 3 kids birthdays within 3 weeks of each other and a week before Christmas so December is a very rough month for us, financially. And now, since I have 6 grandbabies, its getting quite expensive. We just give our kids some money so they can go get what they want or need and we spend about $40 each on the grandkids for their birthdays. As for DH, I always get him a cake and we go out and celebrate with our friends. My birth date just has bad written all over it with it being on April 19th. So many horrific things in the world happened on that date, including saying Goodbye to my FIL when he passed away. So, I think its a pretty low-key birthday for me just because there's still heartache. Believe me....no one in my family goes out of their way for my birthday like I do theirs so I just treat myself to whatever I want or need.
 
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I love birthdays! :) I love getting together as a family and spending time celebrating. I don't make a huge deal out of it though. Usually the birthday person picks a restaurant and for my kids I usually have a family birthday party and once in a while we have a friend birthday party. :)
 
We don't really make a huge deal of birthdays either but we try and do something special for the kids if we didn't do something big the year before. Now when I say big, I mean like a sleepover with a friend or two... :giggle
 
My rule with birthdays is . . . . there has to be cake for the birthday person on their special day! it's a not a birthday without cake~
My dh's 40th is January 2013. . . so I'm trying to figure out what to do to surprise him, I threw him a surprise party for 30 too.

As for our kids. . . they get a friend party every other year and on the odd years they get to choose a restaurant to eat out with the family. One thing that is pretty special about birthdays around here is that all 3 of our kids' birthdays are on the 22nd day of their birth month. So. . . they are easy to remember!
 
tanbanan said:
One thing that is pretty special about birthdays around here is that all 3 of our kids' birthdays are on the 22nd day of their birth month. So. . . they are easy to remember!
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Well that's convenient!
 
tanbanan said:
My rule with birthdays is . . . . there has to be cake for the birthday person on their special day! it's a not a birthday without cake~
My dh's 40th is January 2013. . . so I'm trying to figure out what to do to surprise him, I threw him a surprise party for 30 too.

As for our kids. . . they get a friend party every other year and on the odd years they get to choose a restaurant to eat out with the family. One thing that is pretty special about birthdays around here is that all 3 of our kids' birthdays are on the 22nd day of their birth month. So. . . they are easy to remember!
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I TRIED that, since my first 2 were both on the 16th. Then my daughter screwed it up by being born on the 23rd. :giggle

But in the end it didn't matter since my last 2 were born on the 8th and 11th, and I definitely wouldn't have been willing to wait til the 16th with them just to make it match. LOL
 
Both of my sons were born on the 16th of their birth months. But what's really weird is that both my brother and I were born on the 19th, my parents were married on the 19th, and my dad enlisted in the service (years upon years ago) on the 19th. And, to top it off, my first grandson was born on the 19th. So yeah...I'd say 19 is a special number to our family.

Well lookie there! I just found a theme for a layout, huh?!?!?
 
I love my birthday! I don't care about how old I am! My bday is June first - and I love that time of year. The weather is usually decent and flowers are blooming! I always take the whole week off from work and try to plan things I want to do do. Last year, I went to a museum, visited Central Park, saw some movies, read some books, did some crafty projects, ate some really great food, drank lots of good beer, and celebrated with my friends at my karaoke birthday party, where I sang the most songs! It's all about me, me, me!!! LOL!

This reminds me, I need to make sure I put in for the time off this year!
 
Yes, I love birthdays! The birthday person gets to pick their favorite meal for me to cook, and everyone gets a homemade bday cake with their choice of flavor. Presents, too, of course. DH knows it's one of the three holidays of the year (my bday, Christmas, & Mother's Day) that I expect him to do something for without my help/supervision/planning, so this past year, he made me a cake with help from the kids and got me a card for them and him. When the budget allowed for it a few years back, he got us a couples' massage, took me to dinner, and then to a play.

This past year, DD had 3 family bday parties (just the way it worked out so that both sides of the family could celebrate), and on her actual bday, I took her to the State Fair. I'm already planning her party for this coming year, and I think we will have her first little friends party. It will depend a lot on if DH gets promoted and we have to move, but I so enjoy having a child with an August bday so we can actually do things outside. I have a January bday, and growing up in northern IN really limited what I got to do for my bday.

My family makes a big deal out of all bdays (thanks to my mom), so we still get together to celebrate adult and kid bdays. DH's family, on the other hand, could not care less abt bdays. The adults might get a card in the mail and a phone call the day of, and the kids will get a card and present, but it's like pulling teeth to get them to come together for a party. DD and one of her cousins have bdays a week apart, so this past year, I got everyone to show up by having a joint party.
 
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I LOVE Birthdays!!!!! I love my own too! Though no one ever makes it a big deal. :( G hardly ever does anything for me and I don't think anyone has made me a cake in years. *cry* I do love it though and each year I hold my breath hoping that this will be the time the hubby makes it special!

When I was growing up I had a birthday week. So every day for the week of my bday I got a little gift. I got to do random special things..like pick out the movie we watched..and sleep on the couch..and pick dinner...etc. It was awesome and I loved it so much! The hubby won't let me do that with the kids for some reason but I think I am gonna start anyways. LOL! When I was in school my mom would come and take me out to lunch during the day (on any day of my choice since my bday was in the summer) or she would let me stay home and we would go shopping or something fun like that.
 
I love the birthdays! I celebrate two times, lunch with the family and then the day of my birthday with my husband to restaurant. the kidskin instead party with their friends. And I make the cake for the birthdays of family
 
crystalbella77 said:
I LOVE Birthdays!!!!! I love my own too! Though no one ever makes it a big deal. :( G hardly ever does anything for me and I don't think anyone has made me a cake in years. *cry* I do love it though and each year I hold my breath hoping that this will be the time the hubby makes it special!
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Bah... give us his email and we'll set him straight! :)

When I was growing up I had a birthday week. So every day for the week of my bday I got a little gift. I got to do random special things..like pick out the movie we watched..and sleep on the couch..and pick dinner...etc. It was awesome and I loved it so much! The hubby won't let me do that with the kids for some reason but I think I am gonna start anyways. LOL! When I was in school my mom would come and take me out to lunch during the day (on any day of my choice since my bday was in the summer) or she would let me stay home and we would go shopping or something fun like that.
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I think birthday week sounds like an amazing thing. Especially for kids. I had a co-worker who always planned b-day week for her and her husband. They signed up for all of those loyalty cards at restaurants and planned out an entire week of free stuff.
 
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My DD's birthday is late summer, so it was always stinky for her not to get to have a party at school, so a couple of years the teachers let us celebrate her half birthday in February. We always did our best to have parties for her in August, but since it was right before school started, most kids were out doing last minute vacation stuff with family. She still has problems scheduling things for her b-day.

But as far as they go now, we always do the pick-your-own dinner and dessert/cake thing and try to have some sort of a family celebration.

My hubby is not one for a big special birthday celebration, so things are pretty low-key as far as he goes. DH just rolled his eyes because I did kind of go over-the-top for Kennedy's second birthday in January. It ended up being a dismal failure because it snowed that day and everyone canceled. :(

I try to make a big deal of b-days because when we were growing up, my mom didn't like doing stuff for our birthdays, and it always made me feel bad because she would literally sigh and say things like "I guess I have to go shopping to get you something" or other downers, and by the time I was in school, she had pretty much given up on doing anything. I know my 4th grade b-day I had to make my own cake, plan and make my own decorations and everything. I just ran across the pictures the other day. I made leis and had a luau-themed party. My dorky cake said "aloha" on it in pink and blue letters. :giggle My grandma always took me to lunch or to the mall to get something though, so that was always fun.

I just think that it is the one time of the year that you really get to focus a celebration on one person and make them feel special (not that you shouldn't do it during the rest of the year... lol). :)
 
I make a big deal for my kids. Of course, my oldest was born on the 4th of July so it's hard not to make a big deal about her birthday. But we always do cake and gifts and something special for them.
 
Well, I'm like you in that I have 5 kids, so we rarely go to sit down restaurants except on special occasions. WE actually normally just let the kids pick any place they want to eat, which a lot of times is fast food happy meals or subway, lol. They don't care about expensive meals at this point. I do like birthdays though. I am happy to celebrate the blessing of another year for myself or others - even if that is just staying in and watching a movie and chilling like a normal day. We aren't big party-throwers either - just family is perfect for us.
 
melrio said:
Both of my sons were born on the 16th of their birth months. But what's really weird is that both my brother and I were born on the 19th, my parents were married on the 19th, and my dad enlisted in the service (years upon years ago) on the 19th. And, to top it off, my first grandson was born on the 19th. So yeah...I'd say 19 is a special number to our family.

Well lookie there! I just found a theme for a layout, huh?!?!?
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That's too cool! Definitely do a page about that special number Melanie!
 
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