On Number 4’s 7th birthday we started a birthday tradition. Instead of getting a bunch of stuff, Number 4 and I had a birthday experience. We had very little money at the time, and I contacted a local salon and they offered to give us complimentary manicures and pedicures and Number 4 got her hair […]
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Are You One? Are You Two? Are You Three?…
I will often greet my kids with a “How is my favorite third grader today?” Or a “How is my favorite eight and under swimmer?” On the kids’ birthdays, when I wake them up in the morning or when they come downstairs I say, “How is my favorite [however many]-year-old?” Of course they love that […]
Happy Birthday, Number 4.
I am always confused by the people who post birthday messages to their young kids on Facebook. You know, the posts like “Happy Birthday to the kindest, smartest, most beautiful, talented and amazing 12-year-old I know. We love you so much!” These confuse me because the kids who are on the receiving end of these […]
A Perfect Birthday
I am not anti-birthday celebration. At all. But I am anti-massive-birthday-parties-for-kids-every-year. As I try to simplify and focus on the things that are really important and rid my life of stuff that doesn’t make me happy or improve the quality of my life but takes up my time, money and energy, over-the-top birthday parties for […]
Experiences Over Stuff
If you’ve been around here a few years, you know how I feel about birthday parties for kids. I don’t love them. You also know that I’m on a major quest to reduce the amount of stuff we have here in our house. This has led to a birthday tradition with Number 4 where she […]
Another Trip Around The Sun
Happy Birthday to my favorite 7 and 8-year-old! (Yes, exactly a year apart! No, they weren’t scheduled C-sections!) Time sure is flying. Savor the moments! Not Your Average T-Shirts. Check ‘Em Out! please take 10 seconds to vote for me 