Marit’s 12th birthday celebration was a two-day affair. On Friday (the day after her actual birthday) we played Birthday Hooky. Part II was the next day, on Saturday. That afternoon Kristofer had a swim meet at Fairfield University which is a little less than an hour from our house, and 30 minutes from my parents’ […]
simple birthday celebrations
Marit’s 12th Birthday (Part I) – Birthday Hooky
Marit’s 12th birthday was a little over a week ago. She and Ingrid have fall birthdays that are usually on a school day, so I always give them the option to take the day off of school and do something fun. Her birthday was on a Thursday, and she wanted to go to school that […]
A Perfect 18th Birthday
If you’ve been around here since the beginning, you know how I feel about birthday parties for kids. I’m not a fan of over-the-top parties. I wrote some pretty opinionated posts about kid parties back in the day. I still have the same opinion. I like simple birthday parties. Only now I don’t feel the […]
Happy Birthday, Number 5 and 6
It was Number 5 and Number 6’s birthday yesterday. Since it was also Number 3’s 8th grade graduation last night, I wanted to be able to celebrate on their actual day. But since we are also still in school, I had to get creative. So I picked them up early from school, along with Number […]