I can't believe it's been three years ... but it's true. My little girl will be three today!
At work, everyone was asking me when her birthday party was. I looked at them all and laughed ... she's not having one. "What, you're not letting her have a birthday party?!?!!?!" She's three, she's never had a "real" party ... and I probably won't start with one until she's in school.
Apprently, I'm not the "norm" in this thought. Don't get me wrong, we celebrate her birthday. We tried to have a first birthday, but she was sick that week, and I was sick the week after. We just had neighborhood people over for cake and goodies. Then, last year, I had my sister invite all the kids over for cake, and they were upset that they hadn't brought her a gift. I thought that was cute, but told them all it didn't really matter. My mom got her some ride on Dora jeep thing ... yeah, I was so thrilled (my daughter has pratically ran me over with that thing) and I got her a box of dress up clothes (they were supposed to be her Santa gift that got caught in the Colorado blizzard that year). All in all, after buying the cake from Publix for around $30 (which is absurd!) I spent, maybe $60 on her birthday. And you know what, she was thrilled.
This year, is a little different. Yesterday was my grandmother's birthday, and it turns out today is my only day off work for the week, so we are going to go and visit her. So, I bought a cake at Publix ($30, but they are amazing cakes), a few new things (it was hard to choose, she got sooooo much stuff at Christmas) and we're going to go visit Grandma. I'd like to take her out to dinner ... but since we're going with family, it depends on them. And you know what, even *gasp!* without the party, she'll have a fantastic birthday.
There's a small chance the shuttle will go off today as well, when it was postponed last time, NASA said the next possible day to launch was 1/2. My grandmother lives about 20miles away from Kennedy Space Center, so I'm crossing my fingers that the shuttle goes off. I think that will make the best birthday memory.
Julie's three!
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
January 2nd, 2008 at 02:38 pm 1199284691
January 2nd, 2008 at 03:08 pm 1199286525
Also I'm sorry to say that the shuttle isn't scheduled to go off now until January 10th. We've been waiting for it, too, because we can see it from our house here north of Daytona. My uncle works for them as a contractor though I'm not really sure what he does.
Happy 3rd Birthday, Julie!
January 2nd, 2008 at 03:25 pm 1199287552
Ale goes for the grand event...she loves the planning as much as she loves the party itself...but, she understands we have a budget for those things...
January 2nd, 2008 at 03:32 pm 1199287969
January 2nd, 2008 at 03:43 pm 1199288620
The last thing the kids need is more junk. Grandma's got that covered.
Anyways, I fought it when they were younger and too little to care or remember. They have many years ahead for fancy parties and mounds of gifts that they *might* appreciate or remember. But I can't see renting a bounce house or entertainer for them any time either. I don't know what people are thinking. Somehow we survived without all the hype when we were kids.
January 2nd, 2008 at 03:44 pm 1199288652
January 2nd, 2008 at 04:44 pm 1199292298
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
January 2nd, 2008 at 06:00 pm 1199296855
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:52 am 1199321538
Julie had an amazing birthday! She even got McDonald's for dinner. She's in HIGH heaven.
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 am 1199321603