Mario leaves on Saturday for 2 weeks to Norway. So we decided to celebrate the boys birthday on Friday before he leaves. They have been talking about Chuck E. Cheese so I said we could go there if they want. They asked Mario to make them ice cream cake for their birthday. So I told them we could have ice cream cake on Friday after Chuck E. Cheese and then I would make them homemade ice cream on December 1 for their real birthday. All the plans were set and I thought everyone was happy until Zach came into where I was running this morning (at 5:00 am-why in the world was he awake at that time?) and started asking when he could hand out birthday invitations to his friends. So as I ran, I tried to explain that we were having a family birthday party this year and that we had a friend birthday party last year. We can't have friend parties every year. Needless to say, he didn't take this news well. It reminded me of a previous blog from March 4th where I posted letters that Zach wrote in school last year about how I always say no. In fact one says, "Its my birthday my mom says I can't have friends over."
On to the quote...so in the car as we were driving home from picking up candy for the pinata and the ingredients to make ice cream cake, Zachary said that I didn't care about his birthday and "it seems like my birthday is just air." I have to admit, I did feel a little bad. But not bad enough to throw together a big party.
2 comments:
Poor Zachary, only kidding.
I don't believe in big birthday parties every year. Kids are too spoiled and get too much stuff. You're doing the right thing.
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