The kids had so much fun celebrating Jason's "halfy birthday" that I decided to start celebrating half birthdays in our house. Maybe not always with a cake, but at the very least letting that person choosing the dinner menu for their halfy birthday night and doing something to make them feel special for a day. (today is Mike's half birthday and the kids had a ball helping me surprise him with a cake)
It got me thinking about some of the other birthday traditions out there. Last year, I came across this post with one tradition I want to start for sure. I'm already planning what new responsibilities and privileges I want to give Ryan and Kaylin this summer. This is what the post explained:
A wonderful way to make your children feel grown up and help them understand what “growing up” really means is to give them two special envelopes on their birthday. One is labeled “New Privileges” and might include a later bedtime. The other is marked “New Responsibilities” and might include a new chore such as doing the dishes. The birthday child will be so proud of their new privileges that they will take on the responsibilities with greater commitment. What a great way to teach them that these two things come hand in hand. Tie these envelopes with a thin gold ribbon and prop them up against a set of candles on the dinner table.
One thing we already do for our kids on the morning of their birthday is fill their room with balloons for them to wake up to.
We also put candles in every meal all day long.
What birthday traditions did you have growing up? What do you do with your family now?
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Love the balloon idea for the grands.....and the halfy....but then we pretty much celebrate everyday....
I like the idea with the envelopes. My daughter just turned 13 this year so we gave her a raise in her allowance. We don't celebrate their half bdays but I do announce it to them on their half bdays. I think we will start celebrating more halfs just for fun. One tradition that I've been doing for 6 years now is when packing my kids lunches on their bdays I wrap up their food in tissues paper, put a big sign on the inside flap, a goodie to share with friends, confettti, unblownup balloons, streamers all cut up that way it's like a party in the lunchbag. They love it and their friends think it's so cool. I also deliver a card ahead of time to the teacher my daughter Renee has so on her bday at excatly 9:26 they give her the card and sing happy birthday to her since I'm not with her. They are all really good about it, the kids enjoy it. All my other kids were nighttime babies so I'm always with them. I always let them choose their dinner and cake for that day too. We also measure all the kids on their bdays' and their siblings bdays and that's it. It's always the same dates every year.
When I was growing up my grandma always made a cake with a Barbie doll in the middle of it and the cake and frosting looked like a dress on her. I loved those every year till I was 10 I think. Happy half birthday to your husband.
Love this - love how happy your family is, Katie, love the envelope idea, too. Also - look at Jason in this picture. His hair mirrors Kaylin's while his features mirror Ryan's. He's one good-looking little guy with the best of both worlds!
We do the balloon-in-the-bedroom thing too .... saves mess in other parts of the house! :-) And candles all day long, yes yes yes. Unfortunately, the time of year Little Cub was born always coincides with a 2-week school vacation here, so none of his friends are around to celebrate with him. So we will probably always have a small family-only celebration on the day, and then his real 'party' with his friends either just before or after the school vacation. Lucky kid....his main tradition will be getting to celebrate his birthday TWICE! :-)
Glad you're enjoying the 'halfys' as well. What fun!
xoxoxoxo
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