Sunday, May 6, 2012

Happy Birthday Bracken!



Ready
 Set
 Blow! Before the kids get to it first.

A simple celebration.  Kamri gave him a picture she drew, Hayes some Lego Ninjago pictures he printed out (a bit of a "Homer gift"--a gift he wanted himself), and I surprised him with a Coconut Creme Pie instead of cake.  I think that will be the tradition on his birthday since he'd rather pie than cake.  We had Pot roast for his birthday dinner.  Although, I will take no credit in that, he made dinner himself and since he took a picture of his plate here it is.


Let's be honest here, I had to follow our dinner rule of one bite of everything and all of one thing. Sometimes being a parent is tough. (kidding...sorta) I just don't like roast and mashed potatoes. I'm a weirdo-- but a grateful weirdo that my husband will happily make his own.

I love you, Bracken. I've rewritten  an obligatory mushy paragraph four times already. I just can't be mushy in public so I'll tell him personally and you all should know I love him, I'm proud of his accomplishments, thankful for all he does for me and so grateful that I am his wife, he his my husband and the father to our amazing kids.  He's accomplished a lot in his 29 years of life, I'm looking forward to the next 29!

What are your birthday traditions?  We let the birthday person choose dinner but that's about all we have, I'd like to do something else special.

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JaNae said...

My kids favorite tradition is that we run a slideshow on the computer with of pictures of them from birth to present.

I keep a file of pictures for each kid. All the good ones that I cut and paste into that file (if I'm lucky I update it once a year right before their birthday...usually it's a little out of date but they have no idea as long as there's some baby pics)

On their birthday morning the birthday girl waits at the top of the stairs. We have a CD that plays "happy birthday" regally. We turn on the song and they march down the stairs to their waiting fans who stand in front of the computer with them oooing and laughing at all the pictures on the slideshow while I make breakfast.

It has become a beloved tradition that they live for. Hayley just turned 9 and saw me updating her pictures the week before her birthday. She told me how much it meant to her and thanked me so much! We usually leave their pics up running as our screen saver for about a month after their birthday.

One of these days I'll scan in some of my and Ryan's pics for our birthdays! The kids would love that!!!

Good job for eating your roast and potatoes Skye!

5/07/2012

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