Today's going to be a very busy day. V will be celebrating his 13th birthday tomorrow andis very excited about it too because to him (and to him alone - he will always be my baby - I'll get over it but more later than sooner) he is officially a teenager. I must admit that I have already seen drastic changes in his preferences since he was 11 to in fact, herald this era.
He is still the sweet kid that he is and is not afraid to show affection in public albeit less than before. He likes making his own decisions specially regarding his clothes and....ooohhh, our perennial fight, since last year...his hair.
On the plus side, his birthday celebrations has become easier to plan, not necessarily cheaper, on the contrary, just less guests (only good friends, sans parents - unless they're good friends of ours too - and sans nannies) therefore less logistical nightmare. No more piñatas (yehey), therefore less small candies but bigger ticket item give-aways. I remember when we had to prepare for 50 people where less than half of them were their nannies or drivers.
But then the gift also gets bigger. This year (quite late compared to most) we're taking him for a weeks trip to Disney World in Orlando and a Seven day Cruise up to St Martin. We can't of course, NOT let him NOT open a gift on his day (just seems cruel somehow, so we still got him his very first real hand-held radio with an 18 mile range which he has been hankering for since Christmas. Hard to win huh. Last year we got him a Wii console (that came with a game) with the agreement that he buys the games out of his own savings. Still we gave him Wii accessories last Christmas -Game Cube controllers. T and I have already agreed that he'll get his own laptop next year because he's been using mine a lot for his homework and researches. Yes, it only gets more expensive each year.
This year will be a long birthday celebration. He's planned for a pool party for Saturday 1pm - 6pm where some close friends (about 8) will be sleeping over. They have agreed to rent some DVDs that's supposed to scare the cr*p out of them and then play Paintball on Sunday after breakfast, then Pizza lunch before they finally part.
That suits us just fine. as you can see, it doesn't require our involvement much (no more emceeing...and no more clowns!!!). Just the food prep and the obligatory candle blowing on the cake. For the menu, he actually wants prepare it yourself meals. So we agreed on: Hotdogs, burgers and Kentucky-type but home made fried chicken. Except for the chicken (and the Lasagne), they will have to make their sandwiches themselves...I'll just have to put all the garnishes on the table, which suits me just FINE.
He is still the sweet kid that he is and is not afraid to show affection in public albeit less than before. He likes making his own decisions specially regarding his clothes and....ooohhh, our perennial fight, since last year...his hair.
On the plus side, his birthday celebrations has become easier to plan, not necessarily cheaper, on the contrary, just less guests (only good friends, sans parents - unless they're good friends of ours too - and sans nannies) therefore less logistical nightmare. No more piñatas (yehey), therefore less small candies but bigger ticket item give-aways. I remember when we had to prepare for 50 people where less than half of them were their nannies or drivers.
But then the gift also gets bigger. This year (quite late compared to most) we're taking him for a weeks trip to Disney World in Orlando and a Seven day Cruise up to St Martin. We can't of course, NOT let him NOT open a gift on his day (just seems cruel somehow, so we still got him his very first real hand-held radio with an 18 mile range which he has been hankering for since Christmas. Hard to win huh. Last year we got him a Wii console (that came with a game) with the agreement that he buys the games out of his own savings. Still we gave him Wii accessories last Christmas -Game Cube controllers. T and I have already agreed that he'll get his own laptop next year because he's been using mine a lot for his homework and researches. Yes, it only gets more expensive each year.
This year will be a long birthday celebration. He's planned for a pool party for Saturday 1pm - 6pm where some close friends (about 8) will be sleeping over. They have agreed to rent some DVDs that's supposed to scare the cr*p out of them and then play Paintball on Sunday after breakfast, then Pizza lunch before they finally part.
That suits us just fine. as you can see, it doesn't require our involvement much (no more emceeing...and no more clowns!!!). Just the food prep and the obligatory candle blowing on the cake. For the menu, he actually wants prepare it yourself meals. So we agreed on: Hotdogs, burgers and Kentucky-type but home made fried chicken. Except for the chicken (and the Lasagne), they will have to make their sandwiches themselves...I'll just have to put all the garnishes on the table, which suits me just FINE.
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Happy Birthday, Tackie!!!!! from us here in Antique
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