About a week ago, just after dinner, I got that nagging feeling that there was something I was supposed to be doing but I couldn't remember what it was. Then it came to me, my daughter's half birthday party at school. Yes, I said half birthday, her real birthday falls during summer vacation, so the teachers let her celebrate her half birthday so she can still have a school party.
Me: "Sweetie, when are you supposed to bring treats for you party?"
Her: "Um, the 23rd."
Me: "You mean tomorrow?"
Her: "Oh, yeah, I guess so! We don't have to make the brownies I asked you for!"
It being 6:30pm already, and there being scout meetings ahead to get to, I wasn't going to push her on the brownie thing. I shoved the Guilt Demon inside me back into it's dark little hole and we loaded up and hit the IGA bakery section.
We picked out 30 lovely cupcakes that were way overpriced and had loads of sugar frosting in pink and white, she was thrilled. As we are unloading the car at home she turns to me and says " Thanks Mom, this really means a lot to me! The kids will love the cupcakes and I get to have my party!"
Woohoo! Chalk up another one in the win column for the Not Super Moms everywhere! I gave my daughter the validation she needed without sacrificing my sanity! And it only cost me 3 times as much as homemade!
The only thing that went wrong was, Dad ate the one chocolate cupcake that was leftover (as opposed to one of the 2 white cupcakes that were also leftover). Apparently my daughter was too busy passing out cupcakes at school to eat hers there. When she went to eat it later at home, well, let's just say Dad had some explaining to do!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Happy Birthday To Me!
My Birthday was Sunday. I'm now the answer to life the Universe and everything, in other words I'm 42.
Historically my birthdays kind of suck. I mean it's right after the biggest holidays of the year and everyone is pretty much partied out by the time the New Year rolls around. My husband does his absolute best to give me a good day and this year was no exception.
On Saturday we went out dinner and drinks with a few friends and it was a nice time. On the way to dinner we stopped at a BuyMore to get my MP3 player which was my main gift (I had gotten a massage earlier in the day). On Sunday I got to sleep in for the last time as vacation was coming to an end the next day. Then I got to load a bunch of music onto my new toy. We took the kids bowling in the afternoon. It was fun even though we all stink at bowling :)
Most of my Facebook friends posted good wishes to my wall, that was really nice. My Mother-in-law called me too. No one else in my family called which, while par for the course, still bugs me. My sister did post to my wall so I guess that counts for something.
I guess I just really wish my birthday fell at another time of year, but there's not much to be done about it. To be honest, it probably wouldn't make any difference, the lack of family contact would be the same no matter what time of year it was. That's why it sucks, it's a day that's supposed to show you how special you are and yet it's also a day when I'm reminded how little some people think of me and that's hard. Thank God for my husband and children, I would be completely lost without them!
So, I shall simply strive to make sure those I love always are recognized on their special day and remind them how very much I think of them!
Historically my birthdays kind of suck. I mean it's right after the biggest holidays of the year and everyone is pretty much partied out by the time the New Year rolls around. My husband does his absolute best to give me a good day and this year was no exception.
On Saturday we went out dinner and drinks with a few friends and it was a nice time. On the way to dinner we stopped at a BuyMore to get my MP3 player which was my main gift (I had gotten a massage earlier in the day). On Sunday I got to sleep in for the last time as vacation was coming to an end the next day. Then I got to load a bunch of music onto my new toy. We took the kids bowling in the afternoon. It was fun even though we all stink at bowling :)
Most of my Facebook friends posted good wishes to my wall, that was really nice. My Mother-in-law called me too. No one else in my family called which, while par for the course, still bugs me. My sister did post to my wall so I guess that counts for something.
I guess I just really wish my birthday fell at another time of year, but there's not much to be done about it. To be honest, it probably wouldn't make any difference, the lack of family contact would be the same no matter what time of year it was. That's why it sucks, it's a day that's supposed to show you how special you are and yet it's also a day when I'm reminded how little some people think of me and that's hard. Thank God for my husband and children, I would be completely lost without them!
So, I shall simply strive to make sure those I love always are recognized on their special day and remind them how very much I think of them!
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