St. Patrick’s Day revelry may have been what everyone was caught up in this past weekend, but at our house, it was also my #2’s 8th birthday!!
He declined having a regular birthday party at the family fun center or the bowling alley like his siblings. I asked him if he wanted to, as much as I hate planning those things, I asked him. I swear I did.
But, he said he’d pass because he didn’t want us to spend all of our money on something as unimportant as a birthday party.
Because he really just wanted us to be together as a family. He didn’t ask for a single gift (when pressed, he said, “Surprise me.”), he didn’t ask for any fanfare, or decorations, or anything.
Just cheesecake. He said he really wanted to get some cheesecake.
And, I died.
Because how freaking sweet is that?
My heart just swelled up and exploded straight out of his chest.
And then I convinced him that we should at least go to dinner. With a couple of friends.
He suggested sushi.
I talked him into hibachi, because really most kids just don’t like sushi.
He wound up getting a pogo stick from my parents (hello old people!). He was so thrilled with it that he slept with it under his bed, got up super early the next morning, and went outside to become a pogo master…
Close second in the gift department? The $20 bill he found wedged inside of one of his birthday cards. As he ripped it out and held it up to the sky in glee he shouted, “$20? Now we can go to the thrift shop!”
What, what, what, what, what? What, what, what, what, what?
Ask your grandpa, can he have his hand-me downs?
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A pogo stick is a DREAMY gift at that age! :) Happy Belated Birthday to him!
OMGosh! You done good, mama – what a little sweetheart he is!! And way cool on the pogo stick and the $20 bill – bet he considers this the best birthday ever! :) Happy (belated) Birthday to your adorable little man! :)
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My middle daughter would LOVE a pogo stick! She would think that’s just the coolest present ever… in fact, I may just need to find one for her now. ;) Happy Birthday to your second boy! :)
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Happy birthday to your #2 dude! What a kind and sensitive soul!
(You can take me out for hibachi and sushi anytime!)
#2 is my kind of dude with those birthday plans — my #1 also decided to not have a big friend birthday party this year and I was so excited to not have to deal with that hassle I almost said out loud, “Name your present, seriously anything, it’s yours!”
Happy birthday to your son! Sounds like he had splendid birthday and sounds like he’s going to grow into a great guy.
That just made my heart explode. Uuuuuuugh. He is just too precious!
Now that is my kind of birthday!
Middle kids are wonders, I’m telling you. They see what the oldest gets, they see what the youngest gets, and they are happy to bridge a nice medium. Middle medium. Gotta love it.
Awww, what a cutie! Sounds like you guys had the perfect weekend!
My youngest is that way. He would rather go to Goodwill than Walmart. He is quiet and reserved but gives hugs out of nowhere to anyone and he is 13! I am hoping he keeps this attitude cause heaven knows his older brothers have given us a hard road to hoe with the oldest being bipolar and a dozen other issues and the middle one just being a typical moody teen.
What a sweetie is he! I would kill for kids that liked sushi or even hibachi! Mine get freaked out by the fire. I’m raising such culturally stunted little pansies. ;)
Now you are raising some gorgeous kids…inside and out.
What a doll.
Happy birthday!
PS. Cheesecake on birthdays is the best.
That kiddo is a keeper!
He is such a sweet boy, and even without that big heart, who could resist that face. No one. That’s who.
Happy birthday to your little one! What a cutie he is!
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