Tuesday Jonah turned 10. When he woke up, he got his birthday gifts right off. After I was done homeschooling Celeste, just Jonah and I went on a special date together. On that date, he got to spend money he was given from other people for his birthday. He got lots of Pokemon stuff. He chose to go to lunch at Olive Garden. That's the 2nd year running for him celebrating at that restaurant. As a family we had a fancy candlelit dinner using the goblets and nice dishes for the meal he chose. Corndogs :) He's been really enjoying his gifts and said it was the best birthday he's ever had. He was still kind enough to hold his mom's hand several times while we were on our date.
Today Celeste turned 11. She woke up to open gifts right off too. She only asked for one thing. A thesaurus but of course we gave her more than just that. She also got to go on a special date with mom after I homeschooled Jonah. She chose lunch at Olive Garden as well. We went shopping at the mall together. She was given the option to get her ears pierced but declined. She spent most of her money at Barnes and Noble where she bought some books and is already tucked in her room reading to her hearts delight. We also repeated the fancy dinner as a family but with her pick of Chicken pot pie. We had her ballet class today--the one I teach for her and 4 of her friends. We made it kind of a ballet class party. We stayed here rather than go to the studio and we watched ballet movies, talked about ballet history, and just went over our recital dance a few times. The rest of the time they just played and ate cake and ice cream.
The best part of our day was two really special experiences for our two oldest girls.
The boy that Celeste "admires" came to our door (along with his Dad, the Bishop,) with a really sweet card and box of heart candies and treats for her! That made her birthday very memorable for sure!
Minutes after that happened, Eden came in and shared the most adorable thing with us that also concerned a boy she "admires". But we wont share the details of that story because it would embarrass her. It made for a couple of sweet conversations with our little girls that seem too young to be having experiences like that!
8 comments:
aww....how sweet!!You are such a good mommy!Happy birhtday to both your kiddos!
It sounds like they both had memorable birthdays - and really, that seems to be the most important part. To remember being loved and appreciated on your birthday by your family. Great job!
Happy birthday to those two! Sounds like a fun day.
I remember my mom taking me to lunch alone on my birthdays. Great memory and tradition! Sounds like they both had a special day.
How fun! You are so creative and have to be such an awesome mom! I love reading your blog and getting cool ideas for things all the time. Thanks so much for sharing!
Sounds like some special times with your kids! What wonderful memories they will have!
My daughter has a boy she admires and I've used it as an opportunity to talk about emotions (they are so normal) and what is appropriate for tweens, pre-teens, and teens (dating in groups at 16, etc...).
She has been able to share her "crush" feelings and be able to know that it is soo normal and that she can be friends (FRIENDS)!!!
I love those two and are so proud of them! Happy (late) birthday Celeste and Jonah!
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