Just a thought on birthdays
With a birthday this week, and shortly after Christmas with little or no $ left, and 4 kids my husband and I decided a few years ago to make birthdays a little more Blissful at the Brower home. We give the kids 3 options and they get to choose 2;
1. Go out to dinner with the family (nicer than the usual Wendy's),
2. Party with friends and small gift,
3. A certain allotment of $ to spend on themselves-whatever they want.
9 times out of 10 they choose the dinner and $. They also get to choose their favorite homemade breakfast, and lunch and the day off from chores (yes, that includes the mom-because when else do you have an excuse), and of course cake and ice cream with the extended family. This has made our birthdays around here far more blissful being that the birthday person is king/queen for their SPECIAL day and less stressfull on the mom. Please share what birthday traditions you have.
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