This one particular day they talked about fun things to do with your children and the speaker mentioned having a half birthday party...this really stuck with me so every February 1st we celebrate the half birthday of our daughter. It can be a fun time with the kids...you can get really creative by baking a cake and only decorating and serving half. Think about half...you can come up with many things to make it fun. We just do something simple like hot fudge sundaes. We usually buy her a little something because it is a half birthday party after all. I think back to that first one...she was pretty young and money was pretty tight back then. I went to CVS and bought her some kind of game...wrapped it and we told her that is was her half birthday. (I think my husband thought I was nuts!) Every year since we have made it a special day and one that she does look forward to. A couple of weeks ago we were talking about it...I mentioned something to the fact that soon it would be her half birthday...I made it sound like it was her last. She asked, "just because I turn eighteen next year...does it mean that I don't get anymore half birthdays? " Her daddy and I just laughed and told her that we imagine that for her we'll always celebrate her half birthday...
so today, my sweet...Happy Half Birthday!
After hugs and kisses this morning and happy half birthday wishes reality set in..."I can't believe that in six months I am going to be eighteen!" I gave her a great big hug and told her...all is going to be well...I'd like to encourage you to give your children a surprise for their next half birthday...if you have never done this before...I bet they'll get a kick out it!
Blessings!
Joyce
I love this idea! And you're new blog template is so pretty. Right before I checked on you, I changed my template! Ha! Great minds think alike:)
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Happy Half birthday Brittany!
Debbie
Happy 1/2 Birthday Brittany!
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You have a very pretty young lady in your home, Joyce Marie!
ReplyDeleteHappy 17 and a half birthday, Brittany.
The half birthday idea is so cute. I may have to have one for Maggie on April 9. I read on Debbie's blog that you and Brittany like to watch BBC movies. We love to watch them. We get them from the library mostly, but we do have a few that we have purchased. We like Cranford, new and old Pride and Prejudice and especially North and South. I am not sure if Little Dorrit is BBC, it probably is...but we like that one too.
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By the way...happy 1/2 birthday Brittany, and I love the new side bars. Very cute. I changed mine and am keeping it for a few days to see if I like it for REAL.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet idea Joyce.
ReplyDeleteI love the look of your new blog, beautiful!
Blessings,
Katia