tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286014002203672457.post5445645886790364358..comments2015-09-10T05:42:12.432-07:00Comments on Mami Bliss: Tis The Season to LOSE My Dang MIND!Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515855969068094304noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286014002203672457.post-19418300057430921362013-10-13T19:00:18.784-07:002013-10-13T19:00:18.784-07:00LOL funny you mention the one summer birthday Shaw...LOL funny you mention the one summer birthday Shawn. The one summer birthday we DO have in our house falls on July 3rd! Also a dilemma to plan each year when everyone either has plans or is gone for the holiday lol. I can def see their birthdays dwindling down to a pat on the back pretty soon cause it's super stressful. Their grandparents are actually the ones that always make it super special for them as well with the pricier gifts and showering them with attention. In two years is my oldest daughters Quinceanera (Latino version of a Sweet Sixteen)... I might just disappear to another country that year. I love the idea of getting the pictures done btw. You can think of it as your birthing day gift lol.Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515855969068094304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286014002203672457.post-20246716453943989202013-10-13T18:16:28.774-07:002013-10-13T18:16:28.774-07:00I love the chicken picture! My brother and I had b...I love the chicken picture! My brother and I had birthdays 4 days apart and two weeks after Christmas. We never had parties after about age 5 (which we had to do together) and it was kind of a let down after Christmas. I think my mom must have just held out a couple of gifts she had bought for Christmas to give us later. I really don't remember birthdays being a big deal in our house. My little brothers was July 5th, so his didn't count either. Now, my two kids share a birthday, just 3 years apart. They've mostly hated that, but I've carried on the tradition of not making a big deal about them. Since they've been teens, we've just taken them out for dinner, which is a rarity around here, and the grandparents usually got them something nice. One year, my mom took them to have their picture taken. That was the best present I ever got and it was their birthday!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09959326065855906350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286014002203672457.post-12787204964807649622013-10-12T09:16:59.267-07:002013-10-12T09:16:59.267-07:00I've nominated you for the Sunshine Award :) Y...I've nominated you for the Sunshine Award :) You can read about it on my blog today. http://missyhomemaker.com/saturday-soapbox-2-blog-awards/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331823559982525613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286014002203672457.post-61847746658840686152013-10-07T19:30:18.772-07:002013-10-07T19:30:18.772-07:00Ugh! Thank you for commenting Melisa! You have no ...Ugh! Thank you for commenting Melisa! You have no idea the relief just KNOWING someone feels me on this lil situation here lol... my fiancées oldest is the only one who lucked out with a summer bday and this year we took him to Six Flags (my two oldest were in FL with dad for the summer) so it was somewhat doable and even then we spent $230 on admission alone. The rest of the kids thank God haven't caught on yet since they get Christmas so close to their birthdays.<br />I've legit learned to do everything for myself down to cake decorating to save a penny. Lets see how this year works out for us. Maybe next year we'll experiment with the one big party and depending on how THAT goes... These kids are gonna be faced with an ultimatum... Either Christmas or your birthday?! Choose wisely. AND y'all are passing down them costumes!Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515855969068094304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286014002203672457.post-68680336558973717822013-10-07T13:37:23.091-07:002013-10-07T13:37:23.091-07:00OMG I laughed my ass off reading this! When I was ...OMG I laughed my ass off reading this! When I was growing up, we had only one big party-a kindergarten birthday party. Any others were ones we planned for ourselves. For our kids we used to do a dinner out for the whole family, until my oldest son's birthday supper cost us $150 between supper and ice cream out for 7 of us. Now, we take the birthday child out by himself for a meal and then one gift. I also make him a cake or cupcakes which we eat at home with a meal of his choice. The older kids have gotten pretty big presents the last couple of years and have agreed to 2 years worth of birthdays and Christmases (lets us off pretty easy for a couple of years!)<br />It's just too expensive for us to do large parties for these kids. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331823559982525613noreply@blogger.com