They will be ten on the 21st. I don't care about my birthday. When you reach 40, do they still matter?
2006-10-14 20:49:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
*cough* Yes! They are important when you reach 40. And *taps foot* You missed mine last week. *eyebrows up* Oh that's ok......now I just have one more thing to rib you about. :)
Birthdays. I just love them. Yes, I know I'm all grown up and all mature *cough* n stuff. But I will always feel like a kid on my birthday. When I was the age of your twins, I remember waking up that day I turned 10. What I wore was important. I wanted it to be my favorite......I wanted to feel special. It was one of those days where you just never ever wiped the smile off your face. And that's because something constantly was surprising you....all day long. Sure, your class sang Happy Birthday. Maybe you got to pass out cookies. But the teacher seemed to let you be her helper more that day. You'd walk down the hall and another teacher would say, "Happy Birthday." Your friends wanted to sit beside you at lunch. You got picked first in kickball. Then after school, my parents took over and would complete the perfect day! A great family night on the town out to my favorite restaurant. They would sing to me at the table. The server would bring me a special dessert. I would open my presents. Then get to go home and play with them all, try them all on or just sit and stare at the wonder of whatever it was. (I got a watch that year. Yes I remember.......man I loved that watch!! I felt so grown up)
It seriously is no different now. Last week I woke up and put on my favorite dress. I took more time in brushing my hair......just wanting to feel.......I don't know...Important. I got to school and was surprised with cards and letters from fellow teachers and from my students. I had someone bring in brownies and someone bring in cupcakes. And just like when I was ten...... there were surprises at every turn all during the day. The difference? When school ended, my daughters took over. But you can certainly tell that they know their mother. They took me to my favorite restaurant, gave me my present, and made sure the Japanese waiter sang some song in some language that I certainly didn't know. But I smiled. It was my day.... and it felt perfect.
We start out showing our kids how special they are at an early age. We show them how glad we are that they are in this world. Aren't we all still glad they are in this world at 40? The celebration of their lives sould always continue...even ♫ When I'm 64! ♫
2006-10-15 00:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by Marianne not Ginger™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I misread this the first time and thought you were being funny, saying "his birthday was today and my daughter's is next week." I was going to say that I labored way too long over this question.
Birthdays are very important to children. It's their big day. When we celebrate with them we aren't just rejoicing in the day they were born but in each day they have been with us since.
My children love their birthdays and so do I. My daughter will be 18 on November 10 - what a milestone. Last year 6 of her friends took her out to dinner, then they all came here to watch her open her gifts. We got her an Ipod Nano which would have been much too easy to guess if wrapped in the original box. So, I found an old book in the garage and cut a hole in the center pages to slide it in
Then I put a newer bookcover on the old book. When she unwrapped that book...oh, the look on her face was priceless. The looks on her friends' faces was even better. It took her several minutes to find the real gift. :-)
My third child was actually due on my birthday. He was born 4 days early on Dec. 4, 1992. My dad asked me what I wanted for my birthday that year. "A baby." Nothing else matters. It still doesn't. Celebrating his birthday every year makes mine all it needs to be.
2006-10-15 03:19:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anne Teak 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think separate birthdays is very thoughtful... at ten I am sure they do not have so many common friends as they used to... birthdays are still important for me but I think that is because as a kid all my birthdays sucked
2006-10-15 13:10:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birthday is so important just because - u will spend a happy time with family and friends, receive all best wished - feel how important you are and be ALIVE to looking forward the next.
2006-10-14 23:51:38 · answer #4 · answered by chloe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birthdays are important to children because society makes it so.
They should enjoy it and have a good time with their friends. For children, birthdays really are all about presents.
As we age, all they remind us of is that we are getting older.
However, I do enjoy a little surprise on my birthday. It just means that someone has thought of me in a special way and it simply feels good.
Forget Xmas and Valentine's presents. But birthdays are nice, except that I don't count mine anymore.
Just gimme the presents! .......wink
2006-10-15 06:57:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how old you are (and I am in my mid 30's) I think you should be treated extra special on your b-day because it is a way of others saying "we are glad you are here with us. it is great you were born, and we celebrate it!" Your children don't always need to have separate b-day parties but they should each get to invite their friends and have something special for each. My mother sometimes celebrated my b-day together with my brother's (3 weeks appart). We were 6 kids and sometimes it got to be too much to have separate parties for everyone.
2006-10-14 21:15:25 · answer #6 · answered by TrueSoul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 07:44:23 · answer #7 · answered by esannason 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very Happy Birthday to both of your kids! You just wait 'til they're teenagers...SHE will demand to have HER birthday party first!!
I'm over 40, so I don't care; soon I'll be looking at my driver's license just to figure out how old I really am...CRS is setting in...
2006-10-16 12:44:08 · answer #8 · answered by sandislandtim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a special day, you should be treated like a queen or king the whole day. For kids its very important, its a day that makes them feel so special even though they should be treated special everyday.
2006-10-14 21:00:09 · answer #9 · answered by shmidly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why are your twins having separate birthdays? i don't like birthdays for myself, but i make sure my children's are celebrated. is the question about you or your twins?
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO CHILDREN....stop your whining,
2006-10-14 20:54:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋