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Birthday Question of the Day
By John | June 23, 2008
Today is my birthday. I’m super old.
I remember when I was 5 and wearing Transformer undies, my babysitter & neighbor Emily asked me how old I thought she was. Now if you’ve ever done this to a little kid, you know it’s a mean trick. Kids have no numerical concept of age.
A 5 year old would likely lump the Builder, Boomer, X, and Y generations together as generically ’super old’, while expanding the Mosaics into larger parcels than they deserve - “Sammy’s in 2nd grade, but Jimmy’s really old: he’s in 4th grade!”
Like I said, I’m super old - but not too old to have a fantastic birthday party! (Thanks Erin!!!)
It was even a themed party — find out what the theme was here: John’s super fantastic birthday party theme!
(FYI: Make sure you vote before July 2!)
This brings us to our question this week:
What is your favorite birthday memory?
A party? A gift? A special person?
Leave a comment with a special birthday memory that sticks with you even today!
Topics: Question of the Week |
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I don’t know if it’s my favorite birthday memory, but this year was really fun. I was at Confirmation Camp for my birthday and knew something might happen, but thanks to my wife, Jess, and our youth director, Kim, things were all out. Jess had sent along posters with classic Dan birthday pics on them to decorate various parts of the camp. She also sent various party favors, a present, and a video to surprise me. Kim added a balloon to follow me around, a massive birthday cake, and told all the kids that they were supposed to spend the day making me feel old.
It was great fun!
June 25th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
For my 21st birthday I was out of the country, spending a semester in Germany. My mom put together a party-in-a-box, complete with cake mix, flamingo party favors (you know, the cheap pencils and plastic toys) complete with favor bags, candles, paper plates, and even a “pin the party hat on the flamingo” game. It was fun getting all my American friends over to party with my German house-mates!
June 25th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
One of my best birthdays was my 19th…I was away at school at Seward and got to come home and see my honey…now husband Charles…they planned a fun surprise party…which involved ice cream cake, my favorite! Happy Birthday John! Can’t wait to see you in July!