How wonderful, Lainey!
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How wonderful, Lainey!
Congratulations, Lainey!
And you get to dote on her and her sibling. Enjoy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lainey
A wonderful gift for the season!
Thanks for the good wishes. And as a related note, do any of you have a birthday close to Xmas, or know of someone who does?
I'm asking because it's already on the mind of the new baby's parents how to make sure her birthday doesn't meld into Xmas or get overlooked or rushed because of it being so close to Xmas.
First world problems, I know.
One thing I read was a family who made it a tradition to drive around to see Christmas lights on their child's birthday and not before. So it was a special perk for birthday girl because of course her other siblings didn't have entire neighborhoods lit up during their birthdays.
My birthday is Dec. 26. My mother always made it special- changed the tablecloth to match the good china, not Christmas, cake, ice cream, a party with the neighborhood kids. 3 of my friends had Dec. birthdays and all were made special by the parent- separate from Christmas...although the one born Dec. 31 had to share it with an open house her parents always had. But she did have a separate party. One perk I had with my cousin whose birthday was near Thanksgiving...because the Aunts and Uncles were all together they would remember we had birthdays so would slip us a dollar. It didn't happen with those other cousins whose birthdays were not around the holiday. Neither one of us ever fessed up about it until we were adults.
My gdaughter has a birthday a couple of days after Christmas. I make sure to send presents separately and call her and it will get easier to separate them as she gets older. It works out well for her because everyone is in a holiday mood and she gets more attention in a way than the ones who have more regular birthdays because everyone is kindof overcompensating, if that makes sense. It's harder with the granddaughter whose birthday comes in a big clutch of birthdays, the same week in the summer, and it's hard to make the focus on her when it's also her great grandmother and uncles' birthday weeks.
My step son birthday is the 22nd and we always made it special.
yes. I think she is asking “how.”Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
Early December birthday for me and DW's daughter; an aunt of mine has a December 28 birthday. IMHO it's important to note the day as if Christmas didn't exist. Few people who wanted to give a gift to an August baby would show up with it in October and call it a combination birthday-Christmas present but I saw that surprisingly often as a kid and my birthday wasn't even as close to Christmas as some. I send my aunt a birthday card that has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. DD's rule growing up was no Christmas decorations in the house until after her birthday; I notice that rule gets broken (by her) now that she has kids). Certainly it's up to the individual. I never minded Christmas decorations in the house during my birthday; different strokes. I think the guest of honor will provide the best guidance.
The “how” is different at different ages and the child’s interests.
My sister-in-law was born on Christmas day, her parents named her Merry Christmas but she goes by Chris. Her husband (my brother) birthday is Dec 16th and they have traditionally celebrated together.
What would have been my stepson, was born on Christmas day. When he was old enough to have friends over for a birthday, they decided to have his parties in the summer, mid July.
Thank you for this reminder!
My dad's birthday is the 28th so I just ran out and bought him a card and gift certificate. He'll be here visiting so I'll have to make him a cake too!
Beautiful frosty morning. The oak tree has 2 Downy woodpeckers and a bunch of Steller's Jay's flitting about. Sweet!
Chicken Lady doesnt get ALL the fun.
Here is DH with two baby goats he is helping to bottlefeed. On 12/21/2008 these goats were born as a litter of four. It was the same day his father died, so DH and his brother had a lot going on. The goat mom cannot care for all of these kids so she has two of them and the humans took two to care for. They are fed every two hours.
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What a wonderful picture, IL!
That’s so sweet IL!
Baby goats are cute and delightful especially when they dance through the air, over fences and through the woods. Great fun taking care of them.
I went ice skating for the second time recently (none of you probably know this, but I was a competitive figure skater as a child and teenager, and spent many years coaching skaters). I no longer have my own skates, so I used the rentals. It was almost scary at first (dang, the ice is FAST) as muscle memory and balance struggled to regain hold. Today was a bit easier, and I was able to start doing crossovers and some little spins and turns. It is fun, and great exercise! And I think it will really help the pain I have been experiencing in my hips because it actively engages the gluteus medius muscle group.
But of course I really want my own pair of skates!
SiouzQ, that is so neat! I loved to skate as a kid and I got one of my sons into hockey. He called me out of the blue the other day to say he'd gone skating and had such a wonderful day--he is 36--and wanted to thank me for all the time I spent taking him to hockey and teaching him to skate.
I actually got him into it because he was having trouble with reading and skating builds up both sides of the brain.
Now I want to go ice skate!
Growing up we skated all the time. Now I would be afraid to try it.
Most random thing that's happened to me in quite a while: we stopped in at a small local thrift store. Turns out that any customer who was wearing purple that week got a 50% discount. And what do you know, I was wearing a purple vest! So we ended up paying $30 for what would have been $60.
Technically, the items were wants, not needs, but it was still very fun.
Reminds me of a small local bookstore here. Years ago they had their cash registers set up where it would pop up an image of a star (or something similar, can't recall) which meant that your entire purchase was free. It only happened occasionally but I was a lucky recipient one time. Of course, the first thing out of my mouth was, Thanks, and I wish I'd bought more! The clerk just smiled and I realized he'd probably heard that same thing from everyone who won.
So, Lainey's wish for retail stores: do some more of these random Free or Half Off Everything surprises for your customers. It helps customer loyalty and could be a nice little boost for sales.
Yesterday our doofus bulldog performed a miracle: he quietly and calmly went up to the gate to sniff another dog walking along on the front sidewalk.
Instead of acting like a maniac, barking and charging the pedestrian and his dog as he usually does, Bozo sniffed the other dog through our gate and stood quietly while we talked with that dog owner. The other dog was a bulldog who didnt bark or make any noise, so that had something to do with it.
We sent our tax preparer our info Sunday and she is already finished. she is wonderful!
My doctor's visit from when I had the flu will cost me less than 20.00. Still waiting for the lab bill EOB.
Sometimes, at the end of the day, I sit here looking at my ridiculous bulldog chewing on his “ rabbit” toy while I sip on a Scotch and think this is the apostheosis of senior living. This dog is the love of my life. He is SUCH an idiot.
A really nice woman at work is starting a lunchtime book club.
I get it. I miss my dog--I didn't realize I'd miss her so much, but she was my "empty nest" dog. The family used to ridicule the way I spoiled her--in a male-dominated family, she was my canine soul sister. I was thinking about her today, watching the dog agility competition on TV. The border collies were brilliant at the course--and they reminded me of my dog, who was a border collie/labrador, but she definitely had the border collie attitude.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
So, enjoy your scotch and your bulldog tonight, IL!
One of the bed casters on my bed broke.
I decided to visit Walmart, have a coffee and see if they had some bed casters for sale. I met a friend who invited me to join her for a coffee and I 'invited' ;) her to help me replace the bed caster when I found one. Imagine finding two staff members who helped me find the casters.
This Walmart has so few staff. Not sure if that is the norm.
I set up the wooden blocks and a crowbar and the caster was replaced with ease. It is a 2-woman job with one lifting the bed frame using the crowbar and the other pulling out the old and tapping in the new caster. The whole effort just unfolded perfectly. Love it when that happens.
I can’t be without a dog. I love them sitting in my lap and following me around.
We just got back from a trip to Europe and I have to rave about the European TSA and airport check in at Charles DeGaulle airport. The TSA was friendly, fast, competent, and did not treat us like we were living in a police state. We even missed one step in the check in process and the gate attendant walked us over to get our sticker and brought us back so we did not have to stand in line again. Might help that we have grey hair and are older but that never seems to make a differnence in the USA.
Oh, and we were often asked if we needed help, offered seats in a variety of public transport and treated extremely well by everyone. Wonder where the comments come from that Paris treats its tourist badly? Maybe it is better to travel in the off season where the tourists are few and far between?
That is great that you hadsuch a good experience!
My tires, which despite being over a year old got me up the unplowed hill and into my driveway on the first try in our most serious snowstorm yet this season.
I'm a bit of a night owl. I started taking melatonin a couple hours before bed and now I can sleep at a decent hour, and then wake before noon. I work 2nd shift so I used to stay up all night and wake up 2 hours before my shift. I have mornings again!
I answered my doorbell to find a young woman in her 30s there who was in a wheelchair. Her speech was halting, but she introduced herself as a new neighbor on the next street over. She asked my name and said she was just wanting to meet her new neighbors. I thanked her for coming by and that was basically that as she was already backing up to get to the next house, but I am very admiring of her gumption to go out by herself to do that.
I hope to run into her again if she's out and about.
L, very cool. I no longer open my door to strangers during the day because a guy was going around and as soon as they opened the door he shot them and then robbed them. He targeted people 50 and up in good neighborhoods. They got him but most people I know are also doing the same. With Noki gone we are getting a security system.
I still open my door, I probably should be more careful. Once a man who appeared disheveled and confused asked “what year is it?” I answered him. He asked again to confirm. Looked confused. Then thanked me and wandered off.
I may have met a time traveler ...
Many of my neighbors have that doorbell camera, and when they catch someone unfamiliar ringing their bell, they post the picture on our closed FB group. A high-tech Neighborhood Watch strategy.
I open my door and I'm usually regretful, because it's usually someone selling siding or windows or solar energy. If my husband hears me talking to someone soliciting those things, he's better than a Great Dane at scaring them away.
These people were all shot in the head the second they opened the door. Then he killed their spouse.