So my daughter's birthday has past; on January 9th, 2013 she turned nine. Hard to believe and bittersweet of course-- words heard from every mothers mouth on a way-too-often basis.
So the last two birthdays Claire didn't even get a party with her darling little friends and it's entirey my fault. I would actually like to blame Christmas (as it occurs two weeks prior to her birthday) but I expect I won't get away with that. The stores have not too much left on the shelves for the month of January and many folk are all shopped out come this month. It is tough to be born near Christmas. For her seventh birthday she was so upset that it was not warm enough to have her birthday outside like her brother's (his birthday is at the end of June and there is always sunshine) so we decided to postpone it and wait for the nicer weather. Well, March became April and April became May and May become June and that was the wettest month of the year I swear. Last year there was just so much going on; our beloved mom and grandmother had passed away in December and the thought of having a party without her here was completely unbearable. We are very fortunate that my sister has a wonderful large family so whenever we get together to celebrate our birthdays it is just like our own amazing party and (in my mind) that was her party the last couple of years; with her cousins and family that matter the most.
But the last time her friends helped her blow out her candles was when that nine was upside down; which is entirely too long. So when she chose The Lorax as her theme for her long-awaited party with her friends how could I say no? After feeling like the sucky mom of the past couple of birthday-years-past I was not able to (without feeling guilty) ask her to choose an easier theme and so Dr. Suess' The Lorax it is! The date has finally been choosen to be February 2nd; late but not too late; close but not too close to Christmas. It is perfect and they are (of course) predicting sunshine.
No comments:
Post a Comment