It´s no time when I was writing Max´ 4th birthday post down! I just can´t imagine how quick time flies by! You are such big girl already and on the other hand when I really look at you I see how little you actually are. Your body is so fine and you look like a doll.
Anyway... your wishes and imagination is big and so we were working on a big girl´s birthday and on realizing your ideas. First of all it was clear we would have a real girl´s party. Something like princesses, fairies, flowers and butterflies. You also had the idea of having a Frozen party but at the end we decided not to do so as your birthday is midst summer and it would seem like wrong theme! Making the suggest of decorating with beautiful Tinkerbell it was you saying "Yeah Mama!". So we did!
Making your Birthday Cake was real fun as I did it for the third time in a row and so it was no challenge at all. This banana chocolate cake is so yummy but nevertheless I think there should be a new idea for for next party, haha! Celebrating the kids´ parties not on their acual birthdays makes the whole thing much more simple for me.
I can do all preparations with enough time and I don´t have the pressure not to do too much on my own and to miss my kids´ special day with baking, cleaning, preparing and running around busily. So when we invite the friends a few days later the kids are excited the same and there is no bad concious when they are watching tv in the meantime or spending more time with daddy or the grandparents... without me!
I try to keep the birthday arrangements as similar as possible as I´m a big fan of traditions. For example we only take the big lemonade dispenser on special party days or the kids only get Marshmallows on their birthdays or all in all they are allowed to eat more sweets than normal. This makes it something gorgeous for the kids and I don´t have to discuss such things during the year.
Celebrating a birthday in summer is real fun... and of course much more easy for parents. When you are as lucky as we are to have a garden it´s simply fantastic.
This little fairy was enjoying her day a lot. I can only imagine what it means to get such lovely and extraordinary parties. The birthdays I was celebrating when I was little were simple... nice... but simple. Family invited, a cake, not really special decorations and a few gifts.
So on this topic I call my kids... spoilt. Yes... confessed! But really? What´s wrong about this kind of celebrating? It´s a lot of work... right! It´s something about money... right! But it keeps in mind... every single birthday we had until now! And that makes the whole thing worth for us! The kids remember their theme parties with pleasure and are able to assign some to their ages! So I know that it really matters to them... and I´m happy!
Little Lina!
I´m happy, proud, blessed and overjoyed to have you in my life...
to call you my daughter...
and that you chose me as your mama!
I wish you all the best in the world...
be always blissfully happy
healthy
and simply the way you are!
Love, Mama
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