There are four family members who have
birthdays on the third. My granddaughter
turned one year yesterday. And Jenna is
madly planning her Dr. Seuss themed birthday party which we’ll have next month.
Interesting that both girls come from
fathers who also celebrate their birthdays on the third – although not until
October and November. There’s a few of
us that find it interesting.
For the most part, we’ve always held
Jenna’s birthday party on the 3rd.
It has worked out that the kids have always been out of school on that
day. Actually she did have preschool on
her fourth birthday, and there was a primary activity that same day. We had our own celebration with just Jenna,
Roland and me later on that night. Tony
was in Brazil. I don’t recall where the
other two boys were.
One time the young men and young women
had an Easter celebration for the primary.
Jenna had turned hadn’t started preschool yet. She has also gone Easter egg hunting on her
birthday.
Jenna was actually supposed to be born
on an Easter Sunday – according to my Ob Gyn anyway. But had decided to come eight days earlier
than scheduled. If she had waited another day, she would have been born
04-04-04.
It’s spring break and I know that some
of her friends will be out of town. I
have to get a count of who might be available.
We may have to do it the following weekend. Or maybe not.
Janice (whom Jenna claims as her best friend) has a birthday six days
after Jenna. I have learned through the
years that if the weather is nice on Jenna’s birthday, it has always been dark
and wet on the day that Janice’s parents have her party. But when the weather has been cold and windy
on Jenna’s day than Janice will get nice weather.
Jenna has already made streamers for
decorations. She has added red lines to
old adding machine tape for a “cat in the hat” effect and has picked out the
treats and games to play (one being “Seussical” chairs ); I will also place characters on the back of
each child as they come to the party and they will have to ask one another
questions to figure it out.
We will also be wearing name tags as
not all the children will know one another.
It is rare when all guests end up knowing one another. I think there are
four or five schools that are attended by our rather small primary. Nobody from the ward will know her school
friends and vice-versa. And then there
are five from our last area that treat Jenna like gold. Each of them had gone to Jenna’s fifth
birthday party and had not known one another then but they do now.
Funny, when I was pregnant with Jenna
there were several people who offered to throw me a baby shower. I was asked by my visiting teachers what I
would like the theme to be. I also chose
a Dr. Seuss theme. It’s fun to see Jenna
be so excited and put so much thought into her birthday. I expect Roland to help me this year.
