BirthWeek March 14, 2008
Posted by clintcarter in Family, Life.trackback
One fun thing about starting a family is that you get to do things the way you want to. I know you remember telling your parents “when I grow up I’m not going to _______ (insert thing you didn’t like doing)” or “when I have my own house I’m always going to _______ (insert thing you really liked doing)”.
One thing we’ve decided to do at our house starting this year is celebrate a BirthWeek. In our minds, BirthDays are too special to only celebrate for 1 day. So this year we have instituted the BirthWeek. The BirthDay person gets 7 exciting days of non-stop BirthWeek action. Everyone defers to your opinions, they go out of their way to do special things for you, you get to choose the food, and surprises are a constant throughout the week.
There is still the BirthDay, with a party, cake, and presents. And the BirthWeek must encompass the BirthDay. It seems to work best with the BirthDay as the kick off to a week long celebration rather than as the culmination.
Today is the conclusion of Carey’s BirthWeek. It was a good run. We’re still in the test phase with tweaking necessary, but this is turning into the best thing since self-propelled lawnmowers.
*One more thought – since there are 6 of us in our family, that means we will be celebrating a BirthWeek one and a half months out of the year. If anybody can handle that much partying – it is the Carters.
My mom has attempted to celebrate her “birthday month” as she calls it for as long as I can remember. While the idea is cool, a month is too long. I think that a BirthWeek is much more reasonable.
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