Although Hannah had her big shin-dig a week before her birthday, we still followed birthday traditions on her special day. We started Thursday, Oct 27 by waking up super early to sing "Happy Birthday." As Gabe, my mom & I sang, I remembered how I looked forward to be serenaded on my birthday by my family. No matter how old I was getting and how "cool" I thought I was in high school I pretended to be asleep while I heard my mom shove tissue paper in a birthday bag and my grandma whispering (she doesn't know how to whisper- she would still talk in her normal voice) "are we ready to go in?" As soon as I heard my grandma's voice I would quickly put the blanket over my head to block off the bright light (my birthday is after day light savings, so it's always dark outside). I would try so hard not to laugh as they were singing their heart out and everyone rubbing their eyes and squinting because of the bright ceiling light!
The wake up serenade on my birthday was and still is the highlight of my day. The most memorable birthday singing was when I was little. My dad sang the loudest with his
heavy accent starting it off with Haaaapy Birrrrrrrthday to jou.....and then my grandma sang it in Spanglish and my mom, sister and cousins sang it in perfect English, lol!
The first year I got married I sang happy birthday early in the morning to Gabe and I felt pretty darn stupid- I didn't have any back up singers and he just didn't really understand why I was making a big deal out of his birthday and more importantly why I was waking him up! He always said, birthdays & holidays are over-rated- "it's just an ordinary day for me"! I thought to myself, well, not for me, so you better make it a special day for me & serenate me!!! A couple of years later, I had to explain how important my family tradition was to me and it's not about the gifts, it's about the serenade and feeling special, darn it! Is singing to me too much to ask??!!
Even though Hannah thought her birthday celebration ended last weekend she was pleasantly surprised to the early morning singing and presents to open on her birthday :0) That evening, a small town near us had a Halloween festival and trick or treating. She was thrilled to do that on her birthday and we had cake and ice cream at Chili's!
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| Hannah, always trying to scare Lulu! |
At Boo-da Halloween
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| Cute matching outfits ;) |
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| Both outfits glow in the dark- the black and white photo shows the glowing skeletons! |
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| Family pict!!!! Lovin on my birthday girl. |
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| Cake looks good, but she wasn't looking at that. She was looking at the the group of 6 Chili's staff singing to her. |
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| Doesn't know what to think..... |
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| Happy! She told us later that was LOUD! |
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| Miss Smiley now that we are at home. |
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