There are things our kids / triplets can always count on for their birthday: birthday number pancakes, a whole day or few together, just spent having major family quality time, cake of their choice, lots of love and stories about their birth, and the flying of time.
But they don’t often ask for anything, or expect gifts that we can tell. While we’ve always told them you should never EXPECT gifts from anyone, we’ve always given them something for their birthday! So if they are expecting anything, they are good at hiding it! lol.
So they seemed excitedly surprised when we told them we had a little something for them before lunch, their cake choices, and heading out for an overnight surprise trip.
I love the expressions!
{S} guessed out loud, “A BlackBerry?”, to which I laughed out loud and spontaneously replied with,
…..”YEAH RIGHT!!”
Then {O} said, “They’re I-Pods!”
Well, MP3 players of another brand. Close enough. ; )
Then their big sister had a surprise of her own for them….
$5.00 each to I-Tunes! Cool!
We did think ahead though, to load some music on to the players, the night before, and put their initials on them as well. Because we knew they would have been persistent in asking us to do so, if they couldn’t use them right away.
I just knew these little doo-dads were going to prove to be a BRILLIANT little idea.
They were THRILLED to have one of their own. Even with the strict volume rules. ; )
And I’m telling you, it was the QUIETEST…..
….LUNCH…..
EVER!!!
There is quite a bit more on their birthday celebrations coming up here, there, and who knows when.
We feel so blessed and full of thanks, and that’s always worth celebrating. A LOT!
P.S. Do you have any song suggestions for 7 year olds? So far we’ve uploaded their VBS CD, and a few other choice songs. I’ve started a list of appropriate and positive/happy songs as I hear them. (Singles by Martina McBride, Bob Marley, and anything Christian/worship music…). Stuff with good messages, etc. If you have ANY song suggestions for them we can load on these, we’d love to hear them! When I get a longer list of ideas and suggestions, I’d be happy to share it here if everyone would like that. After all, appropriate/positive/happy songs are great for ALL ages! : )
Thank you all SO MUCH for these great music suggestions!
And KIM!….Thank YOU for your especially helpful list! Fantastic ideas I would have never thought of! I’m sincerely thankful. : )
You are all so nice to have around. : )
My 6 year old LOVES all things veggie tales…lol, so do my college age sons. There silly songs are some of the funniest ever, who can resist a cucumber singing about a hairbrush???
We also love classical music, there are some ‘Mozart Effect’ cds that are wonderful, especially the Mozart in Motion cd. ‘Children’s 25 favorites’ compilation if classical music just for kids, it includes March of the Tin Soldiers, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Peter and the Wolf…LOVE this one.
For something different try John William Greatest Hits 1969 -1999 it has all the scores from all the Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones, Close Encounters,Jurassic Park Schindler’s List, Hook…and a ton more.
We do LOTS of movie scores…
Leahy has a stunningly toe tapping first cd…a large family that sings, plays the fiddle and Irish dances through one of my all time favorite cds. It is what I put on everytime I clean the house and I fairly dance through my work!
Many from Beatles are great songs, the Eagles have some, as does Elton John, and Billy Joel.
Jimmy Buffet has a album just for kids called the Parakeet Album.
Amy Grant is a great bet, Randy Travis hymns are soul moving.
Ohhh I could go on and on about how much we love our music here…
If I had to save something from my house it would be my family, my photos, then my cd’s!!! Have fun finding music for your little ones. Kim
My kids love all the songs from “Sound of Music”, “Mary Poppins”, etc.
Well, if you have any of the cat chat CD’s, their songs are pretty catchy. Check them out at http://www.catchat.ca. They have some sample music for you to try out. Little Hannah loves ‘trying’ to sing “I believe”.