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Birthday Memories & a Giveaway!

8/17/2016

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It's my birthday today, and I decided that means you should get a present too, so how about a giveaway? But first, I'm reminiscing about celebrations of birthdays past. When I was a kid, we had big family birthday parties when aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents all came over to our house. They were so much fun. Lots of food and often a wiffle ball game in the backyard. My sister's birthday is five days after mine, so after she was born, the parties were for both of us.
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And when we were very young, there were even Big Bird cakes, which my grandparents made and decorated, and that you can see in the picture. They were pretty cool. In the picture, I'm the one in the middle wearing the Happy Birthday tiara (Why don't I get tiaras on my birthday anymore? This seems like something that should still happen, don't you agree?) with my cousins crowded around me.

I always looked forward to those family parties because it was so much fun to have the whole family together and get to see all my cousins at once. I miss that now. We're all grown up now and scattered much farther apart, and it's been ages since we were all together for something like this.

I have great memories of adult birthdays too. Family birthday   

dinners, vacations that coincided with birthdays, and wonderful times with friends, including the first time my best friend and I celebrated my birthday. We had just met in law school orientation, during which we were both stressed and anxious, and we went out and had a fun dinner together. The same friend and I celebrated one of my birthdays years later with a day in New York City that included a delicious lunch and an amazing amount of time in Saks trying on designer shoes. Birthday shoes were also bought, and they are probably my favorite shoes, not just because of the brand or how pretty they are but more because of the memories they hold.
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One of my best birthday memories is the birthday I spent in Paris. I had been to Paris before but not as an adult, so I was really excited to go. My birthday fell on our second day there. I got to spend the day wandering Paris and touring the Louvre and visiting the Eiffel Tower. There was pastry too (of course!). It was an amazing place to spend a birthday, or any day.

And now, for the giveaway: Tell me a favorite birthday memory of yours in the comments to be entered to win a paperback of your choice of The Prince's Consort, The Artist's Masquerade, or The Scholar's Heart, signed to you if you like. For extra entries, like my Facebook page and/or follow me on Twitter, and let me know the name you did it under in your comment. I'll pick a winner after 5pm eastern on August 22nd (which happens to be my

​sister's birthday. Happy birthday, Mandy!).

​So, tell me some birthday memories! I can't wait to read all about them.

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Laura Bailo link
8/17/2016 07:56:46 am

Happy Birthday!!

As for birthday memories: I remember celebrating with my family (we're a big family, so it was probably a group of 30 people), eating cake and generally having a fantastic time.

I already follow you on twitter and like you on Facebook (and out :P), with the same name I'm signing this comment.

Hope you have an amazing birthday!

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Kimberly Curington
8/17/2016 03:20:16 pm

One of my favorite birthdays was number 13. My mom AND my dad took me out to dinner, and dad took me to this import store and bought me a beautiful, special doll I'd wanted for several years. HE took me into the store, and HE bought it for me, with me. That was not something that happened a lot, usually mom handled things like that. I am 51 years old, and that still is fresh in my memory.

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Kimberly Curington
8/17/2016 03:21:43 pm

Oops, Forgot! I follow on twitter @digiwidow, and Facebook as Kimberly Curington...

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zarah
8/17/2016 04:29:08 pm

When I was about 6, my mother had to take me aside and remind me I could still get a spanking, even on my birthday and at my party. I was being that much of a tyrannical princess. I don't really know why I remember this fondly, but I do. Maybe it's a case of looking back with adult eyes.

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Amanda Kleinschmit
8/18/2016 04:33:18 am

My favorite birthday memories have been spent with family eating a ton and then spending hours around the fire ring out back at my parents house.

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