Happy Birthday My Darling!
He’s officially a teen today. Although I have been
calling him a teen for the last year he is only really one today.
And I am sooooo excited because I planned a little
surprise for him and I love surprises and so does he. In his backpack is a note
that his buddies will tell him to look for at lunchtime at school and that note
invites him and two of those friends for Thai Express and depanneur afterschool
paid for by us. A second note on his door this morning invited him to a fancy
lunch with his Dad and best buddy on Thursday to be picked up and dropped off
at school. He will be thrilled.
I
figure if for Jewish boys 13 is a wedding- like event my boy should have a
couple of lunches out and be spoiled a bit too no?
My fave part of planning this little surprise is that I
loved texting these two new friends I have never met behind his back. It was so
fun! They were so appreciative and excited-it was if I was offering to take
them to a concert and Fireworks after and a ski in the mountains!!! They were so
cute and sweet and wonderful. They kept texting me all week thanking me and
telling me how excited they were to see Bears’ reaction. He has wonderful, polite,
smart, mature and incredible new friends at his new school and I am happy for him.
I am excited to meet these kids today-they sound so nice.
Bears bday incuded early morning wake up to gifts and
basket in bed, surprise on the door Thursday lunch with Chibou and Daddy, ice cream bar tonight’s special snack since can’t
celebrate for dinner until Tuesday since in 2nd day of semester end
exams and he is cramming away.
Specially prepared and delivered homemade favorite
chicken nugget surprise. By the sweetest of friends who has plenty on her mind
moving across the world in a few weeks but still has the heart and time for
this sweet gesture for BearJ
(can't wait to see his favce on this one as he loves kind and lovely gestures
like this)
Tuesday night family dinner with Didi and five of us for
“Raclette” Yummy! Cesar salad, nachos as an entrée and homemade brownies for
dessert. Didi's traditional gift bag and maybe a session of Scrabble Slam? A
massage at the spa to top of this special year. Of course his bdayb yearly
tradition: a pillsbury chocolate cookie baked in a pan as one BIG cookie
Since he is 13 and that and 16th are big years in our
minds….this year is a big party year with friends., We will wait until Spring
when the snow has melted and he will have his Paintball party where his friends
are invited to pay half the tarif and us the other half. Will have two minivans
full of kids and the rule is more than 85% have to be new friends to encourage
stepping out of comfort zone in the first year of high school. It works! A
combination of a few of his awesome friends from gradeschool and a bunch of new
kids we get to meet.
So Bear we love you so incredibly much. You are a good
boy, a great son, a great friend, you have calmed down with the girls a bit
hallelujah and you look amazing with your braces on. I am so happy that we
fought and prayed and worked and strategized re Defi Sport as you told me the
other day that it has made you love school and that you could not even imagine
not being into Defi Sports and that it is the highlight of your existence (and
I knew how important this was for you). You were worth every single ounce of
energy that went into thinking and worrying about this after your emergency
surgery even if everyone around me thought your Mom was nuts to care so
much about school). You and I get it eh Bear?
I wish for you all the health, happiness and success that
you so deserve in your 13 yr and beyond. I love watching you love life. And I
love all of your friends-they are perfectly suited to the guy you are and you
all deserve eachother.
To minimal migraines, more eggs, more sleep, good grades,
lots of sports and muscles and to all the smiles that make you who you are
Bear!!
Love
Mommy
