Writer’s Workshop: Quite A Fun 10th Birthday
Last week I posted this picture on my instagram feed. It was of Monkey boy and the presents that he received for his 10th birthday. This year he received not one but two helicopters so both him and Doggie boy will be able to play with the helicopters together.
Tiger girl too got a present as I felt it would be unfair if both her brothers received presents while she had none. She received a Hello Kitty supermarket play set and was thrilled to bits playing with the new toy.
Since everyone was getting a birthday present each and they couldn’t agree on going with Monkey boy’s preference for a tiramisu cake we decided to get slices of cake instead of a whole cake.
We ended up getting six slices of three different flavours- chocolate, strawberry and tiramisu. It wasn’t cheaper this way as the cost of the six slices was equivalent to the cost of a whole cake. However there was more variety this way and all the kids were satisfied with the choice of cake.
My eldest is now officially a tween and is moving into a new chapter of his life.
How do you celebrate your kid’s birthday?
Do the other kids get presents too?
March 13, 2014 @ 6:28 pm
I’m sure the boys are going to have a blast with those helicopters!
The individual slices are a good idea. There are also a lot of places doing great cupcakes too so that’s a solution as well. In our house, the person whose birthday it is gets to choose the cake; since we all get our special day each year, nobody feels left out.
Visiting from Mama Kat’s
March 13, 2014 @ 6:48 pm
Yes, we buy him present and also celebrate his birthday at home. My husband and I will cook for him and we’ll invite all the children in our neighborhood.
March 13, 2014 @ 7:31 pm
Happy 10th birthday to your handsome son Dominique. I like the cake slices idea, that way you’ll be able to taste different variants.
March 13, 2014 @ 7:39 pm
Your boys will surely have a blast playing the helicopters. I think it would be nice if all the kids get a gift, even in the value is not that much.
Recently, we celebrated my second daughter’s birthday by visiting a nearby resort. The kids also enjoyed playing in the pool.
March 13, 2014 @ 9:07 pm
Sounds like the kids had a lot of fun! Tiramisu cake would be so delicious — I’d probably eat the whole thing! I always made a special (and secret) decorated cake for the birthday child, or if they had preferences we’d go with that (like when my daughter wanted everybody to make ice cream sundaes for her party!) They chose the restaurant we went to on their actual birthday and then choose the venue for their party. Lots of fun times! Now in their 30s, they still have that special family dinner!
March 13, 2014 @ 9:46 pm
Your boys have great taste ~ Happy Birthday again ~ mine used to want pizza ~ xxx
artmusedog and carol
March 13, 2014 @ 10:30 pm
Glad that your son had a great birthday and no I don’t buy a present for the other kid who wasn’t celebrating a birthday.
March 14, 2014 @ 12:02 am
Since I have an only child, he did have “lavish” parties while he was in Grade School! “Lavish” meant almost all classmates were included, plus yayas and moms when they were younger! He had lots of games and prizes for all, including consolation prizes! He had a huge cake each year since my best friend was a baker and cake decorator! But, they eventually outgrow it and by High School, he himself asked for more intimate parties for his good friends without the trimmings!
March 14, 2014 @ 1:47 am
Happy birthday to your little guy! It sounds like he had a great birthday!
March 14, 2014 @ 5:40 am
Yummm! Looks like a fun birthday cake idea to have the variety! We often do the variety cheesecakes for birthdays.
March 14, 2014 @ 10:06 am
what lucky kids! Hope they have fun with their new toys! {:-D
March 14, 2014 @ 11:28 am
Yummy cake, variety is fun and exciting. I don’t usually get the other kids presents if it isn’t their birthday. My youngest has a birthday coming up at the end of May. In fact, he was already talking about it. Silly boy.
I hope that your Monkey boy had a Happy Birthday.
March 15, 2014 @ 6:47 am
Happy Birthday Monkey Boy! Sounds like everyone had a good time.
My kids are all grown, but we had many special celebrations over the years. One year we had a pizza/cupcake party. I had the dough ready and the kids each made a small pizza with the toppings they wanted and then decorated a cupcake for dessert.
March 15, 2014 @ 8:01 pm
Good plan to keep everyone happy – gifts for everyone, and individual slices of everyone’s favorite cake. Thanks for sharing 🙂
March 16, 2014 @ 9:47 am
where does the time go? great way to celebrate with everyone included too. Happy birthday to your tween. Thank you for sharing at the hop my friend xo
March 16, 2014 @ 11:52 pm
Happy Birthday to your Monkey Boy 🙂 I am sure he likes those presents he got! And the tasty cakes oh so yummy 🙂
Marssy Reese
March 17, 2014 @ 9:52 am
Happy Birthday! I don’t have a kid to celebrate birthdays and such – but presents is such a its such a nice way to make everyone happy !
March 17, 2014 @ 11:36 am
i wish him all the best on his birthday. hope he’ll grow as a good man that he is right now. hopefully, more birthdays to come. 🙂
March 17, 2014 @ 11:55 am
Its a lovely post, enjoyed your write-up and the pictures are stunning. Birthdays are special to children and gifts are the highlight of the evening. The glint in your boys’ eyes say it all 🙂 . In India birthdays are big, great planning goes into making it memorable for our kids. Birthday at home is now passe, special venues like McDonald’s or Pizza Hut are the order of the day. Special party-bags or return gift for the friends take up so much of the planning time. But all the hard work is worth it when we see that smile on the little angels 😀
March 17, 2014 @ 1:31 pm
wow nice presents for him.
March 17, 2014 @ 1:54 pm
I’ve just attended my office mate’s daughter’s first birthday party. They had no gifts for the child but only offered prayers. Somehow it made sense. They think that the material things would not be able to surpass the meaning of their prayers.
March 17, 2014 @ 1:58 pm
happy 10th birthday to your boy,hope he have a blast this year.