Today is the official start of "birthday season" for me. On this exact day, next month, I will be wrapping up Kingston's birthday celebration and looking forward to a break.
This year, everyone is celebrating a milestone. Lon is turning 40 on April 13th; Austin will be 15 on April 21st, and Kingston will be 10 on May 2nd. I'm so excited by the fact that they have this connection that I MUST act on it.
But of course, I'm already getting grief from Lon. He doesn't want me to do anything for him. Now, what kind of wife and mother would I be if I didn't call all of his family and friends together to celebrate such a huge milestone? I still can't believe I've known this man since he was a little scraggly boy. I've got to do something. I already know what I want to do - just got to set it in motion. It won't be huge, but I refused to just let it be another day. This is one birthday wish he won't be getting!
We argued about it the whole way home after a day of flea-market hunting and computer shopping with his mom. I was going over all the details of the kids birthdays, which are about 10 days apart. I went on and on, and he agreed with everything. I closed out the conversation with "but first, I gotta get through your big day, " and that's when the music stopped.
He wants me to focus on the kids and worry about him later. He reminded me that we still have two summer camps and football to pay for, which would be coming up right after "birthday season." I totally understand where he's coming from, but I have a plan to make it all work. That's all I can say right now.
Stay tuned...
