Birthdays are great. When a friend has a birthday, and you get to go out and party, that's awesome. But what I think are even more fun are "in house" birthdays -- birthdays that belong to people who live with you -- in your house. They're different than ordinary birthdays because from sun up to sun down, you are in the world of that person's birthday, with the goal (if you love them) to make every single birthday moment special.
Yesterday was my sisters's "in house" birthday. First thing I did was to send the 'new Hallmark card' a.k.a some personal birthday message written atop the most adorable baby picture of said in house birthday celebrant. Then I posted the 'new Hallmark card' on all social media platforms.
Next, I woke up much earlier than her and wrapped her presents. I drove mom to work, and before returning home, picked sister up her favorite Starbucks treat and wrote a birthday message on the cup.
I then got to work on some birthday cupcakes, filling the house with warm bakery smell -- the greatest smell to wake up to.
While I baked, the cats hung out with me (as per usual). Snow & birds outside made for some entertaining cat t.v.
Finally, the birthday girl awakened to her presented few presents.
Easy chatting, gift wrap ripping, sips of coffee...gasps of sweet surprise...these are what good birthdays are made of.
My mom got her an engraved plaque for her desk that read her name and title as a registered dietician. I got her an exercise outfit, some translucent pink essie polish and an eos chapstick egg. Did you know e.o.s. stands for evolution of smooth? We had ourselves a laugh over that.
She was excited about her legit workout gear so she tried it on and fake-jogged around the living room.
Once half of that venti cinnamon dolce latte was consumed, it was time to face the grave outside.
We got a good foot of snow Tuesday-into-yesterday. Public schools were still open, but they shouldn't have been. It was sister's and my job to finish clearing the sidewalk and driveway and clear the cars.
We returned to our nice warm inside and casually ate some lunch while we defrosted. I thought up an on-the-go ketchup container invention mid-lunch and shared it with my sister. We laughed and pretended to act out how the infomercial for it would go. It is moments like these that fill my soul.
More house-cleaning. Dad came by to hang out for the rest of the day. Mom had to get picked up from work. Very boring. Very routine. We all just sat home with each other for a while. Talked about Nessa's presents; about my job search; then closer to dinner time, I took everyone's order and went with dad to pick up my sister's requested birthday burritos.
The best part about my sister requesting a burrito on her birthday is that I get to have one too!
Chipotle is love.
We finished the night with hot tea and the birthday cupcakes. Mom lit three candles scrounged from the junk drawer for Ness to wish on. We then watched the movie Prisonsers with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhal (not bad) and it kept our attention until night time.
Ah, in house birthdays. Especially when it's my sister's, I just like to keep it tension and argument free (ya never know with our parents under the same roof) and made up of special touches. For the most part, I think it was a success.
Days like yesterday make me think of how I want to celebrate the in house birthdays of my future family. I love this lady's family tradition of breakfast in bed on the celebrant's birthday. I also love the idea of DIYing crowns or something fun like that. Birthdays are gravy.
I'm glad my sister had a good 25th one. I hope this is her best year yet.
Happy birthday, sister, and what can I say? Sometimes we bloggers have to document an event that's not even ours. You'll thank me one day...one day when you're 25x3. Ahhh!!!
