May 3, 2007

• Bug’s birthday: The phone rang at 8:30 am and I figured it was a Happy Birthday phone call. It was my mom and I had Bug answer. I heard her cheery greeting and then she told me grandma wanted to talk to me. I asked her if she called to tell Bug happy birthday. Oh, it’s her birthday already, let me talk to her again. So I gave the phone back to Bug who said thank you and then said, “No, 8.” My mom thought she was turning 7.

  Contrast that with her paternal grandmother and step-grandmother. SMIL called me to ask for ideas. I told her clothes, and even told her the catalogue and the items Bug had circled. So she got a Lilly Pulitzer halter style dress and capris and a peasant blouse from the catalogue, plus two books. MIL never asks, but interestingly sent similar items. A cute dress and a book. And because she didn’t ask me sizes and chose to send a size 8, the dress will fit her now. I had SMIL get 10s, and a ten is just about right for the Lilly Pulitzer dress.

  The thing is, I’m kind of like my mom. I just ran out yesterday to get gifts because I just can’t believe it is her birthday again already! I ended up getting her crayons, a pad of paper, white board markers, Puppy in my Pocket dogs (a pack with 4) and then last night I bought her a little stuffed bear that she had wanted. I was thinking of buying her a biggish gift, like a bicycle or a Leapster L-Max game, but I just decided to go low-key because she is having a birthday party on Saturday and that will cost money.

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