The Birthdays

         

           I went shopping the other day for my lil bros 5th birthday gift and for my 2 lil sisters also. The one who turned 2 and the other that turned 7. Somehow their birthdays landed on the same day! I walked down the aisles of Walmart looking for something that would make their faces light up. I wanted to find a gift that they could spend hours with and not get tired of playing with. I found a little dry erase board with a folder attached that looked like my 7 yr. old sis would enjoy. I looked at toy monster trucks for my bro, but settled on some pop-its and a pirate book with stickers inside. I wondered around trying to find somethn for the little one, but decided she wasn't old enough to really appreciate a birthday gift. She probably opens her birthday gifts and thinks, "Oh! this is exciting! I didn't know there was something inside this box! I wonder if there's something in those other boxes!?" Then she runs away from her lil pile of gifts, finds the shampoo bottles in the shower and finds more enjoyment in dumping the contents out over the bathroom floor. Or, dumping laundry soap all over our kittens.
           When shopping for birthday gifts I find that I have to really think about what the certain person enjoys doing and consider their age a huge factor in this process of finding a gift. I doubt I would be as pumped now about getting a coloring book as I would be if I was 5. But I don't expect very much from other people when it comes to receiving gifts so maybe I would be!
           I remember when I was 7. My Grandmother gave me a doll for my birthday. I hated dolls. I tried to act excited about it, but I don't know if I fooled everyone or not. I went into the back room feeling like nobody cared about me. I thought that if they did they should've known that I didn't like dolls!... I try to pay close attention now to what a little kid would like for a gift. I would hate for them to feel those same feelings I felt! A birthday is a huge day to a little kid. The excitement in birthdays kind of wears off as I get older. It's Just another year gone by, but to a kid... they live for their next birthdays. I wish my 3 lil siblings the best birthday and many more:)