December Birthdays

If you're a child, what's better than waiting to celebrate Christmas 🎄 — maybe it's also celebrating a birthday 🎂 in the same month?

That's something shared in common by our oldest and youngest grandchildren. Grandson reached his last pre-teen year a week ago. 

The older grandchildren get, the more challenging it can be to select the "right" gift. This year, his mom asked if instead of a "store-bought gift," we would like contribute to his birthday celebration. She was planning an overnight stay in Boston, MA and taking he and his sister to a performance of the Blue Man Group in that city.

For those who are unfamiliar with the group started in 1987. It features three bald and blue characters and is a performance art company known worldwide for its multimedia stage performances which include various categories of music and art. 

Brother and sister posed for this photo. We heard that he was very happy with his birthday present. We're looking forward to hearing more about it in the future. 

The youngest granddaughter celebrates her 2nd birthday this week. 

We won't see her and her family until Christmas when they will travel to visit family here in NE. We brought birthday gifts to PA for an early birthday celebration after Thanksgiving.

She clutched the pink birthday bunny we brought her and opened other gifts while mom and grandpa watched.

Her mom gave us the "hint" that she's really likes footed "jammies. " Lucky us in finding one with holiday penguins and reindeer that grandpa helped her model.

In a couple of weeks we will celebrate during the holiday with all three grandchildren and other family members.

Thanks to all who shared comments on a previous post about sending holiday cards (or not) and holiday decorating. Grenville suggested that, due to the increase in First Class U.S. postage this January, I should have included a message in this year's cards to say: "Please save this greeting as it's a 2-year card, due to the postage increase in 2019." 

Why didn't I think of that?