[kretzklan]

Cool - it's actually my birthday also! I'll be a little older than 14 however!

[momraine]

What an awesome date. My son actually does not like it, cause he only gets presents basically one time a year, and it's so hard to have a party cause everyone is so busy or out of town. We usually wait and celebrate mid january (I can shop sales!) The hard thing is he is my least materialistic, he never wants anything. The other kids have these long lists, and he has one little thing on his usually. This year he will get gift cards!

[GCS]

Great compromise! I'm hopeful things will go smoothly!


And happy bday to all you sagittarius'!

[MamaChinch]

Lorraine, my friend gives her daughter with a 12/29 b-day a "Half Birthday Party" each year in the summer, so she can have a party with her friends and go swimming or something. In Dec, they celebrate with family. But she makes her half a cake, half a card....it's funny.

[momraine]

We have thought about that. My other kids have May and August birthdays. One problem we have had is getting a hold of people in the summer. Plus we have all these camps and stuff we do. Though this summer we are probably doing less, so I may ask him. Most of the time the kids each do different camps or mission trips so they are each gone different weeks. I did get lucky last summer twice and had three out of four gone for a week. LOL

[kretzklan]

I got the half bday party growing up too. By the time I got to your son's age I just wanted to have friends over to spend the night and we all prayed they would get snowed in...it did happen a few times - a birthday wish come true!

[hml1976]

You don't have to go and just do what you think is best.

However, my 4yr old (adopted at 9mths) LOVES Annie and I do too. Every family is different though, my daughter was adopted as an infant and has no memory of the orphanage. I completely understand making the decision to not watch the movie. DD thinks that Ms. Hannigan is mean but I just made it clear that her caregivers tried their best to take very good care of her. She has asked whether they learned to sing and dance at the babyhouse...

I think Annie actually gives a good message about birthparents. Her parents loved her very much and wanted very much to come back for her...I don't think that's negative. The Rooster character is just an outside the adoption realm villian...not related to the triad at all. And Daddy Warbucks and Grace use positive adoption language throughout the film and heck he even tries to help her find her biological parents...a strong example of an adoptive parent I think.

So just my thoughts.