Golden Boy
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:00 PM
Today is my oldest son’s birthday, and as he is turning twelve on November 12th, it is his Golden Birthday.
Happy Birthday, Ethan!
Do you celebrate Golden Birthdays? This has always been a big deal in my family, though I celebrated mine when I was five and I don’t really remember it much. Growing up, I always felt a little sad for my dad. He celebrated his Golden Birthday exactly one year after his birth—what a rip-off!
A few weeks ago, the boys and I were discussing the importance of this year, what a fun and exciting time a Golden Birthday is. However, when we mentioned the significance of this event to Paul, and also of the need to have a righteous blow-out party to mark the occasion, Paul rolled his eyes, just a little.
Clearly, this was not something he did growing up. What a pity!
But he did not protest much, and now he too is getting all wrapped up (relatively speaking) in the glory of the Golden.
Tonight, we are having a party with the boys in Ethan’s class (all seven of them), as well as some aunts and uncles, grandparents and a few of his beloved cousins. There will be sports and music and ALL CONSUMING FIRE!! (very contained, of course). Also some hot dogs and cake. It should be a very fine time.
My only wish is that in the days leading up to this Golden Celebration I would have had the foresight to put a moratorium on watching The Food Network. One or two nights last week, the boys caught a show called Ace of Cakes, and they now use words like “fondant” and “cake made out of fondant to look like an amp, please mom?”
To which I said: all that glitters is not Golden.
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