Our camping fund for the new year is now less than $10. That’s right – I had to dig into the $13 remaining from groceries to buy marshmallows and rice krispies. In other words, I completely forgot that my son’s 1/2 birthday was Monday and we needed to whip up some treats for school.
My dh doesn’t understand the need to celebrate 1/2 birthdays. In my experience dads are practical. If you birthday doesn’t fall within the school calendar, tough luck.
I, on the other hand, grew up in a house that understood the need for kids to “fit in”. Don’t get me wrong, we were poor, I wasn’t given extravagent things to “fit in”. But I was allowed to have slumber parties with 8 guests every year on my birthday. I took treats to school on that day as well. I felt sorry for the kids whose parents didn’t care to do it. I also felt sorry for the summer kids whose parents were practical like my dh.
My son has a July 7 birthday. So every year on Jan. 7 he takes treats. This year I dropped the ball. Hopefully the rice krispie treats he took today make up for my sudden loss of memory on Monday.
He picked the treat (after I told him I wouldn’t be buying enough pop tarts for 24 kids). Thankfully he picked a somewhat inexpensive treat.
I think the $4.40 was worth it.
Camping fund now stands at $9. Thankfully it’s only January.
January 10, 2008...2:46 pm
less than $10
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