I've forgotten how exciting it is to have a birthday when you are a kid. Our kid's birthday week is fast approaching and every morning we have to go through the calendar thing - getting it out and counting how far away their birthdays are. Not just in the morning do we go through the routine. Everyone seems to forget that we talked about it at breakfast so, at every lull in the day, the conversation revives again and we have to get the calendar out again because nobody will believe that mom has already told them when their birthday was earlier in the day. Then, after we've gone through counting the days, we have to go through the lists they have of things they want for their birthdays. I'm always amazed at how the list changes according to the mood. Anyway. . .. . mom and kids are excited for the birthday week!