Our Birthdays 2008
Shea had her 13th birthday on January 22nd...a couple of weeks later on February 4th I had my 44th. A month before Shea's birthday, I saw an ad in the paper that Kool & The Gang would be playing a concert in Valencia...only problem was that they were playing on Shea's birthday! A stinkin' Tuesday night, who would have guessed??? Dang it...but Shea wouldn't mind "switching" birthdays this year, right? After all, it's just a day, right? Not that big of a deal, right? WRONG! When I asked Shea if we could just switch birthdays this year, let's just say that she wasn't real thrilled about the whole idea. We discussed it several times before I just threw up my arms and said, "Just forget it!" But since I am the "Mom" after all, I bought the tickets anyway! I broke the news to her and gave her the choice of going with me or doing something with her Dad or Grandma & Grandpa. Whatever her decision would be...I was going to the concert with or without her. Now before you go thinking that I am a mean mom...I never do stuff like that and I usually always give in but not this time. After all, Kool & The Gang have been one of my favorite bands since high school. I'm happy to report that Shea did decide to go and we had the best night! I didn't realize that we had front row tickets so we got up close and personal with the whole band! The lead singer even held my hand and I danced with him while the crowd went wild! Y'all know how I can love on those singers! I swear they look for me every time. I was singing every word to every song and he just came right to me! "Come to Mommy!" To make the night even better, he also took Shea up on stage (birthday crown & all) while "Happy Birthday" played in the background and she danced in front of the whole audience! She does love the stage but more than that, the stage loves her! On our drive home she said to me, "Mom, that was the best birthday ever!" My response was, "See Cookie, I may be the Mommy but I can still rock it out!"
Shea had her 13th birthday on January 22nd...a couple of weeks later on February 4th I had my 44th. A month before Shea's birthday, I saw an ad in the paper that Kool & The Gang would be playing a concert in Valencia...only problem was that they were playing on Shea's birthday! A stinkin' Tuesday night, who would have guessed??? Dang it...but Shea wouldn't mind "switching" birthdays this year, right? After all, it's just a day, right? Not that big of a deal, right? WRONG! When I asked Shea if we could just switch birthdays this year, let's just say that she wasn't real thrilled about the whole idea. We discussed it several times before I just threw up my arms and said, "Just forget it!" But since I am the "Mom" after all, I bought the tickets anyway! I broke the news to her and gave her the choice of going with me or doing something with her Dad or Grandma & Grandpa. Whatever her decision would be...I was going to the concert with or without her. Now before you go thinking that I am a mean mom...I never do stuff like that and I usually always give in but not this time. After all, Kool & The Gang have been one of my favorite bands since high school. I'm happy to report that Shea did decide to go and we had the best night! I didn't realize that we had front row tickets so we got up close and personal with the whole band! The lead singer even held my hand and I danced with him while the crowd went wild! Y'all know how I can love on those singers! I swear they look for me every time. I was singing every word to every song and he just came right to me! "Come to Mommy!" To make the night even better, he also took Shea up on stage (birthday crown & all) while "Happy Birthday" played in the background and she danced in front of the whole audience! She does love the stage but more than that, the stage loves her! On our drive home she said to me, "Mom, that was the best birthday ever!" My response was, "See Cookie, I may be the Mommy but I can still rock it out!"
What did we do on my birthday (which was really Shea's birthday choice) you ask? We went to Disneyland & Goofy's Kitchen with Hayley girl, of course! Hayley & Shea still made me wear the birthday crown that day. The Disney employee who gave me my birthday button guessed my age to be 27! Damn, they are good!
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