Kid Three is ONE today! That makes me a little sad for a couple of reasons.
1. My baby is growing up and he could be the last baby in this house. could be, I said. Who knows.
2. I've had PLENTY of time to whip my abs into shape but I've squandered 12 months with weak attempts at the gym.
Moving on.
So, Kid Three is one and we're celebrating by having a Time Capsule Birthday! On Saturday, our family will join us for the traditional "smash cake" event and some food. We've asked everyone to bring a gift for Kid Three's SIXTEENTH birthday! That's right, we're going to party like it's 2023. (Let's see Prince sing that.)
I'm really crossing my fingers someone will write an IOU for a car or his college tuition or maybe just a pile of gold - since our cash might not be worth anything by then! yikes!
When Kid Three was born, I bought the Foxy Mr a watch and had "Daddy, 10/30/07" engraved on the clasp. Our contribution to the time capsule is a matching watch with "Son, 10/30/23" on the clasp.
Kid One and Two are making CDs of their favorite songs and also including some favorite books in the stash. I can't wait to see what other people are bringing!
Any other ideas for the Time Capsule Birthday box?
Oh, and it's good to back in Blog World. Welcome home to me.
9 comments:
AWESOME idea!! Be sure to take pictures of now. (of everyone) And have everyone write a note to him. And have him tell what he's going to be doing then....oh, I could go on and on....you are so stinkin' smart!! See? We just had my kid#6 16th bd this week! That would have been so much fun.
Warning: Inside joke - Does the watch say SoN 10/30/23? After all, that is the way its sposed to be.
What a great idea! Definitely write him a letter and add that to it. Maybe telling him about his first year or something.
And welcome back.
I may just copy this idea someday!! Great one!!
What about a t-shirt (that you might think might fit 16-year-old kid 3). It'd be totally retro gear.
Welcome home? Will we see pictures of the trip?
Two of my favorite things we put into the kids' time capsules were a Time magazine and a catalogue with current fashions.
Something that fits him NOW so he can laugh at how small he used to be.
Welcome back!
This is a great idea, I wish I had done it when my kids were little.
Since his bday was during an election year, I'd include a newspaper with some sort of political coverage.
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