John's 17th birthday

My oldest will turn seventeen on Monday. Give me a minute to collect myself, that is sooo hard to say.

I love their birthdays, I love making them feel special and watching them enjoy their special gifts and their special days. However I do admit that it was so much easier when they were all under ten!!!

This year we asked John what he wanted. And this year we are offering for each kid to have a party if they so desire, it simply comes from the money that we normally spend on them. He wanted a radio for sure.

So weeks ago, I told him to decide if he wanted anything else or he would like a party and a radio. We were looking at higher end radio/cd players with a dock for his ipod. And last night he decided he would also like a chair for his desk.

So I said, we can get a little cheaper of everything and still do all three or get nicer of two of the three things or really nice of just one. He was leaning towards all three. And so he was thinking about it and came to me and asked, "So how much would a DJ cost?" And so now we all know John's concept of money.

Yeah it was so much easier when they were all little!!!