10 on the 10th.. on the 12th! Birthday Edition

While I had my blog post all written up for the 10th (the 2nd Monday of the month is always reserved for our Not Just a Mom link up!) I knew I didn't want to let this month's 10 on the 10th pass me by.  Marsha (and Leslie!) often come up with such fun questions to ponder.  This month is themed all around birthdays and I can't wait to read everyone's answers.  

I admit that I struggled with so many of these!  I have an awful memory I guess. 

1. Oh boy, my earliest birthday memory would probably be... enjoying a roller skating party at Skate Inn in Norwich with a bunch of my girlfriends.  

2. My favorite birthday tradition is a new one that my husband and I just started  few years ago; we now take little day or weekend trips to celebrate our birthdays.  It has been so fun exploring new little towns and areas! So far we visited:

•  Charleston (for a joint celebration the year we both turned 40)
• York, Maine
• Cape Cod/ Nantucket
• Lincoln, New Hampshire ( a few times; staying at different resorts)
• Edgecomb, Maine
• Scarborough, Maine

York, Maine

Hyannis, Cape Cod

3. We typically celebrate birthdays with just our immediate family.  We invite the grandparents over for a meal and cake and the boys get a few gifts.  When they were younger we threw bigger parties with friends and I really enjoyed theming them all out.  We've had a shark party, a Skylander themed party, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle party, and many, many more. 

We made ninja turtle masks for each of the kids

4. The best birthday gift I ever received was probably the new car we bought this year; after buying it my husband asked if he needed to get me a birthday gift and I said no but if it was my gift then it was MY car!  I do let him drive it though. 😉

5. The best birthday gift I ever gave was... I really don't know! I think I'm a pretty good gift giver. I like to give meaningful gifts or handmade gifts.  Things like personalized shirts and mugs, scrapbooks, etc.  

6. If money were no object I'd want to celebrate my birthday with a big trip to some place like Hawaii, Bora Bora, or Paris!

7. My favorite birthday treat varies from year to year but usually it's some sort of cheesecake and something with chocolate/berries like these triple chocolate cheesecake cups Alec made me in 2020.

8. Typically my birthday celebrations last a couple of days; I go shopping with my mom one day near my birthday.  We have small dinner/cake with the boys and then often my husband and I take a weekend trip.  

9. The best thing about my birthday is that it's in the summer-- I hated that I had a summer birthday as a kid since all my friends were always gone on summer vacation but I love it now.  I almost always have nice warm, sunny weather to enjoy and it falls right at a time when all summer clothes are on sale so I often got more gifts since everything I wanted was on sale. 

10. I am a Cancer and I used to follow and read about my horoscope sign a lot when I was in high school. 

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