Friday, May 13, 2011
Ceecee’s birthday had to be epic this year. I mean, it absolutely HAD to!
I keep thinking about last year’s birthday, when I took Ceecee to Old Chicago and had the kids meet us there with gifts, even though she had insisted we weren’t celebrating. She was turning 39 then and had gone on about not being old and going to run a marathon to prove she wasn’t.
That was around the time we were splitting up and I was trying to hold things together and understand what was happening. After we left Old Chicago, I had surprised her with a road bicycle, but it had been a difficult and painful birthday all around.
This year, we’re back together, and I went all out to restore her birthday and create new, happy memories to replace those ones.
My wife is a kid at heart, so i decided to give her a princess birthday. We both really hate those “over the hill” 40th birthdays and I certainly wasn’t going to use the “you’re getting old” theme, so I went the complete opposite way.
I bought princess wrapping paper, silly bands, and little girl party favors. I gave her gifts throughout the day, filled her car with pink balloons, and organized a silly little party at our downtown cupcake shop with a few friends. I also gave her a necklace to match her ring and the bracelet she got for Mother’s Day.
It was a beautiful day of restoration and a lot of fun to plan and be part of, and she loved it. The best part about it for me was when she said that she could really tell that I knew her well enough and had thought about it enough to understand what she would want and how special that made it for her.
The Restoration Tour 