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Last Friday, my husband Christian turned 35.
It’s not old, it’s not young. In fact it is pretty much just another birthday.
Not in this house.
A few years ago, Christian and I decided to make birthdays in our house super special.
Each year, for every birthday, we all take the day off work, school, kindergarten and share the day together.
It is the birthday persons choice of
what happens on the day. So far in the last couple of years we have had parties, visited the zoo, visited aquariums and eaten our way through the day.
Whatever we have planned, it always starts the same way.
The birthday person sleeps in while the adult(s) and little warriors blow up balloons, prepare the presents, cook the breakfast and make a party like atmosphere to start the day off right.
Christian LOVES his food. So his birthday requests are always the same. Canadian pancakes for breakfast.
Now I don’t know if the Canadians really eat their pancakes this way but this is how we make them up.
Thick fluffy pancakes, with bacon, eggs and topped off with maple syrup.
Over the last couple of years we have learnt not to over indulge this early in the morning. Only one pancake, one egg and small amounts of bacon.
This year we were joined by Christian’s parents for a lovely lazy lunch in a nearby town. 
The evening was then spent together with birthday cake. A special creation of chocolate cake (recipe to follow), with chocolate ganache and Boost bars chopped up on top…..Did I mention that Christian LOVES food?
We started this tradition hoping that it is something the children will cherish for years to come. On Monday this day became something more.
We were going about our normal crazy mornings trying to get everyone ready and out the door for school, when I received a phone call at 8am.
Christian had been in a car accident.
Thankfully he was okay. A little bit of whiplash and emotionally shaken, but in one piece.
The car not so lucky.
I have been thinking about this birthday piece all week and realised that it’s not only about celebrating the persons birthday and making them feel loved and special.
It is giving us, as a family, 5 more special occasions and reasons to stop and be thankful for each other.
After all. You never know what is around the corner.
Yay! I’ve missed you! And of course, you never fail to bring a tear to my eye. Glad Christian’s OK, sorry about the car and thank you for the reminder about what is really important and worth cherishing. Have a beautiful weekend xxx
Busy week…..promise to write another post soon. Chocolate cake recipe coming your way
It guarantees to bring a smile to your face, not a tear to your eye x x
Nope, you never know what’s around the corner. Glad to hear he is ok and he best have a wine and a hearty dinner on this cold Friday night.
Eggs on toast count as hearty?
Blimey Meaghan – that was powerful. I wasn’t expecting that and my heart stopped when I read car accident !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank God he’s OK . . . and of course, what a fantastic approach to birthdays. So special and as you say, so memorable. What a happy family you are.
Anyway, give Christian a big hug from us . . . and tell him I think he’s a top bloke for allowing his wife to publish photos of him on a particularly bad hair day !! Hee hee – looks like it’s windy in your house
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Love to you and yours.
Sal xxxx
I haven’t shared the post with him yet Sal. Notice how there’s no photos of me that early in the morning
That is the benefit of being the author of the post.
Big hugs to sunny Perth x x
Megs – you write so well, this is a great family tradition and also your first blog to bring a tear to my eye. The photo of Keys in his dressing gown with the rooster do is the best thing I have seen online since the fat kid screaming on the rollercoaster video went viral.
Spare a thought for me….I wake up next to the rooster every morning. One day I’ll post a photo of the fluffy cat with remote, it never fails to amuse x x Hope Fiji treated you all well.
If ‘fluffy cat’ is a nickname for Keys (or you!) I don’t want to see it!
oh sweetheart, just got tears in my eyes…. such beautiful words as always. So good to hear your goings on and so glad all are safe and healthy. Oh and happy birthday Christian. xxx
All good babe, big hugs to you and Lils x x
What a lovely post . . . and family!
Thank you, we feel very lucky.
I’m so glad to hear that your husband is okay. It’s events like that that really put a perspective to life in general. I think this birthday family tradition is wonderful and it sounds like it’ll be something your children will cherish and continue to pass on to their children:) Happy birthday to Christian! Stay safe:)
Thank you Maysem.