Colin is 20 today…Valentines Day. He was due Feb. 13th, but held off 5 hours so he would be our Valentine’s baby. So with all the hearts, flowers, and candy of the holiday…came our little baby boy.
Since February 14, 1988…cupid’s arrows and chocolate, come with helium balloons and ice cream cake in honor of Colin. A birthday on Valentine’s Day is a festive day all about love and we have lots of that for Colin.
For every birthday, the kids choose what they want for their birthday dinner. Sometimes they choose a restaurant, or their favorite take-out food to eat at the dining room table, or sometimes ask me to make their favorite meal.
On Colin’s 10th birthday, he asked for meat loaf. So on the most romantic day of the year I was elbow deep in hamburg and catsup, whipping up a candle light meat-loaf dinner for 5. Actually, it was fun and a great memory, but who picks meat loaf for their special dinner?? That would be our Colinboy!
Colin made one more birthday request. He asked us if he could take over our bedroom for the night. He wanted to sleep in our king bed, enjoy the fireplace and watch television. So what do the nicest parents in the whole world do? We give Colin our bedroom and we crash in his room with his Blink-182 posters of tattooed rockers looking over us. I will always remember Colin that birthday night. He was all set…and all smiles. He had the bed pillows propped up behind him with a food tray holding his bowl of ice cream and the TV remote, while he tuned into his favorite shows.
It is hard to believe that Colinboy is not a teenager anymore…so you would think I would stop with the Colinboy stuff. I will try, but for some reason, I don’t think he really minds.
Colinboy…we hope you have a Happy Valentine’s Day, but most importantly…we hope you have a Happy Birthday …Colinman!!!
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