My parents are great, and they did a lot for me, but they didn’t put in any extra effort on things like birthdays.
I go all out for my kids’ birthdays. Like for my daughter’s third birthday, I transformed the house into Elsa’s ice palace. I built the exterior out of cardboard and a roll of blue plastic tablecloth, two stories tall, hanging from our indoor balcony. Then I bathed the living in blue light, covered it in snowflake decorations, and turned the AC way down.
I’d just learned about it too. They were super easy to use. I’m going to have a lot of fun making my kids lunch.