Before I get to our new tradition, a little back story...
Michael's birthday is January 5th, 11 days after Christmas. So when Michael's birthday comes we are already broke from Christmas and burnt out from months of holiday celebrations. I tend to not do real well celebrating him (which is why I planned his half birthday surprise last year). This year for his birthday I got him gift cards, sounds lame again, but let me explain... I got him gift cards to Best Buy and Barnes and Noble because they tend to be expensive places and they only sell fun stuff, not stuff we actually need. I wanted him to be able to go and get whatever frivolous stuff he wanted (within reason). From Best Buy he purchased the complete (ish) 6 movie set of Star Wars, episodes 1-6. (I say complete ish because the last 2 years two new Star Wars movies have come out, episode 3.5 - Rogue One, and episode 7 - The Force Awakens)
Fast forward a little, the kids are getting interested in Star Wars, so on Friday nights Michael makes popcorn (Connor helped this time) and we all snuggle up in our big King-sized bed and watch a movie together. It's been so much fun! The kids have a great time and ask a lot of questions. Most of them Michael has to answer as I am not the big Star Wars buff that he is. ;) Love these memory making moments. :)
*Note*
I write this a week ago but apparently I never posted it! Whoops!
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