My mom would make me seaweed soup and I'd eat noodles (for long life!) 
My parents would also throw me a birthday party.
For my daughter's birthday this year I fed her seaweed soup and noodles.. and she got a birthday party!
I hope to carry on this birthday tradition.
pomelo / 5321 posts
We always got to pick where we went for our birthday dinner. I know I had a lot of parties but I'm not sure if I had one every year.
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
My mom would put the birthday flag outside our house, I'd go out to lunch with my grandma, and then have a big family party that night with a giant cookie cake.. A friends party usually followed that weekend. My mom always knew how to make my birthday special!
grapefruit / 4903 posts
We always woke up to a balloon tied to our chair at the dining table, and we got to open one gift before school. Once I moved out, my mom would send a party in a box (streamers, themed plates/decorations, etc) and had a cake delivered. Coming from a big family, birthdays were a huge deal when you got to really steal the show.
bananas / 9227 posts
Noodles for long life and a cake, not a cupcake, or an ice cream cake, although I always wanted an ice cream cake!
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
We always had big birthday parties! I'm adamant about doing this for our kids, too, even though DH thinks it's not necessary
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
My mom used to talk me out of bday parties alot. I spent most bdays on vacation, which was pretty cool.
apricot / 498 posts
You got to pick where to go out to dinner on your Birthday and your half Birthday. It was nice to have the 1/2 celebration since my Birthday was so close to the December holiday's it never really felt special.
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
I always had small birthdays . . . usually just my family and a friend or two. I would like to do birthday traditions for my LO too . . . I love the idea of tying balloons to chairs and noodles for long life! Even though I am not Asian, is it okay if I adopt the noodles tradition?
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
My dad would usually make me marinated steak for dinner, yum, and my mom would always cut out my horoscope for the day lol!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Mom ways put a birthday banner on the front door. She would do all our chores for the day, is making the bed. Then we got to pick what we had for dinner and dessert!
persimmon / 1147 posts
We got to have a "family party" where we picked our favorite dinner and cake. We then got to have a party with friends. I always had a sleepover party!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
@MsLipGloss: hahah yes! Don't have to be Asian for the noodles tradition!
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