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I had my 5th birthday party at a small movie theatre. My parents had the theatre put "Happy Birthday Firstname" on the marquee and me & my friends saw Curly Sue. It was so fun!

My 8th birthday party. My Godmother was the adult supervision at the party, while my parents went to some function. It was the same night at the Miss America pageant. I didn't like pizza growing up so my dad made us his awesome Spaghetti sauce- the girls who attended still comment about the spaghetti. After Miss America went off we played Miss America. We had judges and contestants. The girls dressed up in my costumes and we even had a talent part. Of course I won. Because my parents weren't there my God mom was right there helping us create the runway with our sleeping bags. The next day we were all exhausted so my parents had the easy part of the sleepover. Make pancakes and say good bye. Lol

oops - childhood -

Hmmm.... the only one I can think of is 8th grade when I had a slumber party!

My mom was amazing at planning birthday parties and every year was a different theme. They're my happiest childhood memories! One that sticks out was we invited all my friends for a regular party they thought was in the afternoon, then contacted their parents and we "kidnapped" them by driving around to their houses and waking them up at 6 am. Then we went back to my house and had breakfast and played games in our pajamas. The pictures when we woke everyone up are pretty hilarious.

@Smurfette: YES! no chores, and no school. I was homeschooled so we had that luxury

These are SO fun to read! I can't wait to have these memories with my son and make his birthday special!!

I had a lot of super great birthdays - it's hard to pick! for my 4th birthday, my grandma took me shopping; I wanted a barney birthday so she bought me this AWESOME barney outfit (tee shirt, shorts and shoes all had barney on it) and a barney balloon - when we got home, my parents had a party for me.
My brother was born a week after my 3rd birthday and I was convinced he was MY birthday present. We've always remained the closest of all us siblings.

And for my 15th, my girlfriends and I decided to camp out on our deck. We pulled foam mattresses onto the deck and created this massive bed of pillows and blankets and slept under the stars. it was so lovely.

My 8th, because it was the first year my parents took my friends and I out for bowling and a meal rather than have the party at home like when I was younger.

I had a lot of great birthdays growing up - which, for the record, none of which had any Pinterest-worthy mom-crafts or even any particular themes to speak of. What made them awesome was just having fun with friends and feeling like the center of something special. My favorite was a craft where each girl got an empty Quaker oatmeal container (the cylinder kind) and then we'd decorate them with frosting and sprinkles to look like a birthday cake. Then we had a make-your-own-sundae bar. We'd get to watch movies in our pajamas and stay up late talking, and then have waffles and danishes in the morning. Oh and I had a couple of great birthdays at the roller skating rink, too.

@Mae: Um that is AWESOME.

The one where I waited all day for my dad, wondering where he was. Then he came home and I found out he'd played 27 holes of golf with a friend who apparently cracked a joke that I was ugly. Yup, never forgot that one.

@spaniellove: memorable for all the wrong reasons