Monday, October 22, 2007

Titles Are Overrated

Wednesday was Dani's birthday. Tomorrow is mine. My mother told me once she wanted to have all her kids in the fall, because she knew we'd all come out smart and she liked the idea of us all not being held back a year in school.

Alex almost was - she stopped talking for a couple of months. But she still didn't get held back. We got Dani all these funky socks from Target - we thought we'd only get her three pairs but they were having a sale, so we realized we could get six. But then I found a pair I really liked and so did Alex, so Dani was only going to get four, but then we realized Alex's feet are too small for the socks she likes, and she got me to agree if she couldn't get socks I couldn't either, so in the end Dani wound up with six pairs.

She loves them. I'm so happy. Alex and I laid out each package of socks on the couch like our mom used to any time we got new clothes. We'd leave them out for a couple of days until we couldn't stand looking at them without wearing them anymore.

Now Alex and I are even numbers and Danielle is odd. Heh - I have to tell her that.

2 comments:

Jason Dufair said...

Happy Birthay, Sam. Not such a sweet one I suppose, but I'm sending my best wishes.

Anonymous said...

dear sam, i wish you a very happy birthday. i wish there was something i could give you. maybe one day i’ll get a chance. you are a special and precious girl, i hope you know that. have fun with your sisters today! i hope you can rock the house for once and forget about aunt elaine!