Let me share to all of you guys my eldest son's 12 birthday celebration.
I was thought by mom how to celebrate birthdays in much practical way after we experience to have an grand debut birthday celebration of mine.
After that debut we decided to become more practical, so instead of spending for a party my mom just decided to give as amount of money as a gift and its up to us how we spend that birthday gift given to us by our mom.
That way we more enjoyed celebrating our birthday because we are able to buy the things we really needed and the thing that we want to buy.
Now that I am also a mother I practice to do also what my mom thought me, and it turned out better than in a grand birthday party:)
Now that my eldest son celebrated his 12th birthday I asked him what he really wants as a gift, and he told me with a sweet voice he wants cellphone as a birthday gift.
My son is not really a materialistic child, he is kind of a kid that every mother wish they have... ever since he start going to school he never fails to give me good grades, he is always in the top ranking, every recognition day I always go to the stage to to put a ribbon and medal to him...
So when he requested a cellphone for his birthday I make sure to give him one....
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