04.06.06

Birthdays – April 14

Posted in Memories at 6:56 pm by JudiMom

I always felt bad when Lucas’s birthday would come around because he was born one day before income tax due date. Most of the time we celebrated his birthday after the actual day.

“I’m two”

When he was very little it didn’t matter much as a Mom I could have the party most any day the family wanted it.

Lucas’s biggest party was when he was in the second grade and we had his whole STJ class out to Millbrook for a Saturday of fun. I remember having tables set up at the end of the driveway with cake and drinks and stuff….. they kids mostly just ran around the yard, played ball, jumped on the trampoline, or climbed in the tree house…. it was a fun day.

“I’m 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,….9!” because he had to sit there and count it out and then put up his fingers… the next picture is him with nine fingers up!!! I remember it that is why his face is so intent in this picture, He is counting.

We move to Montgomery the next year and I can picture Richard Whittaker, Lucas, and a coupla’ other 4th grade boys at the kitchen table with pointy birthday hats on…. well now that I have found the pictures there were two different b’days and Richard and crew did not have on the pointy hats. Tarlie, Lucas, Dad and I had on the pointy hats.

Soon the standard was Cookie Cake at school and at home for Birthday’s ….. and then a quick trip to Toy’s R ‘Us to pick out whatever he wanted for himself…. plus new summer cloths, soccer shoes, tennis shoes and so on.

In the ninth grade for some reason he wanted a real cowboy hat ( I wouldn’t let him wear his Dad’s) so in addition to the cookie cake he and I drove out to Millbrook to the Cowboy outlet there at I-65 to get his own real cowboy hat. I’m not sure when I got it back but it now lives in my closet with my hats…. it was all smooched up and wrinkled in one of his trunks and I thought I could save it for him for one day in the future….

For his Senior year I helped him book a unit at Sandpiper Cove for the Spring break trip… I know some of you remember that trip….

After that year he took to traveling for his birthday…. once to Gabe’s, and last year to Tarlie’s.

I fixed him his favorite, roast with potatoes and he came over alone because Kelley had to study. I can remember saying congratulations on making it a whole quarter of a century. He grinned and said “I can’t believe I’m 25.”

I miss you Lucas….. i think i need some cookie cake to clear up my tears.

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