RAY DAY!

Hooray! It's Ray Day!

Kirsten goes a little bit nutty at this time of the year because at long last it is BIRTHDAY TIME! Even though her birthday is September 3, we start celebrating in August because her very best boy friend Ray has a birthday on August 27. He is exactly one week older than she is. They have been very best buds since they were in the same class in junior high. In fact, she has a 1986 junior high year book with his picture in it. Usually the Saturday between their birthdays is designated Ray Day by our family. On that special day we take both of them out to lunch and then go to K-Mart so Kirsten can buy him a gift and Ray can buy her a gift.

This year all Ray wanted was pajamas, so that's what she got for him. He seemed pleased. What Kirsten wanted was a coloring book, a spiral notebook, and a pad of construction paper, so that's what he got for her.

And this is just the beginning. Monday, Labor Day, we will take a birthday cake to the church picnic. Then on Wednesday, Kirsten will take another birthday cake to school, and that night we take her out to eat at Golden Corral, which is her favorite place to eat.

Oh, by the way, we've figured out that Saturday is pink day for Kirsten. She has known that for awhile, but it took me awhile to catch on. Today she wore a pink shirt, a pink necklace and pink socks. (Thank you Karen!) Her other days are Monday-yellow, Wednesday-orange, Friday-Red and Tuesday and Thursday-green. She gets quite miffed at me if the right colored clothes are not clean on the appointed day. It's handy because if I forget what day it is, all I need to do is look at Kirsten. :-)