by Svara Jayasinghe
My best birthday was when I turned five years old. My birthday is on February 13. The day before we got everything so it would be easier, but we didn’t make the food of course. The next day I was thinking I didn’t want get out of bed but then I jumped out of bed because I just remembered that it was my birthday! Then the next thing I knew is that I was pounding my sisters on their back saying:
“Wake up, wake up now! If you don’t, then I will pound you on the back some more.”
Hearing this my sisters rushed out of bed and said together:
“ Oh I forgot, today is your birthday!”
“Yes I know I” I said.
“SO LETS GET GOING!” we said in unison.
So the three of us went into our mother and father’s room and started waking them up. We had to give our parents a lot of encouragement to get up. I was so filled up with energy I was like an energy rabbit, and almost jumping out of my skin, but luckily I didn’t pop or anything, I just kept going like an energy bunny. Soon after I had brushed my teeth I was jumping around for joy, while the rest of my family got ready and laughed at me. I had to get ready last because my dress was very hard to get on. So when I was getting into my dress I had to stop being the energy bunny otherwise I would rip the dress in two. But even after that I couldn’t be the energy bunny anymore because I had to walk around for a very long time in my dress, and I also had shoes that I had to be careful with. Soon we were downstairs were our grandparents were waiting. They had stayed the night before at our house because of my birthday. One set of my grandparents came from Cerritos, CA and the other set flew in all the way from New Zealand!
My Grandma and my sisters did my hair. Then my parents, and all my grandparents got the food ready. Soon after that the chairs and the tables were delivered by the rental company, so we had to set all of that up in our backyard. Then we decorated the front yard. We put up a white arch and under it, on the concrete, we put a long red velvet carpet. We also put jewels and glitter on the ground. Decorating the front yard took a long time. Soon the cake arrived, and I longed to look at the cake but I had to wait because a carriage with princesses inside came to our front yard! The carriage was pulled by two beautiful white horses! This was very exciting.
We put the popcorn stand and the cotton candy stands up too. Soon after that all my friends started showing up to celebrate my birthday. First I went to face painting and I chose a design with a rose and leaves around it. My sister Kiran got the same design I did but my sister Simran chose a different one. After that I just followed Kiran and Simran around and also spent time with some of my friends. Then it was time for the games and it was fun. There also was a fairy godmother and we went to her in the carriage, and she gave treasures. I went in the carriage first with my sisters so I got to experience it first, it was a nice but short ride. After everybody had gotten gathered together, we sang songs and the princesses read stories. Then it was time to eat and finally I could sit down. After everybody had ate, it was time for the cake! After everybody had sang Happy Birthday my dad cut slices of the cake. When I tasted it, the cake was delicious except there was way to much frosting. My sisters we complaining that it had too much frosting.
“ It isn’t my fault,” I said.
After everybody had eaten the cake it was getting dark, and my party was ending. Everybody left and we finally got to rest.