When I have a birthday, my parents and friends come over and we have a party. But only sometimes our cousins come. This year I got 9 birthday spanks and I get a few phone calls every year. Oh yea and my birthday is September 22.
 by Kassie

        Each year on my birthday, my grandparents come down from Owen, Wisconsin and Blooms burg, Pennsylvania. That is one party for my family. There is another party for my friends . My friends come over after my family party. We play games and have lots of activities. In about the middle of the party we eat cake and I blow out the candles. 
by Hunter

       On my birthday my grandma calls and sends me a gift. And I get to pick the food for dinner but it has to be healthy. We have a party for friends and then for family. But my sisters and brothers give me ten spankings. And the best thing of all is eating the cake.
by Caitlin

          The students in my room are very excited when their birthdays come around each year. Most students go out to eat a special dinner for their
birthdays. The favorite foods to eat on your birthday would be pizza or tacos. Birthday dinners are usually with your family. Kids also have entertaining birthday parties for friends and classmates. Some of these fun activities would be bowling, movies, and even fishing. Usually the students get to choose their own fun activity to do. 

         At each party, we will have a special birthday cake with candles marking each year of life. The student gets to choose the flavor of cake and the type of frosting used. You can make the cake at home or buy it at the store. When you buy it at the store, you can have it decorated any way you like. With the cake you also eat ice cream. Ice cream comes in many different flavors. Before you eat cake and ice cream, everyone sings the Happy Birthday song: Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear________. Happy Birthday to You..... Then the birthday person secretly makes a wish and blows out the candles on the cake. Then for fun, everyone gives the birthday boy or girl, soft swats on the rear end. (just for fun) It's like pulling on ears in your country.  Then the birthday person gets to open up gifts. The gifts are usually clothes or toys, or whatever was suggested earlier, by the parent.

        At our school, we also sing the birthday song, and have a special sweet treat to share with everyone in the classroom. This is usually done with younger students. Then the principal gives the student a birthday ribbon and pencil with the name of our school on it.

       Every family celebrates birthdays in their own special way. The children really get excited and can't wait for the next one to come.