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It’s my birthday too yeah! I was born on my father’s birthday February 3, 1958 (he’s was of course before that…47 years before to be exact.) Over the years my dad and I perfected our birthday greetings to each other into something resembling a vaudeville routine – “Happy Birthday to you!” “No Happy Birthday to you!” My mom would get us a cake (she didn’t do cakes…pies OTOH were her specialty and in later years I would always have a birthday menu that consisted of Eggs Benedict and Lemon Meringue Pie…preferably in bed) from Carolyn’s Cakes on Capital Hill (gone but not forgotten)…yellow cake with chocolate frosting that said simply “Happy Birthdays.” When I was pregnant with my daughter I tried for the three generation Hat Trick to see if she would join us on the 3^rd but alas even then she had a mind of her own and waited until the 8^th. My dad passed away when he was 83…on Feb 9^th…I always thought he waited until after both ours and his granddaughter’s birthdays to go…and my mom many years before that. I miss them both…all the time…but am glad I have so many wonderful memories of them.

So…to all the February 3th Birthday Buddies out there -

Happy Birthdays to Us!!!!

February 3rd, 2009 | Tags: birthday memories, birthdays, Carolyn's Cakes, happy birthday, Seattle | Category: Local History, Personal History | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL