{"id":1178,"date":"2010-07-10T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/"},"modified":"2015-06-05T14:16:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:16:33","slug":"day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"day 185: birthday affirmations part ii of ii"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Little boys should never be put to bed because they always wake up a day older.” from Peter Pan<\/strong><\/span>Here are some things we have enjoyed doing for birthday affirmations through the years:<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span>
1. Make a big deal of the birthday the day before it. We did little things like the following:<\/span>

<\/span>
a. When he wakes up in the morning, say, \u201cThis is the last morning you\u2019ll get up as an eleven year old!\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
b. When you do things with him, say fun things like, \u201cCome and read a story with Mom\u2026.it\u2019s our last story with you as an eleven year old\u201d or \u201cCome shoot hoops eleven year old\u2014this is the last day I can say that!\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
c. Before he goes to bed, make a big deal of it being his last night as an eleven year old, how he\u2019ll wake up old the next day, etc. <\/span>

<\/span>
d. Tell him what you loved about him as an eleven year old\u2014\u201cI loved it that you such a compassionate eleven year old\u2026\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>

<\/span>

<\/span>
2. On the morning of his birthday, say fun things like, \u201cTime to wake up twelve year old\u201d or \u201cThis is the first morning I am getting you up as a twelve year old,\u201d and \u201cDo you feel a year older this morning?\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
3. Encourage him on the day of his birthday with character qualities that you have seen in him\u2014\u201cSure hope you are as kind of a twelve year old as you were eleven year old!\u201d and \u201cI know your compassion will even increase when you are twelve\u2014if that\u2019s possible!\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
4. Charge him on the day of his birthday with character qualities that you would like for him to work on in the coming year (without making him feeling put down, of course)\u2014\u201cNow that you\u2019re twelve, I know you can become even more diligent with your work\u201d or \u201cYou have been getting better and better at responsibility this past year\u2014now that you\u2019re twelve, you are going to become Mr. Responsible!\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
5. On the night of his birthday, tell him that you are looking forward to spending \u201cage twelve\u201d with him\u2014that your family is so blessed to have him in it and that you don\u2019t want the next birthday to come too soon! <\/span>

<\/span>
6. Involve others in the blessing\/affirmation. We often have times of affirmation on birthdays in which people take turns saying affirmations to or about the birthday person. It isn\u2019t uncommon to have siblings, siblings-in-law, Mom, Dad, etc., say any of the following:<\/span>

<\/span>

<\/span>

<\/span>
a. \u201cI like how you always let others go first in pot lucks.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
b. \u201cI appreciate how you help at One Heart.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
c. \u201cI love to watch you read. You have become such a great reader.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
d. \u201cI love how you help the clients at One Heart so tenderly. They feel your love\u2014you are such a great volunteer.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
e. \u201cI like how you use your free time to help others.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
f. \u201cI can\u2019t believe how much you have improved in basketball the past year. Your outside shot is amazing.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
g. \u201cYou are such a diligent worker. Our family couldn\u2019t make it without your daily work and contribution.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>
h. \u201cI love how you do your devotional every day. You are building good self disciplines that will help you your whole life.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>

<\/span>

<\/span>
Use birthdays, special occasions, successes, achievements, down days, up days\u2014any days to affirm your children. Build them up in their character and their faith. They might not say so, but they will come to love it.<\/span>

<\/span>
Tomorrow\u2014back to more help with academics this summer. The summer is officially half way over for most of us. There is still time to help your kids get ready for school in the fall.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Little boys should never be put to bed because they always wake up a day older.” from Peter PanHere are some things we have enjoyed doing for birthday affirmations through the years: 1. Make a big deal of the birthday the day before it. We did little things like the following:a. When he wakes up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[643,281],"tags":[267,280,277,107,195,283,316,310,305,319,303],"yoast_head":"\nday 185: birthday affirmations part ii of ii - Character Ink<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"day 185: birthday affirmations part ii of ii - Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"“Little boys should never be put to bed because they always wake up a day older.” from Peter PanHere are some things we have enjoyed doing for birthday affirmations through the years: 1. Make a big deal of the birthday the day before it. We did little things like the following:a. When he wakes up […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-07-10T23:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-06-05T18:16:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/\",\"name\":\"day 185: birthday affirmations part ii of ii - Character Ink\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-10T23:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-05T18:16:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"day 185: birthday affirmations part ii of ii\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\",\"name\":\"Character Ink\",\"description\":\"Home of the Language Lady & Cottage Classes!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\",\"name\":\"Donna\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Donna\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"day 185: birthday affirmations part ii of ii - Character Ink","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"day 185: birthday affirmations part ii of ii - Character Ink","og_description":"“Little boys should never be put to bed because they always wake up a day older.” from Peter PanHere are some things we have enjoyed doing for birthday affirmations through the years: 1. Make a big deal of the birthday the day before it. We did little things like the following:a. When he wakes up […]","og_url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/","og_site_name":"Character Ink","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks","article_published_time":"2010-07-10T23:15:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-06-05T18:16:33+00:00","author":"Donna","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Donna","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/","name":"day 185: birthday affirmations part ii of ii - Character Ink","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-07-10T23:15:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-06-05T18:16:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-185-birthday-affirmations-part-ii-of-ii\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"day 185: birthday affirmations part ii of ii"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/","name":"Character Ink","description":"Home of the Language Lady & Cottage Classes!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64","name":"Donna","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Donna"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks"],"url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2827,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}