Today is Z's 9th birthday according to the Jewish calendar. As we celebrate our Jewish birthdays, its been a day of celebration. The Jewish day starts at sundown. Last night at dinner since the sun was down Z went around the table and gave us all blessings. He gave extra tzedaka (charity). In addition this morning he read his new kapital (chapter of tellhim/psalms) which relates to his age (so psalm 10 he started today since he turned 9 and is starting his 10th year of life). We also did cupcakes and sang happy birthday.
This morning he woke up in a great mood. We all were. My mom even called and sang him happy birthday which made his smile so wide. I even arranged for him to bring cupcakes for his class since we can not make him a big birthday party (catch 22 of the bully situation- birthday parties you have to invite everyone if you are making and there is no way we are inviting the bully so no birthday party). We had arranged to take two of his friends for dinner but had to do a rain check (this is a lucky thing which you will understand why in a minute) because T got sick.
We never take the kids out. Between a lack of kosher places to eat, the ones there are usually are expensive, and the kid's food allergies we just don't go out. A new burger place opened up... at least its new to us since we only heard about it two weeks ago. http://burgerorg.com/website/ I decided to try and salvage the birthday dinner and see since they do take out, if we could get anything safe for the kids. With their allergies its almost impossible. We have only found one other place which is in NY which we could safely eat out. They were beyond amazing. So understanding over the phone and answered all my questions. I took a leap of faith and made an order- Burgers for everyone but the birthday boy who wanted chicken fingers and since he isn't allergic, he got what he wanted! The person over the phone carefully took down the details needed to make the food safe for the kids. My lovely husband on his way home headed there to pick up the food and got home right as I was finishing up the kid's french fries (their fries are fried with foods my kids are allergic to fries could not be made for them).
I was already flying high before the burger place agreed to make the kids safe dinners. I had called an amazing bakery in Brooklyn, NY about arranging for ML a upshernish cake. An upshernish is when a boy turns 3, we cut their hair for the first time. This is a very big deal as its the start of their formal Jewish education. The boys start wearing tzitzis and a yamulka as well. ML's is in about two months and with his EE trigger list, arranging food for the event I was getting worried about. We had decided to do it in the evening and do dessert. I was going to have to do dessert if it was a meal event or not a meal event, so I figured since dessert was going to cost a fortune lets cut out the second fortune which a meal would have cost. I called Heaven Mills and today they called back saying they could in fact make him a safe cake!!!!! Also, they will be making some safe cookies in addition to the cake. YAHOO!!!
So, I am flying high all proud that we could finally have a meal I didn't have to cook. I am watching them eat and enjoy. T looks at me and tells me it tastes off. Well, I knew it wasn't an allergy thing because he told me everything he ate today tasted off. He has been sick since Tuesday and hasn't kept much down so this didn't throw me. F is oohing and ahhing with delight. ML is clapping. My husband is enjoying his burger on a lettuce wrap since he is gluten free right now. MEB is giggling and playing with her toes. The birthday boy looks green. He got maybe one bite of his chicken fingers. Oh no- not him!! I give him his meds and send him off to bed. Disappointed since I just wanted to make his night great. As soon as he makes it upstairs he is throwing up. What a way to end a birthday! He is now tucked into bed, feverish, and sleeping. Looks like F is the only one going to school tomorrow.
But hey, we have a new place to eat out for ALL of us and M will have his first cake ever at his upshern! What a day!
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