Birthdays
5 + 2
“My 7th birthday – apparently, my mom couldn’t be bothered to find a ‘7’ candle for my cake, so she used the leftover ‘5’ and ‘2’ from my sister’s and brother’s cakes! It was so much fun doing math for my birthday.”
(submitted by Terey)
The Horn Cake
“It was my daughter’s 1st birthday and my mother in law made her a unicorn cake. My mother in law is so kind and sweet and amazing and has made her grandkids birthday cakes every year. This one was just….hard to know where to look….”
(submitted by IG @hungerkristen)
Very Happy Birthday
“We got a little more than we bargained for at my friend’s 7th birthday party.”
(submitted by IG @dcho99)
Baby Shark
“This is me in 1976 in my bedroom. My father thought putting a pool table in my bedroom was an appropriate birthday gift for a kid my age.”
(submitted by IG @val_er_ie12)
Chuck E. Spanks
“Me on my birthday, December of 1982. Not sure what is more embarrassing, the home perm I got for my birthday or the fact a giant mouse is giving me birthday ‘spankings’.”
(submitted by Brandy)
Sausage Party
“My brother sitting next to my grandma in the late 1970’s in NYC. Note the sausages hanging as birthday streamers.”
(submitted by IG @tommyrockstar)
Send In The Clown
“My brother was the clown at our family friend’s birthday party in 1981.”
(submitted by IG @beachpugmama)
Barney And Fiends
“This was a friend’s birthday party featuring beloved Barney and a Dalmatian who clearly moonlit as Donnie Darko.”
(submitted by IG @yasamin.rah)
Hold The Cheese
“My traumatizing birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese back in the day. I’m the girl hiding from the rat.”
(submitted by IG @marlena_007)
