Have An August Birthday? Peridot is the Birthstone for August!
For kids, birthdays come with a whirlwind of exciting activities: parties, presents, balloons and streamers. Oftentimes, the highlight of the birthday experience is the school celebration. Typically, as these things go, the birthday kid will bring in some sort of treat for the whole class and everyone takes time out of the usual boring school day to sing 'Happy Birthday' and chow down on sugary delights. The birthday kid wears a special birthday crown crafted out of construction paper and heaped with glitter. Everyone wants to sit next to her that day because on her birthday, she is the most popular kid in the class, everyone is vying for her attention and showering her with admiration. It's a taste of royalty; she is queen for the day.
Celebrating your birthday in school is just exquisite....except if your birthday is in the summer. For those kids born in June, July or August, you partake in other kids’ school birthday extravaganzas with a twinge of bitterness and jealousy, knowing that when your birthday arrives everyone will be far off on a family vacation or sleep-away camp without so much as sending a card. Sure your mom makes a cake and you open presents, but there's nothing like sponsoring a half hour of free time and nosh for your class and then being idolized for it for the entire day.
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