Have Your Way With Paper

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

The Birthday Child
Everything's been different
All the day long,
Lovely things have happened,
Nothing has gone wrong.
Nobody has scolded me,
Everyone has smiled.
Isn't it delicious
To be a birthday child?
~Rose Fyleman

What Is A One-Year Old?
A One-year-old daughter is so many things --
A tiny discoverer of butterfly wings,
A hugger of Teddies,
A sweet sleepyhead,
And someone to dream for in bright years ahead...
A special new person
Who, right from the start,
Has a place in the family
And, of course, in your heart.
And, just when you think
That you've learned all the things
That your dear Daughter is
And the joy that she brings,
A hug or a grin
Comes with such sweet surprise
That love finds you smiling
With tears in your eyes!

When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three,
I was hardly Me.
When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five,
I was just alive.
But now I am Six,
I'm as clever as clever.
So I think I'll be Six
Now and forever and ever.
~A. A. Milne

Birthday/Birthday Party ABC List
A all . . ., appreciation, age ___
B blow, birthday, balloons, brother, bang
C candles, cake, cards, celebrate, celebration, candy, camera, color
D dad, day, daughter, dance, dancing, dessert, decorations
E eating, enjoy, exciting, excitement, everyone, everything
F favors, friends, fun, family, food
G gifts, games, guests
H hats, happy, heart,

, hear, having fun
I ice cream, I. . ., icing, irresistible, invitation
J joy, joyful, juice
K kids, keepsake, kiss,
L laugh, love, loud
M mom, meal, milk, music, memories
N name, nice, noise
O open presents, only
P presents, party, punch, pictures, photos, play, playing
Q quite. . . (a party, a day, etc.)
R ribbon, reading cards, remember
S sister, surprise, smell, smile, see, snacks
T toys, taste, touch, thank you, together, treats
U unforgettable, us, unusual, unique, unwrap
V very. . .
W wrapping paper, welcome, we
X x-tra (special, etc.), XXXX (kisses)
Y your. . ., you are. . .
Z zest, zzz's (all tuckered out), zip-a-dee-doo-dah!, zowie!

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

2-Rific Birthday
39 and Holding
40 But Still Sporty
44-- Need I Say More?
A Super Dee Duper Birthday (Barney Themed)
A Time for Cake
Aged to Perfection
Alive as a Hive When I Turned 5
And A Pinch to Grow and Inch
Another Year
Birthday Bash
Birthday Bonanza
Birthday Boy/Girl
Birthday Diva
Born to Party!
Cake Time!
Caution: Old Zone
Choo Choo (name) Turns Two
Eating My Cake, And Wearing it too!
Eight is Great
Fantastic Four
Finally Six and Full of Tricks
First birthday
Fun Being One
Fun Zone
Get a Clue, ____ (name) is Two!
Happy Birthday to You!
Hey, I'm One and a Whole Year is Done
Hip Hip Hooray, It's My Birthday today!
Hoppy Birthday
I Wish For...
I'm 48 In Dog Years... (age X 7)
Isn't it fun...______ is One!
It's Great - I'm 8
It's My 5th Birthday
It's My Birthday
It's My Party and I'll Cry if I Want to
It's Wonderful Being One
Just What I've Always Wanted
King/Queen for A Day
Kiss Me, I'm Sixty!
Let Me (Them) Eat Cake
Let's Celebrate. Being 8 is Great!
Look at Me... I'm Three!
Look I'm Seven ... Going on 11!
Look Who's Two - So Much to do
Lordy Lordy Look Who's 40!
Lucky 13
Make a Wish
My Golden Birthday
Nifty Fifty
Nine is Fine
Now I'm Nine and the World is Mine
Oh, No! It's the Big 3-0! (4-0, 5-0 etc)
Older and Wiser
One Year older and Cuter too
One-derful!
Parties are Wonderful
Party Animals!
A Pinch to Grow an Inch
Ready, Set, Blow!
Silly Sixes
Simply Seven
Seven is Heaven
Seven Was Heaven, But eight is Great!
So Many Candles, So Little Cake!
Such a "One"Derful Girl/Boy
Surprise!
Sweet 16
That Takes the Cake
The More Candles, the Bigger the wish
The Partys Here
There's No Time Like the Presents
Thirty is a Dirty Word
Thrilling Threes
Time for Cake
Two-rrific
Under wraps
We Need More Candles
Whip Dee Do, I'm Through With Two!
Wishing
Wonderfully One
You can Wear Your Cake and Eat it Too
You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
You're 2 Adorable
You're Not Getting Older, You're Getting Better
You're Not Old, You're Chronologically Gifted

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

There are things I'd like to say
to you my love on your special day:

I am forever thankful God sent you my way.

Like a gift from up above,
you showed me how it is to feel real love.

I know many mountains we've had to climb
and sometimes forever has seemed like a very long time.

Yes, we've endured our share of pain,
but together we have so much to gain.

Bigger mountains may lie ahead,
but together there is no hill we can not tread.

So always remember my love for you,
and there is nothing together we can not do.

I'll be here forever - my love is true.
The person beside me, that would be you.
---
Instead of counting candles,
Or tallying the years,
Contemplate your blessings,
As your birthday nears.
Consider special people
Who love you, and who care,
And others who’ve enriched your life
Just by being there.
Think about the memories
Passing years can never mar,
Experiences great and small
That have made you who you are.
Another year is a happy gift,
So cut your cake, and say,
"Instead of counting birthdays,
I count blessings every day!"
---
It’s your birthday...
and I’m thinking how glad I am
that you were born.
You have given me so much--
supported me, encouraged me,
cared for me; I didn't even need to ask.
I celebrate your wonderful self!
I am in awe of your boundless generosity,
your infinite kindness--that gentle inner glow
that you so freely use to warm my life.
Your birthday is as much a celebration for me
as it is for you, maybe more,
and I wish for you the best of birthdays,
the best one ever.
May each birthday be better than the last.
Most of all, I hope you will always be
As happy as you have made me.
---
Birthdays are happy events,
Times when dreams come true.
So dream a good dream (and let someone know!),
It just might work for you!
Have a happy celebration
One you’ll always recall,
And be aware on this day of days,
You’re the most special person of all!
---
Many of our birthday poems can be customized to the specific recipient. To customize the following happy birthday poem, replace the words "special one" in the first line with your own term, such as the person's name, or "Mother Dear," or "Son of mine," etc.
Happily Ever After
On your birthday, special one,
I wish that all your dreams come true.
May your day be filled with joy,
Wonderful gifts and goodies, too.
On your day I wish for you
Favorite people to embrace,
Loving smiles and caring looks
That earthly gifts cannot replace.
I wish you fine and simple pleasures.
I wish you many years of laughter.
I wish you all of life’s best treasures.
I wish you happily ever after!
Happy Birthday!
---
Because you mean so much to me,
I celebrate your birth.
Sharing time and space with you,
Rings my bell for all it’s worth.
Whenever your birthday rolls around,
I contemplate once more,
How happy I am that you were born;
The thought makes my heart soar.
I wish your birthdays happened more,
So I could let you know,
How very much you mean to me,
And so I could let it show!
Dear mom/dad/sister/brother/friend/uncle/aunt, Happy Birthday
---
Being born was great for me,
Though I can’t recall the chore.
But every year I’m pleased to see,
That it’s me they all adore.
My mom and dad stay close to me;
They claim to know me well.
They’re proud to know a celebrity,
And me, I know they’re swell.
They celebrate, they laugh and sing,
And gifts on me they shower.
I must have done a wondrous thing,
My birthday cries, BABY POWER!
---
It’s birthday time again I see;
Another year's gone by.
We’re older than we used to be;
The thought could make me cry.
For getting older is not such fun,
When there’s hurting in your back,
And it’s agony if you have to run,
And a pleasure to lie in the sack.
Yes getting older is quite a bore,
But to not to get old is worse.
So "Happy Birthday!" let’s shout once more,
And to heck with our ride in the hearse!
Hooray for getting older! Happy Birthday and many more.
---
I'm old enough and therefore wise;
With age our brains grow bigger in size.
So I wish for you a long, long life,
So your brain can grow bigger and stop causing strife.
And although we often disagree,
There’s a strong hope that I can see,
For it’s birthday time; a year has passed;
Your brain is getting bigger fast.
Before too long, your bulb may light;
No longer will you want to fight,
Because when you have a brighter mind,
It will be easier for us to think in kind.
With each year you live your thinking grows stronger,
And that’s why I wish you’ll live a whole lot longer.
Happy Birthday!
---
Your birthday marks another year together;
Such wonderful times, I couldn’t ask for more,
Spending precious minutes, hours and days
With you, my love, whom I cherish and adore.
We’ve shared so much, we two, in love and friendship;
Each year our bond just seems to grow and grow.
I always want to be right next to you;
To touch and kiss you means more than you know.
You’re always there for me with a loving smile;
I’m never happier than when you’re near.
I thought my love for you could not grow stronger;
And yet I love you even more this year.
---
Another year has passed for you, sweetheart;
It's time to cut the cake and celebrate.
And once again, my love, I start to think
Of things about you I appreciate.
It means so much to have you in my life;
Your loving care fills up my days with pleasure.
Your warm and giving nature helps create
Close, special times together that I treasure.
I live within a safe and steady world,
Because you love me unconditionally.
Your easygoing ways mean that I'm blessed
With peace and joy and blissful harmony.
To me your birthday is a precious day;
I hope it brings you joy in every way.
---
I Got the Gift
It’s your birthday,
but I’m the lucky (man, woman)
who got to be with you for another year.
It’s your birthday, and the older you get,
the more wonderful you become.
It’s your birthday,
and I’m privileged to share the years with you.
It’s your birthday, and each year
I find the depth of my love for you growing.
It’s your birthday, and I look forward with joy
to each day we spend together.
It’s your birthday, and I wonder how I got along
for all the birthdays I didn’t know you.
It’s your birthday, and it’s amazing
how easy and enjoyable it is to be with you each day.
It’s your birthday, and no matter what fate has in store for us,
I know it will be a pleasure to spend life with you.
It’s your birthday, but I got the gift--
You in my life for another year.
---
I couldn't love anything more
than you, my sweet child,
who is turning four.
---
It seems only yesterday, you were turning one,
now a year is gone by and my how you’ve grown.
You’re talking and walking and throwing a ball.
And loved a lot, by one and all.
Today we say Happy Birthday to you,
because today we are watching you turn TWO!
---
When Twins Turn Three!

Twice the cake and twice the fun,
And twice the presents, too,
A birthday party just for twins
Making their 3-year debut!

So twice the ice cream and twice the friends,
Be they dudes or dudettes,
But as much as we all love you both,
We thank God you weren't triplets!
---
Here are five little wishes,
One for each year,
Just five little wishes
That I know will bring you cheer.

The first is for unconditional love,
The second is for joy,
The third is for the friendship
Of many girls and boys.

The fourth is for success,
But the fifth is a cut above,
All of these things are possible
Because I wish for you God's love.
---
Please, everybody, look at me!
Today I'm five years old, you see!
And after this, I won't be four,
Not ever, ever, any more!
I won't be three or two or one,
For that was when I'd first begun.
Now I'll be five awhile,
And then I'll soon be something else again.

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents ... and only one for birthday presents, you know.
- Lewis Carroll

No wise man ever wished to be younger.
- Jonathan Swift

May you live all the days of your life.
- Jonathan Swift

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long that she could not part with it. - Rudyard Kipling

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. - Lucille ball

Inside every older person is a younger person -
wondering what the h e l l happened.
- Cora Harvey Armstrong

HYWWP Design Team Member MemberSince: July 14, 2005 10,000 posts

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art to be treasured.