Éstas son las mañanitas These are the morning verses
Que cantaba el Rey David, That King David used to sing,
A las muchachas bonitas To the beautiful young ladies,
Se las cantaba así. He would sing them like this.
(The Mexican birthday song, sometimes sung as a dawn serenade).
Youtube Mariachi version here. Piano music and eleventy-zillion more verses here.
My forty-third birthday next Wednesday will inaugurate the "Birthday Madness" season in the Grimes-Honkanen household. The next day Katie will turn five and just over two weeks later, on Feb. 3, Nicholas will be eleven. In the middle, on January 30, we celebrate the gift of Grandma Di; Nicholas and I were both due on my Mom's birthday but I was uncharacteristically early and he was little late. We will be doing a trip to Disneyland to celebrate them all in a couple weeks; in the meantime I offer this birthday-inspired Friday Five.
1. When is your birthday? Does anyone else (famous and/or in your own life) share it?
June 23, I share it with:
1846 - George Sax, inventor (saxophone)
1848 - Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone)
1929 - June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
1946 - Ted Shackelford, Okla City Okla, actor (Gary-Dallas, Knots Landing & now Y&R)
1948 - Clarence Thomas, Savannah Ga, 108th US Supreme Court Justice
1953 - Roberta Leighton, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Ginger-Days of Our Lives)
1967 - Derrick Walker, NFL tight end (KC Chiefs)
1969 - Elbert Ellis, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers)
1970 - Mike Bartrum, tight end (New England Patriots)
1970 - Robert Brooks, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 - Cory Schlesinger, NHL running back (Detroit Lions)
1974 - Maria Carolina Christina, Princess of Netherlands
1976 - Paola Suarez, Pergamino Arg, tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires)
Other events (sorry, this is just so interesting, I thought I would share):
1949 - 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
1950 - Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
1975 - Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs
1979 - Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
1979 - Rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona"
1980 - "David Letterman Show," debuts on NBC-TV daytime
1980 - 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
1980 - West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1981 - 33 inning game ends, Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2
1981 - NYC mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy
1982 - -117øF; All time low at South Pole
1982 - Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight
1983 - US Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions
1985 - Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die
1986 - Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House
1988 - Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft
1989 - Movie "Batman" premieres
1990 - Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home
1991 - "Odd Couple" opens & closes at Belasco Theater NYC
1991 - "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music"
1992 - Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time
1996 - Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan
Famous Deaths:
1771 - Jean-Claude Trial, composer, dies at 38
1945 - Lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa
1980 - Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, dies
1996 - Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge, dies at 98
1997 - Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, suffering from burns, dies at 63
From-- http://www.entireearth.com/Today-In-History.html
2. Do you prefer a big party or an intimate celebration for the chosen few?
I prefer a small celebration with my close friends.
3. Describe your most memorable birthday(s)--good, bad, or both.
Last year, my husband and son surprised me with a massage at the local massage place, dinner out, afternoon with friends, then my husband took me out for the evening without kiddos (son left at friend's house) so we could spend the night kiddo free. It was great! Thanks K & M!
4. What is your favorite cake and ice cream? (Bonus points if you share the cake recipe). Or would you rather have a different treat altogether?
Ice Cream??? =) Hmmmmm.......
I love Spice cake and if I could pick an ice cream (a true one) it would be Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
5. Surprise parties: love 'em or hate 'em?
Depends. If they are meant to be a nice surprise and it doesn't involve a ton of people, then I love them.
Bonus: Describe your ideal birthday--the sky's the limit.
A day with my husband and son and time with friends. Soon, I we will have another kiddo to add to our family, and I would love to have the 4 of us spend a relaxing day together.
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