My gawd! 18 years old. A very special number because in gematria, 18 spells chai, which means life. But, as we say in Yiddish, biz hundert un tsvantsig (until 120)! Can hardly wait to celebrate this birthday with you. Thank you so  much for inviting me. If I could I would bake you a cake like this! Wishing you the happiest birthday season ever! Love you, Samantha. You are the best! -b

Two of my counselors from Camp Simcha came at 8 am yesterday to wish me Happy Birthday. It was a TOTAL surprise! Ennio and Michael’s was great. The waiters sang Happy Birthday to me and the food was great!

What an amazing weekend! Barbara, my godmother, made me the coolest gift ever, this amazing website about my life, that our friend Dave helped her build. I LOVE IT!!! And, I loved painting with Max, Natan, and Willy, It was so much fun. I can’t wait to do it again.
Thanks everyone.
Lots of love,
Sam

I just had an amazing day. This is my very first posting!

Have a great day! A great party! And, a great life! Hope your enjoy your weblog. Your pal, Dave

I wish you a year full of lots of fun, great health, and continued academic success, which means you have to get much blonder than I over the next year! I love you, -Cathy

So many birthdays, so little time. Happy birthday Funny Face! -Dad

A very happy birthday! How did you get to be 17? We look forward to many many more. –Mom

I invited all my friends to my party. We went to a restaurant called
Mars 2112. It was really cool. They  have aliens and  you get to ride
in a space ship to get from one side of the restaurant to the other. I went there a long time ago for a birthday
when I was younger. How did I get the idea for my birthday this year? I was looking through old pictures and remembered how much fun it was. So I decided to
go there again for my birthday. I invited 6 kids: Jamie, Amanda, Perry, Keshi, Lauren. Ellie. My Mom got us cards to the arcade games so we could play. The most fun thing I played was air hocky and a game called Miss Packman.You know those
little games where you try to get prizes and stuff? I tried, but I
never get the prizes. I wasn’t the only one. Nobody won a prize! It looks like the thing is about to grab the prize, but it just lets go. Click here to see the pictures.