Today is my birthday. However, I firmly believe one should celebrate the entire month. Why stop at a day? Now that I'm a mom, that has been slightly curbed for logistical reasons. I've cut back to a weekend. Or two.
This year, my parents picked up my sweet, angelic children on Friday afternoon and promised to keep them until we picked them up on Sunday. We promised to actually pick them up.
So what craziness ensued? We were in bed by 8 pm. True story. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I threw the alarm clock across the room the next morning, rolled over and slept in until 8:30 am. Totally skipped my scheduled 6 mile run. It felt gooooood. Then Branden and I went and got a couples massage. That's right. I said Branden and I. That is an upcoming post you will NOT want to miss.
Ate out at a restaurant (sans highchair and kiddie menu), went shopping and talked to the nice people at the Apple store (they talked inhumanely fast, I tried desperately to memorize, so as to analyze and comprehend later). In short, a weekend only possible without children.
Sunday morning, slept in again (I know you all hate me right now). Leisurely picked up a few groceries and went out to the farm to have lunch with my parents and visit. Ended up staying until bedtime (Sorry mom!) since there wasn't any school on Monday.
Then today, my actual birthday, my darling husband helped my daughters decorate a cake for me. These were just a few of things overheard during that process:
"Do not lick my arm again."
"No sucking the frosting out of the bottle."
"No, I cannot spell 'You're the best mom in the whole world and we love you very much' on this cake"
"I do think you're a good artist, but I don't think you should try to draw Mommy"
It was a fantastic cake!
During resting time, my sweet friend stopped by with balloons, flowers (which I'll most likely kill by the end of the week. So sad. But I'm gonna try real hard this time. Swear!) and a cake that I plan to share with no one. So wonderful!
At AWANA, the leaders all signed a card, sang Happy Birthday to me (with the clubbers) and gave me a giant cookie cake!
And just to milk things a little more, I've been invited to my very dear friend's house Saturday for a favorite meal and cake. Then we're going to wrap the evening up with a couple bottles of wine and a fire. We're not sure yet if the boys are invited....
I can't forget to mention the numerous phone calls I received today, and the many renditions of Happy Birthday being sung in my ear.
And of course, Face book. It warms my heart every time that little chime sounds. And it's been sounding a lot! My wall has been blowing up with birthday well wishes!
All to say, THANK YOU SO MUCH to you all that have made such an effort to wish me a Happy Birthday! It is humbling and heartwarming to know how much love is out there. And to have it poured back on me today, well, that will make every day this year a little brighter.
Thank you friends.
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