My Birthday

A long time ago
(age 5 or 6 maybe?)Last weekend at my parents' house
Age 34

I've had a really fun birthday. My dear friend Mary Katherine surprised me and drove ALL the way from TX (6 hours round-trip) just to hang out today! Our friend Becca met us for lunch at one of our favorite places, and I think we stayed there close to three hours--we had a lot to catch up on. We had to pick up kids at school or we'd probably still be sitting there. It was a great birthday lunch!

Thank you for celebrating with me today, sweet friends!

When I picked the kids up at MDO, Alexee told me that she was thinking of a birthday present for me and it was a pink teddy bear with purple polka dots and we could share it. I told her that sounded perfect! :)

Tonight the kids and I celebrated some more at Purple Cow for dinner. Unfortunately, Lane couldn't be there--we missed him. :( (I guess my 34th birthday was documented on a phone camera--that's all I had with me today.)

Crosby enjoying part of a purple shake
(photo by Alexee)

Rhett coloring the place mat--he turned it in when we left and they hung it on the wall. He was really proud! :)
Tonight before bed I told Rhett thanks for going to PC with me. He said, "It was fun, but it would have been even more fun if Crosby had acted better." We started naming all the things C did during dinner and laughing about them: shook salt and pepper all over the table which made me sneeze, tried to squirt both mustard and ketchup on the table (luckily he couldn't get any out), opened a sugar packet and ate the sugar, took the lid off of his shake-threw the straw down-put his whole hand in the cup, threw his spoon full of applesauce on the floor and splattered applesauce on my jeans, hit the glass wall behind him with a spoon, stuck fries in Alexee's shake, tried to climb out of the booth, tried to climb across the table to get R's milkshake..........Rhett and I had a good laugh about all of this and then I said, "But you know what, we love him SO much anyway even though he did all that. And he's just SO cute, isn't he!?" And R agreed. :)

photo by Rhett

It has been a great day. Even if I do feel old.