But hype or no hype, it came and went. I am now 34. Still on the "right" side of 35. ;)
Thursday Jason sent me flowers at work.
Do you love the painted purple plate and the glue bottle? Does my desk scream "Early Childhood Director"? ;)
And then he took me out to dinner.
Friday morning the kids had presents and cards for me as soon as I woke up...
Because I have no pride and try not to take myself too seriously I will share the just-woken-up/talking-in-this-shot picture of me opening presents.
Caroline gave me a box of work she had done at preschool and some heart stickers. She also dictated a card which Sarah wrote out for her. It said:
"Dear Mom,
Happy Birthday Mommy, this is your special day. Cause it's your birthday. I luv u! Mommy, I hope you have a good day.
Love, Caroline"
Jack wrote a poem for me. I love it because my Dad and I are also poets. Not great poets. I'm definitely not bragging. I only mean that Dad and I can come up with a rhyming poem pretty quickly.... so to see Jack bust out his first poem is pretty special.
It read:
"Mommy. Mommy. Mommy We love you!
You kiss us when we get a boo-boo.
What we want and what we need
You give us, You're a great mom indeed.
We played and laughed. We laughed and played.
But it's a whole new year, Mom so Happy Birthday!
We love you!
Love, Jack, Sarah, and Caroline"
Sarah gave me birthday tattoos and a card (also a poem, also as special and fun as the one Jack wrote) that read:
"Dear Mom,
Today is your special day.
It is your birthday.
We want to make you smile,
bigger than a crocodile.
We laugh until we cry.
We cry until we laugh.
I hope you have a VERY happy birthday!
Love, your darling daughter that hopes you have a awesome birthday,
Sarah"
She also drew a picture of a Labrador retriever on the card because I love them! :)
These are the BEST kinds of gifts!
Jason took the day off so I could have a day of relaxation, which was perfect. My day was amazing.
I. Love. Birthdays. :)
Here's hoping that the next 34 years are just as good as the last 34.
