I was folding clothes in Lars' room this morning before school when a very excited Eden came in and wished me a Happy Birthday, followed by Lars with the same message. (prompted by dad?) Elia is still trying to pronounce the word "Birthday", but was pretty close! Lars drew me a rainbow picture and thought about a present from Bommgars for me (that's a cattle & ranch type store that he likes). I said I'd pass, but thanks anyway.
After school, with Allen out of town until Wednesday, Eden wanted to do SOMETHING special since it was mommy's special day and we always do SOMETHING special for the birthday girl or boy. I said Mommy's are exempt from that rule but since she didn't know what exempt meant, she didn't think that was true.
Eden wanted to take me to dinner and insisted on cake and ice cream afterwards because, "Mom, you ALWAYS make cake for people on their birthday. You ALWAYS remember everybody's birthday and we ALWAYS have a big party with lots of friends!"
This year, May 6th was in the middle of a very busy couple of weeks for us and all of our friends!
So, with three kids in tow, we had a bite to eat up town, then went to the grocery store for Chocolate Cake with Chocolate frosting and Mint Chocolate Chip Ice cream. We devoured it when we got home and made a big chocolate mess before hitting the sudsy bathtub.
It was a wonderful day and I expect wonderful days in the year to come.
Thanks to all the Birthday Wishes and Love sent my way.
