this day brought to you by...

My lovely birthday yesterday was brought to me by: hugs from my sweet children, being sung to multiple times, my birthday list (see below), special card from G, phone calls from family and friends, trip to the dr to check out W's foot (he jumped off the small picnic table - no break, just pulled ligament), lunch from Panera (yes G, on momma's birthday, we CAN go out to eat 2 times!), birthday cards in the mail, fun package from my mom and dad, hugs from my sweet nieces (thank you for the present and cards and raspberries!), Clifford and doghouse made out of Legos, kids helping pick up without fussing, S bringing home flowers and special birthday cake from Truffles and Tortes, family picture, supper at Noodles and co, walk around the pond to visit the ducks, then moose tracks ice cream and watching 24 in our jammies after kids were in bed.

my birthday list

G gets all excited about birthdays, so she asked me to make a list of all the things I wanted to do on my birthday. We do these lists with pictures for our "to-do list" for the day quite often, and then if there is a lull, all I have to do is say what's left on our list and the kids go running to check (we make sure to add fun things like reading books and going outside and making cookies along with the regular chores). This was really fun to do for a birthday though, and I think we may just have to start a tradition with it!