My birthday was pretty low-key this year because Ben was out of commission with the flu. Poor guy had it bad - it's the sickest I've ever seen him. He rallied enough to wrap up the presents he'd bought, and the kids did a great job of being excited for some festivity.
The kids' favorite part of the day was decorating for me, which meant trailing streamers randomly in the house and tying them to the freezer door handle, cabinet door handles in the kitchen, the knobs on my German wooden bench, etc. It also meant having me blow up as many balloons as I could handle. :-)
Cake time! Notice the streamers on the ceiling fan...
"I want this piece," Eliza said, as she pointed to the 2/3 of the cake without whipped cream.
Present time! Don't they resemble the three wise men, each bringing me a wrapped gift from Ben?
I told Ben that I was hoping for a box set of Jane Austen's novels for my birthday, so when I received this package I was sure what was inside. Little did I know it was actually a tablet, which a friend of his had won and didn't want to keep; Ben bought it from him for a great price. Now I have all of Jane Austen's novels in one handy device, which fits nicely in my purse. Thank you Ben! (The other two gifts were kitchen items I've been wanting for a while. Yeah!)
That was pretty clever of him! And how did they get streamers on the fan...?
ReplyDeleteWe won't speculate about the streamers on the fan): Just glad everyone has put together bones and nogins. So glad you had a nice birthday. You are very special!
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