My Birthday!

My birthday was on a Monday, so the celebrating was pretty minimal.  There was a winter storm scare, though, so the kids were some of the few at school that day and their teachers didn't assign homework, which meant a free night at home!  So after piano lessons and dinner we had a family movie night (a real treat, since we usually don't allow screen time during the week) watching the Lindsay Lohan Freaky Friday, which we all loved!  Then we enjoyed the yummy birthday cake Cat made me (which, acutally, she'd made a day earlier and we decided to enjoy it two nights in a row, which was just fine with me!) and opened presents, and it was a really nice night.

I love this wire sculpture Eliza made for me!

Jack wrote me the sweetest note and I love it so much.

We had a bigger celebration the following weekend with a family night out - first we had dinner at our local Thai place, then we saw The MozART Group at the Covey Center in Provo.  I was really excited to take the kids to see this classical string quartet with a comedic twist (think Victor Borge), and I assumed they'd like it but the boys were so upset about having to go that I started to worry that I'd made a mistake.  Well, I needn't have worried.  Everyone had a great time and laughed and laughed (even though I know the kids, especially the younger 3, didn't get all of the jokes... though in all honesty there were also probably things I missed because I'm not as big a music nerd as others).

It was a great night!

Cat: "Mom!  You are NOT taking a cheap selfie!"
Me: "Yes I am. Smile."

Here are some of our favorite sketches from the performances, via the group's YouTube page: