HBDTM!

Happy Birthday To ME!!! I turned 40 the other day and what a great day I had! When I turned 30, I was a bit disappointed in the lack of hoopla and I may have casually commented half a dozen times on this oversight..... sooooo when I woke up on my big birthday this time, there were 40 balloons in the kitchen, hanging from Happy Birthday signs! Then as I was getting the kids ready for breakfast, they announced my birthday on the radio!!! We listen to the same morning show every day and I always phone in their birthdays and this year Murray & Sweetie won the draw on their birthdays & we got to to out to a restaurant with their gift certificate prizes. I was bracing myself, pretty sure that no one would have thought of it and was really excited when my name came on!!! He remembered! and went to the trouble of looking up the number and sneaking in the call from another room without me noticing!!! The girls sang Happy Birthday several times, right til the walked up the steps to get on the bus :)))

As the bus was coming, Lovey got concerned.

L (sad worried voice: )Mummy! it's your birthday! and.... we're going to school... and Daddy's leaving for work!! you're going to be all alone on your BIRTHDAY!!! What are you going to DO????

I assured her I had made plans to keep me from getting too lonely while they were all gone. After they left, I checked my email and got a message from Rocky Mountain Chocolate wishing me a happy birthday and telling me I won a free chocolate bar and to come pick it up.

To keep from getting too despondent, I went to my morning class at the gym, ran a couple of errands, got my chocolate & then met a bunch of people from the gym who were meeting for lunch to try out a new restaurant. (which was yummy and someone picked up my tab!) After lunch I went for a pedicure which was awesome and so relaxing. Must remember to do that again someday! By the time I was done that, I had to race home to meet the bus. 

We had nachos for supper and enjoyed some birthday cake then we all curled up on the couch and watched a couple episodes of Little House on the Prairie. A perfect & cozy evening with my fave peeps :)))

Once the kids went to bed, I cracked open my birthday present that's been sitting in the spare bedroom for a few weeks and hooked it up to the computer and I'm in love!

 

 

 

 

Children of the Corn

They also got bored unless it was their turn to be leader and pick where to go. We tried switching the leader up more often so they didn't have to wait as long but then they got sneaky. On Honey's turn, she led us OUT of the maze so she could leave! We stuck it out for a few more minutes until Lovey finally conceded defeat and we moved on to the other things at the farm.

They had some goats in this pen. If you put some food in the can, you could use the ropes to pull it up to a platform and dump it out for the goats to eat.

Super sliding fun!

Jumping!

Pedal Cart Racing!

Where's the brakes on this thing anyway??? and what kind of a mother watches her daughter's car crash and can barely take a picture because she's laughing too hard??? (well Murray was already on his way! but even he said "did she even try to steer?????")

Honey's making a spool of herself again!

Wisdom from Lovey

Lovey: Hey Mum!
Me: Yes?
Lovey: do you know what SCHOOL stands for????
Me: ummm, no?
Lovey: Seven Crappy Hours Of Our Life!!! bwahahahahahahaha!!!!

Great, we've learned to scorn the place that shapes our future. She picked up this little nugget from the kid that wanted her to illegally give her a cookie at recess the other day. I don't know whether I'm more annoyed that someone's passing on a bad attitude or that this acronym has escaped my notice for 40 years!!!

Living it up to the Max!

We had a guest for a couple days this week! Mum & Dad went away on a shopping trip and so Max stayed with us while they were gone. The girls really liked having him and made him a bed in Lovey & Honey's room, between their two beds. They argued over whose turn it was to take him to the bus stop or for a walk. It's the only time I've seen them all get ready for a walk after supper without a single complaint! No takers on cleaning up his mess on the walk though! LOL 

Max was a little shy but very well behaved and we barely knew he was there as he likes to hide out most of the time! The only trouble was making sure he came out of his hiding spots to eat.

Jokers

The girls have been fascinated by jokes for awhile now and often try to make up their own which usually flop because they don't quite understand how to make a play on words. Every once in awhile they come up with one that actually makes us laugh.

A couple of recent gems are:

Sweetie: Mum, what do dogs use to make themselves smell good?
Me: hmmm, I give up!
Sweetie: Furfume! GET IT??????  FUR-fume????


Honey: what do dogs wear to bed?
Me: hmmmm, well I
Honey: do you GIVE UP????
Me: ok yes, I give up. What do they wear???
Honey: pawjamas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!