a great 27th on the 24th

i am, officially, in my late twenties. scary. i still feel like i'm sixteen sometimes.

i had a wonderful day yesterday. most of the kids in my class brought me a flower and a homemade card for my birthday. two of my kids parents got together and threw me a surprise bday party right after recess. they decorated my room with balloons and streamers providing strawberry cupcakes withe strawberry icing. yummy! in the middle of the party, my vice principal walks in holding the hand of a blond haired angel.

as soon as ellie's bright blue eyes meet mine, she smiles and starts for me with her hands raised for a hug. sweet baby girl. mom, dad, sarah, ellie and gray drove 3 hours to bring me a bouquet of beautiful gerbera daisies, confetti cupcakes with that yummy icing and to take me out for dinner.

after school, we came home for naps for the babies and so mom could ice my carrot cake!!!!! we had dinner at pf changs and came home for a piece of cake and a game of shanghai rummy.

tuesday night, michael ran me a bubble bath and after he set candles around, handed me the book i'm reading. it was perfect. then yesterday, he sent me a bouquet of flowers. they were beautiful.

it really was quite the day. thank you everyone for your well wishes and calls. thank you family for your ever-giving hearts. thank you baby for not taking me a ridiculously romantic dinner so, instead, my family could come celebrate my bday with me. you're the best! ;)

there was one sad thing about my birthday. my mom and her best friend, pam, had their kids at the same time. i am 17 hours older than scotty and have always rubbed it in his face. "yeah, well, i'm older than you so...ha!" we have also called each other each year to say happy bday. scotty called me yesterday and towards the end of the conversation mentioned how old i was and how just sad that was. "after all, you are 27 and i'm only 26."

jerk.