My Birthday

Wednesday was my birthday, and it turned out to be a wonderful day.  It started with cards from my favorite two little girls:

Left is from Hannah, right is from Sophie

I wasn't at school for too long in the morning before Charles showed up with a dozen beautiful roses to color my desk.  My school day was busy, with not a moment to myself all day long.  Things began looking up, however, when the girls and I got home to find Charles already here.  He was planning to make dinner for me and came home early to take care of business.

It was in the upper 50s, so I treated myself to an afternoon run since Charles was home to stay with the girls for homework time.  After my invigorating run, we all enjoyed a meal of burritos, salad, grapes, and birthday cupcakes from Shank's Bakery.

Before dinner I was escorted to my seat by these pretty little things:

The sign on her shirt says "Wait here to be seated"

My birthday gift (other than the flowers and cupcake) was a nice, big, sturdy shelf to hold canned goods in the basement.  Charles lovingly put it together for me last weekend.

All in all, it was a great birthday.  Sophie is now looking forward to celebrating her half-birthday tomorrow.  She seems to think that this celebration should be as big a deal as a regular birthday.  I hope she's not too disappointed!