I must say that I had a really good 35th birthday!
Brian
took 3/5 kids out shopping on Saturday for the usual groceries, plus
gifts. I created a birthday/Christmas list for Brian to take the kids out shopping with. I stayed home with the 2 girls that were grounded!! Cleaned
house for the sitter to come and did some laundry. Boys brought me
home a bouquet from Costco. One of the gifts on the list was a
poinsettia - they brought me home a GIANT one from Costco also.
One
of Amber's friends, whose Mom I worked with and am good friends with,
came over to help her babysit. We took Ashley over to my friend Jamie's house so
that slightly older non-English speaking sister didn't have to deal
with her! :)
I put on a sexy dress and hubby took me out to a very nice dinner - our fav place
(Bone Fish) with good appetizers/drinks - and I got to order lobster,
which was super yummy (regular date night I would not have)!! Hadn't
had any cocktails since before summer (due to hosting and I only get
them when we dine out for special occasions w/out the kids). Winter
white martini w/cranberries - very yummy!
Sunday morning the kids gave me their gifts. Boys got me slippers,
but they are mid-calf and look like Elmo's feet or something - they'll
probably go back to the store! The girls that were grounded Brian
picked out the gifts for - large holiday scented candles - one fall
and one Christmas. Brian's gift to me was several boxes of Ghiradelli Peppermint Bark. Amber and Brian conspired to get me a gag gift,
which is actually a gag gift for Amber, not me.
Amber's friend stayed overnight, so
took all the kids to church and I taught 5 yr old Sunday School as a
sub for a friend who was out of town. The family took me out to lunch
at a pseudo family-friendly place called Not Your Average Joe's. The
food it hit or miss, but the ahi tuna wantons are always good and I
LOVE their crab cakes. The dessert was horrible!! Sounded good "the
peanut butter thing" ... the kids devoured it once I let them
try it!
Jamie took me out for "spa" mani/pedi (we usually
don't get the extra "spa" part when we have a girls' day
out). I got light purple polish and purple glitter! After that she
took me to Starbucks for a peppermint mocha and then we went back to
her house and we watched the new X-Men First Class movie that just
came out on DVD.
I got home just after 9pm so that all my kiddies
would be in bed! :) Ashley and Amber were still awake and came down
to give me a hug ... and check out my nails! :)
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| My Gift from Brian |
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| Amanda & I at Not Your Average Joe's |
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| The kids devouring my dessert! |
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| Purple Manicure |
The rest of the birthday weekend celebrations are on FB here:
I put on a sexy dress and hubby took me out to a very nice dinner - our fav place
(Bone Fish) with good appetizers/drinks - and I got to order lobster,
which was super yummy (regular date night I would not have)!! Hadn't
had any cocktails since before summer (due to hosting and I only get
them when we dine out for special occasions w/out the kids). Winter
white martini w/cranberries - very yummy!
Amber's friend stayed overnight, so
took all the kids to church and I taught 5 yr old Sunday School as a
sub for a friend who was out of town. The family took me out to lunch
at a pseudo family-friendly place called Not Your Average Joe's. The
food it hit or miss, but the ahi tuna wantons are always good and I
LOVE their crab cakes. The dessert was horrible!! Sounded good "the
peanut butter thing" ... the kids devoured it once I let them
try it!
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