Favorite

Last week was my birthday.  And although it was rather mundane in some ways, it was, in one most important way, my favorite. 

When Leah woke up she asked her daily wake up question of- where are we going today? I told her first she was off to Preschool but later that evening we were going to the Halloween Parade. She was thrilled! And when I mentioned it was also my birthday- she immediately wished me a happy birthday and wanted to go decorate for my party- the one we weren’t having. She was rather disappointed so I suggested she draw me a Happy Birthday poster. Satisfied,  she got her crayons and paper and went to work on it. When she was done, she proudly showed me her finished product.  It was lovely- and she titled it- I LOVE PARADES. She had drawn all sorts of things you will see in a parade. So much for my happy birthday poster!

But when I got home from work, she had a wonderful home made gift for me. It was a fan. She had made it at my MIL’s while I was a work. It had ribbons and Leah’s one of a kind drawings. She proudly announced it was a fan for me to take to work- “For when you get sweaty”. Bear in mind,  I have a desk job!

We did have a very yummy birthday cake! Recently we learned that Kaylin is NOT allergic to milk. So I have been consuming LARGE quanities of dairy.  Dan got a very delicious Ice cream cake.

Then we hit the parade. It was, as usual, a lot of fun. Standing on the side of the road, watching the floats and scary ghoulish faces with my family, I  thought- Life is Good.  Who could ask for  better birthday than that?