My Birthday Psychosis Continues

This year it started a little earlier than just my 3 day celebration. I decided to take glazed popcorn to the library the Tuesday before my birthday so they could celebrate with me. (I have done this for the kids as they have had their birthdays, so it's sort of a tradition.) It was yummy, everyone enjoyed it, and they even sang Happy Birthday to me. (I was singing along and Domonique told me to stop singing.) After dinner, Kevin and I went grocery shopping and on the way he was trying to do something to my iPod. Finally he just played a song from his iPhone - one of my favorites from The Piano Guys! He had purchased two of their albums for me for my birthday! Early gift.

Wednesday I didn't really celebrate, because truly it was too early. That night, however, I went to the basement to help Kevin load the furnace before we went to bed. He sent me to the other end of the basement to get a cardboard box. I was a little confused but went obediently. I looked in the area where he told me it was and I couldn't see any folded up boxes, except one that was on the floor underneath a really big box. I was still puzzled then looked a little more closely at the big box on top of the flattened box. That's when I realized it was a new vacuum! Another early birthday present! What fun! I took it upstairs, put it together, and tried it out right away. I won't tell you about the results but I am happy to have a new vacuum!

Thursday I still didn't really do anything because it wasn't an official birthday celebration day. That evening the kids asked Kevin if we could watch a movie. I had mentioned wanting to watch The Princess Bride for my birthday so he said we could watch it! Early gift. I really enjoy that movie, even though I'm not really sure why. The older kids were okay with it but the younger ones didn't like it so much, especially the ROUSs.

Friday - My Fake Birthday - we had pancakes with ice cream for breakfast! Yummy! The kids all said Happy Fake Birthday to me and we sang a couple times. I made a chocolate cake with homemade German Chocolate Frosting. For dinner I made Sesame Noodles with chicken and red peppers. It was so DELICIOUS! At least I really enjoyed it. For my gift, Kevin gave me a new lens for my camera! I really didn't think I would get one but it makes taking pictures so much easier and I'm so happy! After dinner we playing Settlers of Catan and I even got to play. I usually spend time with the little girls while Kevin plays with the big kids but I wanted to play! We ended up playing two games and then enjoying cake!

Saturday - My Almost Birthday - I spent most of the day in the kitchen. I had lots of things to make and so I brought a child in to help with the different tasks. First I made a sheet cake with Marissa. Then I made brownies with Xiomara. Then I made banana bread with Benjamin. Then Marissa came back to make the frosting for her cake. Xiomara came back to make the white topping for the brownies. It was all delicious. And that was all before lunch. After lunch I had to make rolls for dinner, and get ready to make the ribs for dinner. What a busy, yummy day! The brownies were for my birthday dessert. The cake was for the General Women's Broadcast social that our ward had before the broadcast. The banana bread was just to use up some brown bananas. It all turned out yummy! My gifts were silicon baking sheets and a counter cover for making pies.

Emily invited me to play a game of chess. I sat down and told her I'm not very good and then I won the game rather quickly. It surprised both of us. She was black and I was white. You can see her king is cornered by my bishop and my knight is backup. (She wanted to take the picture and so we have it recorded. Good thing because I had totally forgotten about it.)

Sunday - My Real Birthday - was great. The weather was cold and there were a few snow flurries but nothing much. We enjoyed our Church meetings - Sacrament meeting was our Easter program with testimonies about our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, with musical numbers from the ward choir. It was really nice. At home we enjoyed cheesy potato casserole (we call them Mr. Dell's potatoes), rolls, jell-o, and corned beef brisket. Delicious. For dessert we ate the leftover sheet cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Kevin played Risk with the older kids (or maybe they played that on Saturday). For gifts, Kevin gave me a new cutting board, a baster, a box of 5 Cadbury eggs, a new mailbox, and I think I was totally spoiled this year!

I guess that'll do and thanks to all my friends and family who thought of me!