My Birthday

So today was my birthday, I turned an age that is appropriate to be the mother of my children.  I am not ashamed of my age, I just always get "Wow, you're young!" or "Hmm, I thought you were younger."  So, I don't mention it anymore.
I had a lovely day, but it really started last night.  I had the 10 pm hockey game.  I think I am the only one in the whole league that likes these.  I find them fun and I don't have to worry so much about the children I left at home with my husband because I know that he and the baby will sleep on the couch while the other three watch movies on pbskids.  Somehow this is comforting.  It was a fun game, my Dad got a hat trick and I stopped a penalty shot so way fun.  Oh yeah, and we won in overtime.
When I got home from hockey I couldn't sleep (of course) so I logged on to Facebook hoping my friends could amuse me and it was great because I'd already started getting Happy Birthday posts on my timeline.  I know not everyone has Facebook birthdays but I must say they are AWESOME.  I just yelled that in my head so it was in caps.  I just felt so much love, in a good way, from all my Facebook friends.
My children let me sleep in until 10:30 because they were up until I got home from my hockey game and made them go to bed.  When they woke up I packed up their school stuff and took us all out for breakfast.  We did school in the restaurant after we ate.  My son asked for harder math because the addition he's doing is for babies.  These were his exact words...
"Mom, can I have kindergarten math, these problems are for babies.  I am almost 4!  I thought we were doing homeschool so I could go at my own pace."
The man at the table next to us looked at us strangely and shook his head.  Then my so proceeded to tell his sister the answers to her math problems and said "See Mom, I can do that."
Hmm, I'm thinking I need to start him on multiplication.

When we got home from breakfast about 2, we started baking cookies for my birthday dessert.  Then, about 3:30 I had the ingredients out for the cookies.  About 4:45 I put two of the children on the ice rink in the back yard because I couldn't figure out how to make cookies with three helpers.  Then about 5:15 I put too much flour in the cookies.  Then, about 5:30 the cookies were in the oven.  Hmmm, it used to take me about 35 minutes to bake 4 dozen cookies.  Right, we will not think about that ever again.

We then had a lovely dinner at my Mom's with family and friends and I got some really neat presents.  Of course my favorites were from my oldest daughter,  She made me a stick horse head from one of my socks,  I think it will make a nice pillow on our next road trip.  She also made me a lovely curtain for me kitchen window.  I am now really glad I said she could have a sewing machine for Christmas.  Mixed in with my pride for her was a little sad/glad moment when I realized that she is getting really grown up.

When we got home from dinner I started getting the ski stuff out.  That's right, we are going skiing tomorrow.  I am excited and will consider this part of my birthday and not only because my husband is taking off of work on a Wednesday.

Now I need to sleep so I can wake up early tomorrow.  Thanks to everyone who made this birthday a great one.