Scenes from my birthday

Did you know I turned 30 last week?  Yep, the big 3-0.  It was pretty uneventful... unless you consider that it was one of those terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-days.  If it was any other day it would have been just a bad day.  But considering that it was my birthday--and my 30th at that--it made a bad day worse.  I try to not have big expectations for my birthdays... my boys don't care one way or another.  But when I was greeted in the morning by a whining, screaming 6-year-old throwing a fit on the stairs for 20 minutes my day didn't exactly start off on the right foot.  To be honest, the day didn't get much better from there!  There was an excess of screaming and whining.  

I think Alex took about 5 baths... just because he kept whining about them.

These boys brought their toys downstairs for a bit and played nicely.  But it was downstairs because the air upstairs went out--again.  Perfect.

And James played on my ipod a bit.  Just to keep him occupied and from annoying Alex.

Henry was my best boy... he's always so good.

Rich is on the library board and had a meeting that night... so I got to make dinner too.  (Although it was a pretty good dinner: swiss mushroom burgers, fruit, potato salad, and corn on the cob.)  And Rich brought home some peach pie for dessert.

There were some good parts too... I talked to my family and was showered with nice gifts.  And the week got better from there.

I've been needing a haircut for a while and finally did that. 

It's so nice to have it short again... and I'm getting used to the bangs after over 10 years of not having them!

On Thursday we got a sitter and Rich took me to dinner.  There is a little steak place within walking distance of our house and so we took a nice walk over there.  It was a great evening.

And on Saturday Rich surprised me with some beautiful roses. 

30 is looking better every day.