Birthday happiness

It is funny how the older we get the less our birthday means to us. I am now 35 and no I don't think that is old. But it is funny how the little things are the things that mean the most. Every year since I was born my mom has played "The best gift" by Barbara Streisand on my b-day. She will call me and say nothing but the song is playing. Don't bother talking she won't talk back just let the music play. I love it! Traditions are a wonderful thing.

My brother flew in on Tues and had to fly out on my b-day. But this is the 2nd year in a row he has been here for my b-day. We all went to dinner last night and he came by this morn for a little bit before he flew out. It is sure nice to spend time w/your family even if it is a small one.

My kids all did s/thing for me. Corrin made dinner and dessert all on her own. The best part was she didn't even have to be asked. Connor went w/his Grandma a week ago and got me some perfume he knew I really liked. He thought it was a huge secret even though Grandma had let on but I kept up the ruse. His heart was what won me over. Ian gave me one of his fave hot wheels and a hacky sack ball and he wrapped them himself. Also a book he made at school that he read to me. Kolette made me 2 pictures that she had wrapped herself too. But I gotta say the hugs and kisses were my favorite parts.

Nope I don't mind birthdays as an adult b/c what gifts mean the most aren't the ones you can buy in the store you only find in the heart of s/one you love.

Out of the mouth of Ian!

I am so glad that God has a sense of humor and blessed me w/my Ian. That boy is always thinking and doing the unthinkable. Not bad just not what you would expect. He loves to create and begged me at the craft store for this bag of buttons and his own wire. So since I had told him No the last time I decided to get it for him. The next day at Kolette's recital he was sitting there making jewelry for his friends. He made his friend Natalie and her little sister a bracelet. He makes them for me and his sisters and makes Kolette rings out of wire as well.

So we have all these cupboards in our toy room. He likes to play in this one bottom cupboard and decided it was alot of work to open and close the door on it. So since on his 5th b-day my in-laws got him real tools he took the screwdriver and took off the door. Gotta admire his willingness to do it himself. So then he decides that his bear needs a hook to hang his scarf from he goes and gets a nail and uses his hammer and puts a nail in the side of his bunk bed. Grr... drives me crazy but yet he is using his brain.

So yesterday he is susposed to be getting dressed up for school and the Christmas concert was yesterday as well. So he refuses to wear his nice new sweater and turtleneck. He says he is susposed to get dressed up and needs to wear his Darth Vadar costume. He said the girls were wearing dresses and the boys get to dress up. I told him that they weren't wearing their halloween costumes but he insisted. So we settled on a nice black button up and a real tie. He loved the attention from the ladies and as he calls them "his girls" for looking so nice though.

Honestly he will argue w/me over clothes as much as Corrin. One of the other Kinder teachers told him she liked his shirt one day and it happened to be green. So he decides that he needs to wear a green shirt everyday b/c she liked it and she is pretty and nice. I had to tell her to tell him to wear red since that is his fave and he has lots of it. This boy wears cologne and worries about his hair. What am I going to do w/him when he hits puberty? He is such a darling sweetie but he already notices the pretty girls. He will even chase or push boys who mess w/his girls. You are very lucky if you are counted among his girls.

He just makes me wonder what next will come to mind. For now we will enjoy his being 5 and take it a day at a time:o)

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...

Wow you can never predict the weather in our neck of woods. We have had the temp as low as 1 only last week and today we were dumped on w/snow. Yikes! It is alot and quite a difference. Now snow is fun to play in and look at. However I am not a fan of driving in the mess. So my wonderful brother who is flying in today choose today the snowest day to come in:o) Oh well only Corrin knows he is coming so it will be the icing on the cake for the kids. Snow + Uncle Mac = Utter happiness for my kids.

So we have been on the mad search for snow boots. Why oh why do my kids feet have to grow? Kolette lives in the land of happy hand me downs. Corrin that is never her world and now that Ian's feet are a size bigger than Connors neither of them can share. Soooooooo we tredge to Ontario yesterday too look for Ian. We look at K-mart and to no avail. However the lady thinking that my son can fit into a size smaller than he is was rather amusing. Whatever! So we start to go to Payless and they have NOTHING. So my mother in law calls and says she got some for Ian. Oh happy day! But unfortunately they were girl boots. Sorry but I refuse to do that to my sweet boy. So this morn Ian wore a pair 3 sizes too big and that is the way it goes till we find some. I sure wish s/one would have a secret stash and I would happen to stop in their store and we would all be happy.

So for now the search is on...