Hey there! Guess who’s birthday it is? ^^^^This girls!! ^^^^
She had an amazing weekend. It started off actually on Thursday night with a fancy sushi dinner with five awesome friends.
Then, on Friday, she got to see the movie Rough Night, followed by dinner and drinks at a piano bar. The pianist sang happy birthday to her along with her 7 girlfriends that were in attendance 🙂
.. Then, she got to spend Saturday with someone very special to her. That time included shopping at a consignment shop where she found a great skirt for work and a new swimsuit (all using a gift card she received on Thursday) – followed by purchasing a gluten free, dairy free birthday cupcake, more shopping, then out for pizza (gluten free) and sorbet. Yum!
Finally on today, her actual birthday.. she got to enjoy swimming in her new swimsuit while spending time with her wonderful kids. This was followed by a free birthday burger at Red Robin, where she and her kids enjoyed bottomless fries and lemonade.
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I of course swam in my new suit!
I agreed to not feature my kids on my blog, but here is the closest I can come to showing them. My daughter is the blurry beautiful teen waving in the pic below..
and my son is the bundle of non-stop energy waving in the next pic..
Perhaps one day soon, I will be able to show them up close and discuss in more detail about our relationship and how they have been handling it. For now though, I will just say that we are all three doing well. I thanked them both for making my birthday so much fun. We played catch in the pool and I was lifting and tossing them a bit too. It got much more crowded later, but we had lots of time with just us in it too 🙂
..sigh..
I am so grateful for my kids, my family members, my friends, and those that care about me that I have met through tumblr, twitter, and twitch.
Thank you all for making me feel loved, happy, and so full of life that I do not feel like I am actually *gulp* 43!
-Ari