Blue Roses

For some reason, I hadn't really been looking forward to my birthday. Just generalized anxiety, I guess. But I had a lovely day. Really, really lovely. The am teacher made awesome treats for my little party - cupcake ice cream cones! Regular cupcakes, but she put cones on top of each before baking, and then frosted them when they were done. Looked like vanilla ice cream. <.g> I also got to watch my girl demonstrate how damned smart she is with day 1 of PECS training, which made me so proud. LOL

PM was a huge surprise - the teacher had gotten balloons, AND yesterday, the kids made me cards that she bound together with red gingham bows. The cover has a photo of all the kids, and each card has a picture they drew of doing something with me. OMG I am so in love with this booklet. Some are so sweet, like the girl who drew us picking flowers, or reading, or, my favorite for the amusement factor, a boy drew us picking stars out of the sky. LOL! Where he got that, I have no clue, because he's never demonstrated any such imaginative behaviors before. <.g> In addition to that, she *bought me a cake.* Which was frosted and said Happy Birthday Miss Rena. Yes, spelled wrong. <.g> But SO SWEET and unnecessary. She even hugged me. !!! I was rather kind of surprised. But touched, no matter what.

Then, after dinner, my C and her mom came over. Oh, MAN. Love. The love I have for this child. Mom took pictures of us together on the stairs, and C turned to me and puckered up, like she was waiting for a kiss. LOL! M told her no kisses, only hugs, and so she hugged me. Later, when I was opening her present (she chose the card and gifts ALL by herself - and demonstrated a good knowledge of me and what I like while she was at it!), she leaned over and gave me a kiss on the cheek. AWWWW! I've never seen her kiss anyone. She was so sweet and cute. And then! Josh was watching Lizzie McGuire, and she found his speech mic and started singing the theme song and dancing!!!!! We were all in hysterics, she was so freaking adorable and cute and wonderful and eeeeee! <.g>

So, lovely lovely day. (Even if I did get woken up at 6:30 am by the horrific thunderstorm...while I've been waiting for a good storm this spring, I'd have prefered it earlier so I didn't have to wake up so damned early and not fall back asleep. LOL) I got nice gifts, too - 2 Kate Hepburn DVDs (Philadelphia Story and Woman of the Year), the Rob Thomas CD, a gorgeous new yellow outfit, and last but not least, a DVD recorder! With the touch of a button, my Gilmore tapes can become my Gilmore DVDs. Yay! Plus some gift cards from assorted family members and friends, and a barette and flip flop sticky notes from C. Also, a text message from Joey that made me smile very big. <.g>

Seriously, best birthday I've had in a long time. I'm all glowy. And it shall continue tomorrow, as I'm sitting for both C and Joshie tomorrow evening. ::beams::