Today I am 39

Funny, 39 use to be OLD to me. Ancient even! And now here I am - 39 years on this earth. I have some wrinkles to prove it and some joints that don't like to move like they use to. Yet, I don't feel old or ancient. I don't even feel like an adult most days! I credit my beautiful girls for that.

They make me act like an adult while still feeling like a kid. Can't beat that! So I think I'm going to raise the bar on old. 100. That's a nice, round number. I think it's safe to say that if you are 100 years old, then you are officially old in my book. And ancient? Well, that's long after we're all dead and gone!

Quinn was excited for me to open up my present. She said to me yesterday morning, "Mommy, do you want to open up your present? It's a dress, a necklace, a bracelet and some pretty shoes!" I told her that I would wait until my actual birthday to open it and then secretly wondered if K.C. was really brave enough to try to shop for clothes for me. I'M not even brave enough to shop for clothes for me most of the time. That's why my wardrobe looks like it does! Anyway, that just wasn't acceptable to her. All day long, all I heard was, "Mommy, are you ready to open your present now? It's very pretty! You're going to like it!" I also heard all about how she and Sydney made a card for me before they took a bath and went to bed the night before. So we compromised and I opened it up after we did our April Celebrations.

The strawberry pound cake we used for the April celebrations doubled as my birthday cake. So, after we sang and blew out candles for that, I got a candle in my piece and Quinn and K.C. sang to me. Sydney was too busy eating her cake - I don't blame her one bite! I mean bit;-)

Next it was time to open my present. Surprisingly enough there wasn't a dress, necklace, bracelet or shoes in the box! Instead, I got a brand new camera! A Canon PowerShot Sd790 IS digital elph. It's just like the one I had but oh so much better! And a new camera is just what I wanted! It's a good thing K.C. reads my blog:-)

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We got up early this morning to head to Renton for the Taste of The Landing 5K run. I half jokingly posted on my Facebook status that I was trying to remember why I thought waking up early on my birthday in order to run a 5K while pushing a double stroller seemed like a fun time to me. As it turned out, it was fun but I can totally feel the fact that I haven't been running on a regular basis! I hope I can get out of bed tomorrow morning!

Before the race:

At the starting line:



Crossing the finish line:

After the run (time to be posted later) we hung out and the girls jumped in a few of the bouncy houses that were set up and they played with sidewalk chalk and then got their faces painted. Quinn picked a pirate off the sheet (yes, we know it's a skull and crossbones but she thinks it's a pirate and there just isn't any reasoning with a 3 year old who seemingly knows it all!). Sydney picked Elmo, just like I knew she would. It's so funny to me because we don't even watch Sesame Street so her Elmo exposure is very limited. But she loves him none the less.

Family shot. Notice all of you people that think it rains all of the time here - blue skies and not a drop of rain to be found! And yes, that bright thing making us squint is actually the sun:-)


Next stop was lunch. I chose The Cheesecake Factory. Gotta have my grilled portobello mushroom burger! In Quinn's words, "It was Scrumptious!" As usual, I ate way too much so got my cheesecake to go. I picked one of their specials - white chocolate blueberry truffle, or something like that. But I fully intend on eating about a third of Quinn and Sydneys too, which is just chocolate with chocolate something and chocolate something else!

The rest of the day is going to be spent being lazy and not doing a darn thing that I don't consider fun! Well, at least I'll limit those not-fun things to the absolute bare minimum.

It's been a great birthday and I'm looking forward to the year ahead! Actually, I'm already planning my 40th....maybe a fun little trip with my friends and family to Atlantica? Or Mexico? Ooooo, Hawaii! Are you reading this K.C.? ;-)

Everyone start saving now!