Birthday Week

I was raised where we didn't just celebrate a birth 'day', but a birth 'week'! My parents were really great at making it a party after party after party (and who would have thought I would have been a party planner in my adult years?!). It always made us feel so special. As a child, I had THE BEST birthday parties. I must say that I was pretty popular in elementary school (when it was still cool to be smart :)). I think it was my mom's awesome party planning skills that made me just so cool. Ok, so I thought I was cool, but I was really in reality a nerd that had a mom that threw great parties so all of the kids wanted to go. I mean what 5th grader would pass up the opportunity to dress up in 70's clothes and play 70's related games?! True story, I had a 70's theme party and surprisingly all of the kids had fun! Even the guys that went on to become star athletes in high school dressed up--oh, why didn't I pull those out in high school? I could have made a pretty penny!

Anyway, back to the post. It's my birthday week--my birthday is on Friday (in case you want to send me a present :))--and I think it officially was kicked off yesterday. My parents and in laws came over to visit with AJ. My awesome in laws brought me a bouquet of beautiful colorful flowers and two fantastic gift cards (I think a shopping day is in order). We had a great visit with them all--and AJ was up until 9:30 making them laugh. He is such a good boy.

Today I got a present in the mail from my Aunt Barb--all Chelsea Handler gifts! She knows me well, and knows that my favorite female comedian is Chelsea Handler. I DVR her show--Chelsea Lately--and have read both of her books. John for my birthday last year got us tickets to her tour here in DC--second row tickets! So needless to say, this was a very thoughtful gift. She got me her new book--Chelsea, Chelsea Bang Bang--two t-shirts (can't repeat on there, since this is a family friendly blog--and a Chelsea Coffee mug (again, can't say what it says).

On top of all this, my son is giving me the best present EVER--singing Happy Birthday to me! He has had some practice recently with my mom, my sister, Roman, my dad, and stepmom's birthday all within the last two months. It's so precious--I'll have to get it on tape.

On Friday my mom took the day off and we will go to lunch. That evening John has a whole night planned (he is such a great husband!). Looking forward to it!

So far, a great start to my birthday 'week'. Here is to celebrating even when you are old! I believe you should ALWAYS celebrate your birthday, even if the number makes you depressed!