My Birthday

Gotta love it when your birthday lands on a Friday! ;)  All sorts of fun is bound to happen!

First, my mom and Jen brought the girls to school for lunch and treated me to El Pollo Loco.  I always love when my girls come to visit...and so do my students!

 That night we went to Downtown Disney (I know, even without passes we can't stay away!) for dinner at the Rainforest Café.  The aquariums there are awesome!

 While we waited for our table (for almost an hour and a half), we hit up the Lego store...

 and Libby showed Aunt Jayann all around Build-A-Bear where she picked out a pair of shoes and a light-up wand for MinnieBear.

 Meanwhile, Uncle Paul scored himself a new best friend.  The enticings of a slurpee are hard to pass up! :)

 Yikes!  Definitely NOT meant to be a redhead!

 Libby sporting her frog hat that came with her kid's meal.

 The whole gang: the Stewarts (minus Jason, but add Ryan), the Fosters, the Wrights, and us.  So fun!

 One Foster girl shy of the whole set!  We missed you, Amy!

 The girls and I checking out the elephants that move and go crazy during the thunderstorm.

 And the gorillas, too.  Hard to see, but he's back there.

 

  Finishing off the night with a volcano of pure delight!  Good thing I had 13 people to share it with!

That is one tired little girl.  But I have to say, that kind of cuddling doesn't come around every day, so I was thrilled to get some extra special birthday loving in from my Lexi!

All in all, it was a GREAT birthday!  33 is shaping up to be pretty great indeed!