Happy Birthday.

Well there is nothing fancy about growing old. We celebrated my birthday by giving our boys some of the larger Christmas presents we wanted them to have. Parker and Lincoln have a new table and some trains. Willie took Parker out to get a present for me from Parker. They drove down to the local CVS pharmacy and picked out a sweet gift. Willie kept telling Parker that they needed to keep the gift a secret for two days. No matter how much Willie tried to get the idea through to Parker it didn't work. As the boys were coming home I could hear Parker just outside the door saying 'Mommy's airplane.' When he came in the door he was so excited to tell me about 'Mommy's airplane.' Parker grabbed the gift from Willie and brought it over to show me. We decided to open the present right away. It was a HotWheels airplane. I have enjoyed the airplane a lot. I think that Parker gets to play with it more than me though.
We had a birthday cake made of pumpkin cookies in the shape of a flower. Parker we kind to blow the candles out for me.
Willie bought me some fun flowers. After a week they are still alive and kicking. Willie is an amazing husband and he makes my life fun.Earlier in the day I took the kids on a walk. It was a nice fall day. The sun wasn't shining but the weather was fabulous. Parker was excited to wear his new attire. We picked up some boots, coat and snowpants on craigslist for $25. I didn't think it was too bad of a deal.We didn't have the strollers around so Lincoln got to ride on my back. He sure was a cutie. I think he enjoyed the ride.As for our 'going out' celebrations we went down to the Museum of Science. We had such a great time. The Harry Potter Exhibit was the main event for the evening. We couldn't take pictures but it really was cool seeing many of the items from the movies. One of the first things we did as we entered the exhibit was watch some clips from the films. They showed the Hogwarts Express and Parker said out loud, "Train!" He kept saying it over and over again. The doors opened to the next room and they had the train right there. Willie kept taking Parker back to the train many times as we visited the exhibit. They had a dragon head and Parker kept calling it a monster (more on that later).