Happy Birthday to Me!

Yesterday was my 25th birthday. I had such a good day. It actually started on Friday with Rick surprising me with a cake and a card. So nice of him. Of course Keira saw the cake when he came home from work so we had to listen to her all through dinner ask for cake. Of course she had to wait until AFTER dinner to have it but that didn't keep her from asking a million times. Then on my birthday we got up early and went to the Seattle Aquarium. We took four pictures total and these are the only two that looked good. I know we are brilliant picture takers. We kind of forgot because the kids are a bit of a handful for us still. But when will that change? Never. We put Keira on her leash and we had to drag her or she dragged us. It was never really a mutual agreement on where we would go next. Of course if we let her pick we would still be going around in circles right now so we had to encourage other directions. As you can see in the second picture she is running away from us because we are going to the "store" (gift shop). I think that was almost the highlight of her day. We got her "Curious George goes to the Aquarium" and she was absolutely thrilled. That girl loves a good Curious George book.
After the Aquarium Rick and I dropped the girls off at my mom's and went on a date. It is our first one since the baby was born and it was a while before that even that we had one so it was long over due. We went to lunch at TGI Fridays and then did some shopping. I got Keira some cute clothes that she needs for the winter but nothing for myself. I just liked having some time off from being Mom. Then we went back to my parents and my dad cooked us dinner. I had such a great day. Thanks to everyone who made it great.