So yesterday was my birthday! I love my birthday and mother's day! I use them to their full advantage and the family knows it and plays right along. Anything I ask, anything I want. Of course, I have learned to ask and not just expect them to know what I want. Yesterday we went to Anderson Reservoir boating. We stopped at the Fairfield store to use the bathroom. Because of the boat, we have to park out by the road. Per our usual routine, Matt hopped out of the truck and was 10 feet ahead of the rest of us. I get out and see Hunter and Tenney tyring to get out of the truck without dropping their games and the food all packed in there. I know Tenney needs a hand to hold across the busy parking lot. "Matt," I holler while pointing back at the truck with my thumb, "today is my birthday! They're going to need a little help." Now, have you all seen that Survivor email that's going around. It says the next Survivor is going to have a bunch of dads with three children each doing all the things a mother does, and the kids will be voting them off the island. It's definitely a joke because pretty much most of the dads I know would want the kids to vote them off the island first (I don't care how much money is involved.) Matt turns around right where he is, all the way across the parking lot, and yells, "Kids, come on!" I see the kids still aren't out of the truck. I walk past him and chuckle, delighted with my birthday, "You're getting voted off the island." At the lake, I laid in the boat and read a book while they fished and played. Then, after I had enough trolling around the lake (did a little fishing myself, but the fish didn't know it was my birthday--if only!) I said, "I'm ready to go." They reeled in their lines and home we went! At home, little prizes were waiting for me from friends, and the family took care of the dishes. A beeaa-u-ti-full day it was! When is Mother's Day again?
