my birthday

 it was my birthday last week

my birthday isn't celebrated with a lot of fanfare

and that's just the way i like it

on my wish list this year were just two things:

a clean house from top to bottom 

and for my mom to cook me my favorite foods for dinner

well i got all that plus a few extra goodies sprinkled in between

i woke up to breakfast in bed

unbeknownst to me, zoe had been planning my breakfast in bed for a few days

she had told my hubs her plans because 

"i need help cooking because i'm only 5 and i don't know how to cook."

my hubs said that she went downstairs to wake him 

(he had fallen asleep on the couch)

and told him that it was 7:15 a.m and that he had to get up to start cooking

if you know my hubs, he is so not a morning person

so zoe waited patiently for fifteen minutes before trying to wake him again

"hurry daddy! mommy always wakes up early!"

finally after much cajoling from zoe, he got up to make my breakfast

on the menu:

scrambled eggs, fresh fruit, nutella toast and orange juice

i wasn't the only one that enjoyed breakfast in bed!

can you believe this is the first time i have ever had breakfast in bed?!

when i asked zoe how she came up with the idea, 

she told me she saw it on a tv commercial... haha!

after breakfast i was allowed to open my gift

which was a fuji instax mini camera!

i have been coveting this little camera for a while so i was a happy girl

after breakfast we got dressed

i wore my sanita clogs (yay!) which i had picked up during our portland trip

we stopped at the bakery/deli for some sandwiches and macarons

and headed to the park for a birthday picnic

the girls had a blast running around the park

on the way home we stopped at our favorite gelato place for some gelato

after we had our fill of yummy gelato we headed to my parents place

my mom had made all my favorite foods for dinner

and what's a birthday without cake?

my dad picked mine out

and now that i'm a mom, i have to share my birthday wish with two little girls

but i don't mind

and after dinner we headed home because we had a big day the next day

my zoe was turning six! yep! her birthday is the day right after mine!

and she had an extra special birthday this year!

make sure you come back later this week to see how we celebrated!