Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year

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My family knows how to make a girl feel special on her birthday.

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
First, they took me to the Queen Mary Tea Room,
where I was fittingly given a tiara to wear.
Sam and I had been 10 years before to the day!

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
Despite being a child-not-so-friendly place
(don't let the crayons fool you),
and despite my kidlets not being fancy-tea drinkers,
they both did remarkably well.

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
Apple juice, not too much of which ended up on the froufrou decor!

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Hot chocolate, with plenty of cream

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Ah-maz-ing food

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Portrait of a selfie

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
You have two choices when taking a photo of Alrik:
hand in mouth, or open-jawed silliness.

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
Back home, the boys feted me further.

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I wonder how many years old I'll be
when I next get to blow out my own candles.

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
Mikko giving me a capricorn charm he'd found at a thrift shop,
undeterred by the fact that I'm not a capricorn:
"It's a dragon, so she'll think of me!" he told Sam.
"And it's a good luck charm!"
It was on a string — and I wear it proudly!
Can you tell from those smiles that
this is a person to whom gift giving is very important?

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
I then got to go out with friends that night, JW and Shannon.
Whee! Girls on the town!

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
My gift to myself was hiring my first babysitter, ever, the next night.

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
Sam and I went on a real date,
with acceptable crashing by in-utero-babe.
I'm 15 weeks here and the baby's the size of an apple,
which doesn't explain why I'm the size of a watermelon.
I blame Third Baby Syndrome.

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
Our view.
Those balloons were not for me.
I call no fair.

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
But this cake was!
And, oh, look — I did get to blow out a candle by myself.

Wordless Wednesday: Another sweet year == Hobo Mama
With the children happily (truly!) with the awesomesauce babysitter,
we enjoyed a sunset and some more
uninterrupted conversation before heading home.
Alrik's only remark: "Hey, you came back!"
He seemed pleased.

I'm feeling thankful for another year with this bunch,
and the little addition to come!



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6 comments:

stevebethere said...

Very elegant and cute...Your Majesty :-)

Have a regaltastic week ;-)

Unknown said...

My kids are Sam & Lauren and we have matching 38th year birthdays (almost)- too much in common!

Ms POSH said...

That looks really fun.
POSH

Natasha said...

Thanks for stopping by Mom 2 54321! How much fun!! Happy Birthday!

Anonymous said...

those cups looks so posh! looks like youve busy!!! Thanks for always dropping by & commenting on my blog =) #WW

DebC said...

Happy birthday! Doesn't tea always taste better from a china cup and saucer? :)

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