Life with Meredith and Jillian: Happy Birthday to Me!

This weekend I celebrated my birthday with all of my favorite people! Neal and the girls started by taking me out to breakfast so I could get my favorite - french toast! When we got home, Meredith could not wait to let me open presents. Neal had taken the girls shopping in the Target dollar section, but the enthusiasm from Miss Meredith was certainly worth 1,000 times that!

Forget pictures! Let's open those presents!

"They are sponges for you to use when you clean your kitchen!!" Hmmm...maybe I need more fun hobbies? Seriously, this girl was so excited and I don't blame her....they are cute sponges! She was so sweet from the moment she bought them (I was with them but hid on another aisle) she made sure I didn't get too close to the basket so I wouldn't see what she had picked out. Then the whole way home, she kept trying to get me to guess and kept giving me hints. And the second we got home, she and Daddy were on a mission to wrap them in the best paper she could find!

Daddy said he really only thought Meredith would pick something out, but as soon as they hit the section, Jillian had grabbed princess zip-lock bags and threw them in the cart! Meredith is very excited that I can pack chips for my lunch in them, but she has also asked if I will please share! Jillian immediately wanted the box opened so she could have one and kept making sure I knew that "Rella" was on them.

Meredith also picked out a card for me (which was really important to her) but also loves making "books" for people on their birhdays. She drew all the pictures and wrote all the words and stapled it all by herself. It is about Meredith when she is 5 and also has Jillian in it. Love it.

After the presents, I got a super-special birthday nap. And while I was relaxing, Meredith and Neal went to work on making birthday cupcakes!

Such a proud chef!

My chocolate and green cupcakes! The one in the middle was all mine! She made it especially for me because it was the biggest. And she found a 3 candle from her 3rd birthday that she used and added a regular candle behind it so it could say "31" Pretty smart thinking!

Ready to sing with my girls

Jillian approves!

We finished out celebrating my birthday with Neal and I heading to dinner and to a comedy show, but started back up celebrating on Sunday. I got spoiled with lunch at Bubbie and Grandad's house and then dinner at Babe's with my whole family, where we celebrated my birthday and my Grandma's (she will be 87 on Wednesday!)