A couple days off....

Took a couple days off..  I know ... I know.. only been doing this for a week.. and already skipped 2 days.. but I had an excuse...  I did turn "40"..  so I had to right??!!   My best friends for over 20 years, Chrissy, Shelley and Gina, threw me a wonderful birthday party!!  Complete with "old" person jokes posted everywhere..  which I think we all used at each others 30th birthdays.. how ironic..  we thought THAT was old!!   And so wonderful that we are all still friends!!  Through thick and thin!!   Rebecca Cooper made the most beautiful birthday cake for me..  I am just amazed at her talent.. AND she says she is not an artist...  if she is not..I don't know who is!!  I am thankful for the friends who attended that I have reconnected with through Facebook..  what a great tool!!  Mary Ann, Tami, and Carol!    Thank you everyone for coming .. all the food, presents, wine, and fun girl friend time!!!

So 40, doesn't feel like 40....  I still feel like I am in my 20's.. mentally.. maybe not physically..  I get more tired than I used to.... going out for the night doesn't begin at 10pm or 11pm anymore, and end at 3am... I will be lucky if I make it to 10pm.... :)  All-nighters now "might" happen, maybe once a year??!!!   Sleep is WAY too important! Especially with 2 Toddlers...  There IS something to be said for having kids early!! WOW.. who knew!    I didn't have our first, until I was a little over 35.. so now he is going on 5.. I am 40.. and not energetic enough to keep up with him!! Or his brother, who will be 3 next month!  At least they have each other to entertain one another...   I was an only child... so everything was MINE.. I didn't have to share.. I didn't have the sibling fights..  So even though, when I was young, I thought it was a bummer,  NOT  to have brothers and sisters to play with, I can now see the advantage...   My youngest, Landon, is his brother Dayton's shadow...  when one has something, the other one wants it.. and then the arguments, crying or tug-a-war begins... We found last Christmas, just buy 2 of everything!  Makes life easier on the grown-ups in the house!!  !  The Testosterone does out weigh the Estrogen here..  the ONLY one I have on the female side, is our Great Dane, Eydie!!  Luckily, my boys do have a mom, who enjoys watching sports, and loves a Classic Sports Car...  or just cars in general... Always have had an obsession with them, my friends  used to always make fun of me!  I knew way too much about cars, for a teenage girl, makes, models, and all the specifics (still do).   I almost can't wait for my boys to get old enough to get their "first" car!!  They are gonna get something hot, and sporty,  that mom will want to take for a spin as well!!  And maybe one day, although I love my Suburban, I will get to have a "fun" car again!!!  And everyone always asks..  "When are you going to try for a girl??!!"  .. You are kidding right??!!  Even though I would love to have a little girl.. I dearly LOVE the 2 boys I have.. and there will be NO third..  In my opinion, the children, can't out number the adults..  I fear a mutiny!  AND plus we do kind of have 3 kids already, if you count my husband..LOL  haha  or he would say, if you count ME, I am sure!  So we are GOOD!    I admire all those that can handle 3, 4 and even 5 kids.. I have no idea how they do it!  Just having 2 makes me totally mental sometimes...   I guess that may be the "only child" syndrome..   I like my "alone" time..  I need some quiet time.. And what is MINE Is mine..   "Don't touch it!!!".. LOL..  Is it wrong to fight with a 4 year old on whose turn it is to play Mario Kart on the Wii???  Um.. yea probably.. prolly not the best parent.. but I try...    I am impatient, sometimes yell too much, quick to anger, but I do love love love them.   And I am working on it..