Happy birthday Lindsey!

Lindsey's sixth birthday was Tuesday, and she had talked for weeks about how excited she was that her mom was coming to eat lunch with her at school on her birthday. I definitely felt the guilt of being a working mom as she reminded me that I had not been there to eat with her ALL YEAR. So the night before her birthday we bought some gaudy cupcakes at Kroger for her class and she could not have been more excited. Plus, she could not wait to celebrate her birthday at school because you get to sit in the birthday chair and wear a birthday crown and everyone sings the birthday song to you.
So she woke up Tuesday and put on her new birthday outfit from Aunt Linda (she asked for a new birthday outfit because she claimed that you are supposed to get a new birthday outfit on your birthday that you can wear that day to school) and I even let her wear flip flops that didn't match because hey, it's her birthday. When 10:45 rolled around, I showed up at her school cafeteria with cupcakes and a happy meal and was greeted by one REALLY happy girl. It was priceless. Her friends talked my ear off the entire 20 minutes of lunch and fought over the cupcakes (why did I get cupcakes with different rings on top? Novice mom mistake) until one intelligent child pointed out to her classmates that "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit." I need to laminate that in my classroom. Within two minutes all 21 kids were covered in horrific pink icing and I apologized profusely to the teacher about the inappropriate cupcake choice.
That night we took the kids and Lindsey's friend Madilyn to the bean place (most people call it by its real name, Rancho Grande). The kids ate all the cheese dip their stomachs could handle, then we headed to Gracie Bleu. As we were sitting outside with the kids trying to make sure no one ran out in the road, I reminded David that three kids is plenty.
We came home and had one exhausted birthday girl. Who then woke up 12 hours later with a nasty bug. Oh well. Happy birthday, Lindsey! We are so proud of you!