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The dreaded day has arrived, and the big birthday has come and gone. Age, of course, it is only a state of mind, and this is my new 2010 resolution: to believe I am 10 years younger! Jokes aside, I had a nice three day weekend to celebrate, and a very needed one at that. We had a very stressful week so the extra day off was a nice bonus, especially because Keegan’s daycare was open. We did not do anything exceptional but we had a very nice time, and I now ready to start this new chapter in my life.

I began the celebration early, on Friday. One of my great coworkers, Brad, let everyone know that it was my birthday, and so my collegues took me out for a jummy Thai food lunch. My boss also got me some pretty flowers and two great cheesecakes to share with my class. Thank you everyone!!!!

We started out the weekend with a trip to Seaworld on Saturday. Tizi and Keegan met Jennifer and Hannah (while Matt enjoyed some ME time). It has been a while, so Keegan was very excited about seeing Hannah, and playing. We saw the penguins, the dolphins, the sea stars, and of course Shamu. The show was great, 5 whales at once and lots of jumps, but the kids were more interested in playing on the stairs and singing the alphabet song with each other to care. Jennifer and I chatted and got all caught up with the latest news. Keegan had a little bit of a cold so he was a little fussy, but fell asleep in the car, so mom and dad could have a peaceful lunch. As we got home, Tizi found the beautiful flowers her parents sent: I loved the modern, ikebana-style arrangement with lilies and orchids. Thank you.

I love the “deer in the highlights” look on Keegan’s face

The afternoon was mellow, and for the evening, Matt cooked a delicious meal, so we could relax while watching a mindless movie.

The next morning, Keegan woke up really early, and he was in a feisty mood all day (maybe because the attention was not on him but on me). Fortunately, we got him to go back to bed for a little longer; when he got up, he sang his rendition of happy birthday: “Ha birthday to mama”. He was aware it was mom’s birthday, but he was still hoping his birthday would come up soon again too. After a couple of timeouts, for random biting and hitting, we started our day. Well, Matt and Keegan did: I went back to bed for a couple of hours. I woke up with the smell of eggs and bacon: Matt cooked up a great breakfast, and we all ate together. There were of course the long phone calls with family and friends, and the morning flew by.

Keegan went to bed late and somewhat fussing, and woke up early, just as we were starting to relax. So we off to the park we went, to tire him out. Lots of running and kicking the ball around, his new, favorite- to-the-border-of-obsessive game to play. It is all he wants to do, at home, on the patio, outside…He better become a great soccer player.

It was starting to rain, so we ran home for cake and presents. Matt bought this awesome white chocolate cheesecake from Extraordinary Desserts. Some of you may remember it: it was also our wedding cake.

Keegan was very excited about the candle blowing, but even more about the present opening: he liked to distribute them and did not even insisted into opening them. Matt cracked into my Amazon.com wishlist, and bought me a couple of books I really wanted, so I was very happy. We left one last gift for our private birthday celebration later that night.

At 6.30, our babysitter came by, and Keegan was happy to see her. Not only he did not cry when we left, but he was busy playing with  his back to the door, and barely acknowledge we were leaving.

getting ready for a birthday date

Matt must have read my mind, because he made reservation at Bertrand’s at Mr.A’s, an awesome restaurant with a great view of San Diego.We had dinner looking at the glimmering downtown lights and San Diego Bay. Magical! Being the old people we are, we were home by 9.30 pm, but we were so stuffed we could barely move. After we got home, we concluded our celebrations with the last present, a beautiful necklace.

On Monday, I did not have to work, so I had the whole morning to myself…after an early scare. Keegan did not sleep well because of his cough, and ended up waking up till 6.15 am As you know, this is unheard of, unless he is sick, so I was  really worried he was not feeling well…we gave him some tylenol, and we sent him off to school. Fortunately he was fine, and he had a great day…and so did I. I leisurely had breakfast, prepped for class, cleaned up, and had long chat with friends, via phone and Skype. It was a great end to a good birthday weekend.

I did get some flak from not throwing a big bash, but honestly, it is more work than anything and with most of our friends having young children, it would have been hard to ask everyone to get sitters. Instead, since the BIG day is coming for Matt too in a few months, we decided to have small celebrations all year long…isn’t this more fun?