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My birthday happened on a Saturday, which means, of course, more time to celebrate! Jokes aside, with Matt not feeling too well, we did not have an extravagant bash, but Matt’s sister Sue flew in to visit for the long weekend, so we had some relaxing days. I received  pre-birthday flowers when she arrived on Friday and a nice card. In the morning, while I was catching up on my beauty sleep, she took Keegan to Target and they got a full celebration ready for me. Sue and the boys wrapped my presents and got everything ready.

It was great. Matt this year bought both my Christmas and birthday presents at once, pretty early too, so he was ready. I got a nice cheese slicer, books, CDS, and my long wished for necklace, hand created with sand from Pacific Beach. It was quite an endeavor: we collected the sand, we cleaned it and shipped it, and the necklace did not even arrived till mid February…but it is the thought that counts.

Sue and Keegan got me a super soft blanket and a fun game to play together, and the best pop up card. How sweet.

It was a warm, beautiful day. Surprisingly enough, most of the times, it is sunny on my birthday. We decided to go to the beach…again. We have never been at the beach so often like in the past couple of months. (-: Sue and I took a nice, long walk, and then Matt and I did the same. We played on the sand and climbed on the cliffs with Keegan, and simply relaxed and watched the waves.

Back home, I enjoyed the sun on the deck and kicked back. Matt cooked a wonderful dinner for me (poor  Matt, he could not even taste it) and we had a great cheesecake, one of my favorites. I blew the candles and made a wish. Happy Birthday to Me!

Listening to and reading all the birthday wishes from family and friends completed a very nice day. Thank you all!

The next day, we went to the Natural History Museum. They have a new exhibit about the Southern California environment, which was very interesting. In a follow up visit, Matt realized that you can see our house from the large map they have as part of the new California exhibit.

A program Keegan really likes at the Museum is the live Ms. Frizzle show, based on the character from the magic school bus series. She is an eccentric science teacher and she explains real scientific facts in a fun, entertaining way. And she always asks for volunteers, which Keegan LOVES. They were learning about volcanoes, and he got called to play the part of “gravity”.

That night Keegan had a sleepover at Daniele’s house, and we had a quiet evening at home. Monday was a holiday, so we were all home. After picking up Keegan from Daniele, we went home for some lunch, and then I took Keegan to the Science Museum: wow, two museums in two days! We had a good time, and watched a cool movie about the South Pacific. We both want to go there!

Back home, Keegan and Sue played and read, and then we went to Keegan’s favorite restaurant, Chili’s. More bedtime cuddles when we got back: they look so cute together.

Comes Tuesday, we were back to the routine. Sue flew back home in the afternoon. It was great to have an extended celebration and to spend it together in beautiful San Diego. It almost makes me  forget I am one year older.

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