It's my birthday today....

"It's my birthday today
I'm older than yesterday
All my friends are coming over to play
And they'll all sing happy birthday..... To me"
Justine Clark, from my all time favourite kids album

Unlike in the song, there wasn't a jumping castle, or pass the parcel. But I've had a lovely birthday. I've been given birthday pressies from family over the last month as I've seen them - some gorgeous tea cups, books on using natural cleaners, a gorgeous soy candle set and some jewellery. Last night I celebrated with my intermediate belly dance students - cup cakes, dancing, chai and two of my best friends returning after a month away - perfect!

My three boys woke me up early this morning to present me with their gifts. A delicious homemade card (naw), a rain gauge (Stu promises he's done a rain dance to help out, but I still think 150mm is very ambitious!), some simple silver earrings and chocolate! Yay!

The sun shone all day and I went to have a cuppa with a lovely new friend who had made me a gorgeous nutmeg cake. Then I taught a belly dance class which both beautiful and relaxed and a great workout.

The workout was a good idea - I came home to another visit from a friend who brought me a homemade choccy cake, and then had time, amongst calls and messages from more friends to get ready for my family who arrived for my fondue party. When I turned 17, I had a fondue party with my schoolmates. It's 17 years since then, so I thought I'd have another. It's crazy to think that back then my mum was heavily pregnant with my brother and my sister hasn't been thought of. Stu and I hadn't met and I think I was going through a faze of not wanting kids. I was doing my final year of high school and I wanted to be a doctor, I'd never heard of belly dance! I felt so grown up and thought I knew where my life was going. Ha! I feel like a completely different person now, but still the same as well.

Anyway, I got spoilt with even more lovely gifts, including a fabulous bread knife, some homemade cookies in a custom decorated jar and an almond tree! Woohoo!

I had a beautiful night, spent cuddling my baby niece and my gorgeous boys, catching up with my siblings and even getting to Skype with my grandad in the UK with whom I share a birthday.

And now, I'm all birthday-ed out...... Happy birthday to me!

PS. Sorry for the terribly unformatted/typed on my iPod post - too tired to work if out properly on the computer ;)