Why Yes, Yes It Is.

Possible questions that might be answered with the title of this post:

1. Is today March 30th?

2. Is it your BIRTHDAY?!

3. Is it absolutely fantastic for you?

A couple of years ago on my 18th birthday, my mom gave me tickets to see Paul Simon in the Rhythm of the Saints tour. To this day, that remains one of the highlights of my life. So on my birthday, I like to commemorate by listening to a little Paulo. I even have a playlist "O Melhor De Paulo" which is Portuguese for "The best of..."

After I set my playlist to start my day, I found this birthday greeting scrawled across the mirror. "I love you. Have a great birthday!" My husband leaves for work before I'm even awake, so this was a treat to wake up to. Of course the kids were appalled at the "graffiti" and the "vandalism" taking place, yet oddly eager to try it themselves. We'll see how that works out.

Also note the Happy Birthday banner he strung across our mirrors here.

My students just finished a writing unit on "ice cream." (I was tired of stories about werewolves and aliens, so I mandated a topic: ice cream. They wrote about werewolves and aliens eating ice cream.) I told them at the end of the unit, we would make ice cream. Since I can't post pictures of my students, here is my kid instead. He came into my classroom at the end of school and took charge of the leftovers. Please note the paper towels stuffed in his ears. Something went haywire with our fire alarm today, and it kept going off. Very annoying. Anyway, have I mentioned before that I LOVE my job? I mean seriously. I get PAID to help kids use proper grammar and then make ice cream. Come on.

And my fabulous coworker CJ baked cupcakes in ice cream cones. She would kill me if I put up her picture, so here's me instead, eating my cupcake in an ice cream cone. Have you ever??? Who knew! You bake the cupcake INSIDE the ice cream cone. Brilliant. MIZZB thanks you, CJ.

And of course, I got a present. These adorable children of mine gave me a NEW CHOPSTER. If you've ever had a Chopster, and it broke, and you had to try and live without it, you would know the pain. Hence the super happy face here. Chop Chop Chop at the push of a button.


My beautiful stepdaughter called and we talked for awhile. Love her. Can't wait to see them THIS THURSDAY!!

Also, a very tasty fruit torte. Or tart. Whichever works.

You should all thank this guy for treating me like royalty on my birthday. He has taken the onus off of the rest of you. He cooked tacos for supper, cleaned it all up, we're watching LOST in 45 minutes, and he has compiled a new after hours playlist for the ipod. Seriously. What a great day to be born.