Last Saturday TW said she thought Jenn would need balloons for her birthday. I didn’t get it. Balloons? Why would she need balloons? It hit me about three days later. Oh. 30. She’ll be 30. Of course she needs balloons.
So we ran down to the Dollar Tree before coffee and grabbed a few mylar balloons and one on a stick for JMP and some birthday candles. Those were a hit, particularly with JMP — he played with them all day long.
Then it was pretty low key for the rest of the day. We all did a little work. TW had a little nap. We played with JMP.
I picked the girls up from school and brought them home where we all sang to Jenn while she opened the magic birthday bag. (TW got a present in her email this morning and she’ll get another present tomorrow when she and Chris go shopping…)
Then we all loaded up in two cars and went out to Chicken & Waffles (TW’s choice) — mmmm, chicken and waffles. We got there too early for the live Jazz but we wanted to beat the storm and it’s a good thing we did. It was bad (brief, but bad) — watching the lightning strike in the field across from the restaurant. Ouch. I’m glad we weren’t out in that. It was a good dinner — JMP enjoyed it, quite a lot.
Then it was back home for a quick blowing out of the 30 birthday candles and a few bites of cheesecake before the little girls had to head back to their dad’s house.
It was nice having Jenn home for her birthday. 30 years. It seems pretty impossible, to me.
I LOVED this post. What a nice birthday for Jen….and TW too. So glad she and JMP were able to be here for it. Gorgeous pic of Jen in the light of her candles. ‘Seems pretty impossible’…..I know what you mean. ~Joy xo
Yay birthdays!
Oh Momma, so glad your girl was home for her 30th 🙂 Great photos and post, thanks for sharing JMP with us!
Sounds like a lovely day. 🙂