Happy Birthday, Dakota!

Today is Dakota's birthday but since it is a work and school night (which, I might add, is the LAST night of law school classes EVER! Talk about a great birthday gift!) so we spent yesterday celebrating.

The kids put up birthday banners and various other decorations Saturday afternoon so on Sunday morning they were more than ready to have her open her gifts. At breakfast, the kids gave her their gifts; Kelton got her an inspirational plaque (ok, I got it for her but he gave it to her) and Kaylen picked out a toy Tree Frog. And yes, she picked it out all by herself. :)


After breakfast we let her open one of her gifts from me. She has been wanting a better MP3 player than I gave her last year (yeah yeah - it was inexpensive and I knew nothing about them but let's just say her old one will make a great one for Kelton.). Her new one is a Sansa Clip one in blue (I have the pink one - I think I got it last year). She loves it!




After that we got ready to leave the house to do birthday things...well...if birthday things usually include buying a new VCR/DVD combo unit to replace the one that bite the big one this week and ordering a new pair of glasses for the birthday girl. We did round out the afternoon with a birthday trip to Chuck E Cheese and believe it or not - it was Dakota's idea! :)



After that we headed home for more exciting birthday fun - like hooking up the new VCR/DVD, mowing the lawn, the annual tightening of the bolts on the play structure, etc.

Then we had dinner and some games in the backyard ("Mother May I" and "What Time Is It Mr. Fox?") and finally cake, ice cream and the remaining two presents.

What did she get? Well funny you should ask. :) I got her the 5the Season of The L-Word and a bracelet. You can go here to see it.







All in all - I think she had a good day. Even if she did have to mow the lawn. :)

Happy Birthday, Dakota!!! I love you very, very much.